Honduras Independence Day is the 15th of September, they started their celebration on Sunday, Sept 6th which is Flag Day. From Honduris.com :
“President Roberto Micheletti led a ceremony at which the national flag was raised, and where he renewed his oath of office. The event took place in the presence of members of the Cabinet, Representatives of Congress, the Supreme Court, Mayor, and members of the Armed Forces”.
“I, on behalf of the Honduran people, all organizations, all groups, thank God for this opportunity to thank our national army, our police, the civic democratic union and all organizations in Honduras that have a leading role in the struggle for democracy, to maintain peace, to maintain the pride of our nation, to maintain the institutions, which is what is most important to us Hondurans,” Micheletti announced”.
Honduras sounds like a happy and peaceful Caribbean country in Central America. However, this country is currently under attack from both Hugo Chavez and President Obama over the removal of President Zelaya, who was arrested by the military and sent into exile to Costa Rica on June 28th.
Obama asked of us to: “Judge me by the people with whom I surround myself”. He has now been in office for 9 months, enough time for us to also judge and at the very least question his international and foreign policy. Is he supporting our allies or is he now starting to support those that US found to be allies nor have we supported in the past?
Since June, Honduras made some political decisions that neither Chavez or Obama have approved. From what I understand from reading various articles on Honduras, their Constitution allows a President one term. If ANY President even voices that he wants to change the Constitution to allow himself to stay a 2nd term, he automatically forfeits his Presidency, and is to be removed from power.
Zelaya, a left wing liberal, was seeking to change the constitution to allow him to stand for re-election. The Supreme Court ordered his removal, and Honduran Congress voted to remove him for “manifest irregular conduct” and “putting in present danger the state of the law. The Congress later swore in its new leader, Roberto Micheletti, as the head of state until their election in November. When they removed Zelaya, the Obama administration wanted him to be returned to his position.
On August 6, 2009, an article from TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras titled: “U.S. drops call to restore ousted Honduran leader“, states that the Obama Administration has backed away from its call to restore ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to power. The new position was contained in a letter to Sen. Richard Lugar , R- Ind. , that also rejected calls by some of Zelaya’s backers to impose harsh economic sanctions against Honduras”.
By August 10th, Honduras proclaimed: “Freedom Wins!…Castro, Chavez, Obama, Ortega Fail to Prop Leftist Thug Back Into Power.” It’s notable that Chavez has been referred to as mentor to Manuel Zelaya, the ousted President.
The Honduras proclamation of “Freedom Wins” was short lived. Obama now agrees with Hugh Chavez who supports the return of Manuel Zelaya , exiled President of Honduras who was removed from office under the order of their Congress based on their constitution. Thousands of opponents of Hugo Chavez marched against the Venezuelan president across Latin America on Friday September 4th, accusing him of everything from authoritarianism to international meddling.
Obama who was against “meddling” as he stated during the violence in Iran after the questionable re- election of Ahmadinejad, has now placed sanctions on Honduras. On Thursday, September 3th, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton cut off more than $30 million in aid to Honduras and may make additional cuts by as much as $200 million unless the government that ousted former President Manuel Zelaya reinstates him as their leader. At the same time the administration restricted visas to Honduras while instating new rules for Cuba which allow unlimited family travel. Could this be because Obama has determined the Cuban government to be more democratic and legitimate than Honduras, with a constitutionally elected government?
As stated by a Honduran citizen:
“Let the people of Honduras prevail in their rights to protect and preserve democracy and their Constitution. The world, particularly the United States needs to respect the voices of the majority of the people of Honduras”.
Honduras News has published their Constitution translated into English …. click here for the “Honduras Constitution in PDF format”. You might also like to read Zelay’s Recent Letter to Clinton, Dated September 9th, 2005 posted on Honduras News site along with comments from citizens of Honduras!
Update: Recommended reading … September 15, 2009 Article: Obama’s imperialist Latin America policies
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