Chavez & Obama protests free elections in Honduras

[cd27]

Telegraph Blogs News Why does Barack Obama side with dictators?

"Chavez, it should be noted, immediately threatened to invade Honduras, which was met by silence from the White House.

Zelaya is no democrat, and sought to follow Chavez’s example by illegally extending his period of office, in clear violation of the constitution, and chose to overrule the nation’s Supreme Court and Congress. Zelaya, in every sense a protege and at times puppet of the Venezuelan president, was happily turning his country into an impoverished, hugely corrupt, socialist basket case when he was whisked off, completely unharmed, by the Honduran armed forces to Costa Rica. He has been replaced by the speaker of the Congress, Robert Micheletti, and free elections will be held in November.

Instead of siding with pro-American forces in Honduras who actually believe in constitutional democracy, Obama and his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton aligned themsleves with America-haters like Chavez, Latin America’s biggest despot, and close ally of Iran."

[cactusflower]

The good old Telegraph.

[jpc]

True though.
And Hugo is a fraud.

[cactusflower]

True though.
And Hugo is a fraud.

All of these guys are trying to do a balancing act. They certainly don't have all the answers, but they're better for the people of their countries than the horrendous alternatives promoted by the right. And they are democratically elected.

[jpc]

All of these guys are trying to do a balancing act. They certainly don't have all the answers, but they're better for the people of their countries than the horrendous alternatives promoted by the right. And they are democratically elected.

Like the Lisbon treaty.
Hugo went for an extra term.
Didn't get it, went back and got it the next time.
A dictator who used the democratic process to achieve power.
All the largess is oil dependent and the oil isn't flowing as good as it used too.

[Frankie Lee]

Like the Lisbon treaty.
Hugo went for an extra term.
Didn't get it, went back and got it the next time.
A dictator who used the democratic process to achieve power.
All the largess is oil dependent and the oil isn't flowing as good as it used too.

Yeah but children are becoming less malnourished.

[jpc]

Yeah but children are becoming less malnourished.

There is an article in the Economist saying that a lot of promises to the poor are being forgotten about.
And the same is being done to any dissent voices in the media/opposition.
Hugo is turning into Fidel.
And a lot of Cubans found out that was not a good thing.
"Chavez, it should be noted, immediately threatened to invade Honduras, which was met by silence from the White House.
Wouldn't be good for a lot of Hondurans either would it?

[toxic avenger]

Chavez abided by the referendum result, and had far more grounds for a re-run than we do for Lisbon. He hasn't banned elections or other political parties. He's no dictator, and relentless repetition doesn't make it so. And as for the OP, he only threatened military action if any harm came to his diplomatic staff (the ambassador, a woman, had already been beaten). Distortion by omission is still distortion. None of which is evidence of me being uncritical of Chavez, who has many faults, just not all the ones ascribed to him by the right-wing zealots here and elsewhere...

[fergalr]

Oh... please let Chavez invade another sovereign nation. Maybe then Obama can claim to smell sulphur on the dais of the UN General Assembly.

[Ecoguy]

There is an article in the Economist

And as we all know they love the concept of wealth redistribution