U.S.: Honduras Coup a "Lesson" for Zelaya Not to Follow Venezuela's Path

Submitted by RosaL on July 26, 2009 - 11:27pm.

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Crowley also accused Venezuela of intervening on Honduran affairs. The U.S. is "concerned about unhelpful steps that [President Chavez has] taken with some of his neighbors, and interference that we've seen Venezuela - with respect to relations with other countries, whether it's Honduras on the one hand, or whether it's Colombia on the other," he said.

The mind boggles.

Submitted by M. Spector on July 27, 2009 - 12:07am.

Do we really need more threads on Honduras? Is there really more than one story going on there?

Submitted by ceti on July 27, 2009 - 12:38am.

Check this article. Raimondo does not have to dig deep to uncover the linkages between the Clintonites in the US state department and the coup leaders.

So what we have is this: a powerful group within the Democratic Party, clustered around Hillary Clinton, actively pushing for the legitimization of the Honduran coup on behalf of their corporate clients – Chiquita, which has a long and dishonorable history in the region, and the Honduran association of big businessmen, who have long used the state as their personal instrument.

This corporatist alliance is a logical ally of the Clintonistas, who – along with the neocons – have stepped up to the plate as the coup leaders’ leading apologists in Washington. After all, the corporatist model – in which the state acts on behalf of its big business backers, privileging their interests and subsidizing their projects at taxpayers’ expense – reached new heights of corruption under Bill Clinton.

Big U.S. business interests are threatened by Zelaya’s attempts at social reform and his pursuit of an independent foreign policy that puts Honduras first – not the Honduras business council and the U.S. government. Even Lanny Davis is saying it might not have been such a good idea – but, according to him, we have to let bygones be bygones and "move on." Now where have we heard that line before?

Submitted by Goldstein on July 27, 2009 - 12:58am.

M. Spector wrote:

Do we really need more threads on Honduras? Is there really more than one story going on there?

I didn't want to jump in on a thread that I'm not informed about (it takes too much time to read 56 responses). From what I've been reading the Obama admin. has been denying involvement in the coup. This isn't confirmation of anything, but this is very clear rhetoric as to who's side they're on...

Submitted by Goldstein on July 27, 2009 - 1:01am.

RosaL wrote:

The mind boggles.

I agree Rosa, a case could easily be made that there is less reason for the U.S. to be there than Venezuela. Also the hypocrisy is stunning, Venezuela can't work to resolve conflicts with its neighbors, but the United States can have a military base in Honduras?

What if Venezuela tried to have a military base in any other Latin American country? I think the U.S. would almost without a doubt, bomb it...

Submitted by NDPP on July 27, 2009 - 1:13am.

Honduran Military Appears to Back Plan to Restore Zelaya to Office - Not To Power

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jul2009/hond-j27.shtml

"The San Jose Accord, a proposal submitted by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias as part of a US - instigated mediation process, calls for Zelaya to return to the presidential palace, but under conditions in which he would be a virtually powerless figurehead in a government of 'unity and reconciliation' dominated by the very forces that overthrew him in a June 28 coup. The coup leaders themselves, having accomplished their principle objectives would be granted amnesty for their crimes. Until now, the accord - while accepted by Zelaya - has been repeatedly rejected by the right wing coup regime.."

U.S.: Honduras Coup a "Lesson" for Zelaya Not to Follow Venezuela's Path

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