Monday, June 29, 2009

President of Honduras is Deposed in Military Coup.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6596689.ece President Manuel Zelaya was just recently otherthrown, in an amed coup. Pres. Zelaya was, as far as I'm aware, a fair minded, and freedom respecting leader. In fact, I first found out about him, from reading the "Missionary Herald", which is the publication of "Evangelistic Faith Missions". You see my family is Holiness, so I have access to such reading materials. Pres. Zelaya allowed himself to be photographed with the missionaries and there children. The missionaries had seen him about there radio liscence. So he permitted private ownership of at least some of the broadcast media, for instance. Manuel Zelaya was at the very most a social democrat, not an extreme leftist. Believe me when I say that if even the typicly very conservative Holiness churches do not have a problem with him, he must be an OK guy. If only you knew what all they were saying about our own Pres. Obama, during his campaign for president. It wasn't very complimentary, to say the least. But Zelaya tolerated them all, in Honduras, anyway. No matter what there views might be. So I hope that the rule of law will triumph over the rule of force, and that Pres. Zelaya will at the very least be allowed to finish his term of office.

1 comment:

Clint said...

"Manuel Zelaya was at the very most a social democrat, not an extreme leftist."

I think you're likely correct about where he fits politically in an absolute sense, but relative to the U.S. he's far left. He allied himself with Chavez, joined ALBA and called for cocaine legalization -- all intolerable to our government here.

If you're interested, I wrote a bit about the U.S. role in the coup, which was significant.