Deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya might attempt to cross into his home country from neighboring Nicaragua.
At the time of this post, Zelaya is only a few hundred yards from the Honduras-Nicaragua border and may cross it sometime today. According to comments made by his wife to CNN en Español, Zelaya’s wife said that he will try to meet with her and other family members on the Honduran side of the border.
While speaking to reporters and supporters, Zelaya said claimed that the Honduran “military will not allow me to see my family.” “Fuera Micheletti!” Zelaya declared referring to interim president Roberto Micheletti as Zelaya affirmed that he was the legitimate leader of Honduras. Zelaya added that he will stay in the border area today though he didn’t confirm when he would attempt to cross the border again.
Yesterday Zelaya stepped very briefly on Honduran soil in an act of defiance against the acting regime:
During his 30-minute stop in Honduras, Zelaya said that his act was a "symbolic entry" though he returned to Nicaragua in order to avoid “becoming the cause of violence”. Despite an order of arrest against him issued by the de facto government, Zelaya was not arrested and subsequently spent the evening in the Nicaraguan border town of Las Manos.
Despite their opposition to the Micheletti regime, the U.S. State Department and the Organization of American States criticized Zelaya’s border crossing. “President Zelaya's effort to reach the border is reckless," said U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton while OAS head Jose Miguel Insulza urged Zelaya and Micheletti to return to the negotiating table. (Three rounds of discussions mediated by Costa Rican president Oscar Arias failed after both sides refused to reach a compromise). Micheletti also criticized Zelaya’s move which he dismissed as a “publicity stunt.”
Hondurans continue to be split over whether to back Zelaya or Micheletti. Thousands of Zelaya supporters in the border town of Las Manos faced tear gas shots from the military yesterday when they reportedly got to close to the border. At nearly the same time, thousands of Micheletti backers rallied in San Pedro Sula and called for Zelaya to be arrested.
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Castro’s scheme, implemented by Chavez, Morales, Correa, Zelaya, etc. works along these lines:
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2. Invest millions in a “professional” campaign demonizing the opposition and promising CHANGE to help the poor, end corruption, improve schools… whatever people want to hear.
3. Commit as much fraud as possible to make sure the wannabe dictator wins.
4. Have “protectors of human rights” like Insulza (OAS) — who have really been trampling on human rights by promoting communism for years — declare that the elections were “legal and transparent.” Carter has also been used to do this dirty job.
5. Make sure that, once in power, the wannabe dictator takes over the Legislative and Judicial branches of power, destroys the country’s institutions, intimidates and controls the media, and demonizes, intimidates and even kills anyone trying to defend the country.
6. Have a referendum to approve a new constitution. Representatives of the people are supposed to write that constitution. In reality, people don’t even know what’s in the new constitution, which is written by Castro/Chavez’s agents before the wannabe dictator even “runs” for office.
7. Have Insulza (OAS) and others who pretend to “protect human rights” declare that the referendum is perfectly “legal and transparent.” .
The goal of the new constitution is to help the wannabe dictator become a full-blown dictator for life (like Castro in Cuba), prevent people from defending themselves, and create a network of tyrants that protect each other.