Todays is just a quick post because the news coverage of Honduras will be more than enough reading material. I am just watching the news out of Honduras and hoping that this does not turn into the same kind of situation as exists in Iran. If you haven’t been watching the events of this weekend check out this site for the latest news from Honduras.
A quick run down of what happened:
- President wanted to have a poll to see if the people wanted to change the constitution and allow him to serve another term (similar to what Chavez has done in Venezuela)
- Supreme Court ruled that this would be illegal
- President wanted to go ahead with the poll any way and asked military leader to help
- Military leader refused and was fired
- Congress reinstated the military leader and ordered that the president be arrested
- Military arrested and deported the president to Costa Rica
- Head of Congress became acting president
- No deaths as of yet but people are rioting in the streets and the military has a curfew in effect
- US, EU, Cuba, Venezuela, and others are backing the original president who has been deported to Costa Rica
At least one problem with choosing sides in this situation is that those of us who are not intamiatly familiar with the political climate in Honduras don’t know if the original president is acting in the intrests of his people and wishes to actualy do something about the stagering poverty in Honduras or if he is only looking to extend his term in office indefinatly. We also don’t know if their congress and military are acting in the intrests of the constitution or the ruling elite who would prefer to keep the status quo. I’ll be watching egerly to see how this unfolds.
