While Insulza is trying to defend murky democracy in Honduras, in Venezuela the “One Government, one voice” program continues successfully. Every day, democracy is diminished in Venezuela and Insulza seems to have a Mad Magazine, “What? Me worry attitude”. Let’s see:
—In Tachira State, the democratically elected Governor of the State will be unable to celebrate Independence Day, because the pro-Chavez General in charge of the region will not allow him to go into Plaza Bolivar, because “He is the military Governor” and has decided to militarize the State. Take that Insulza!
—And as part of the “One Govennment, one Voice” peculiar Chavista democracy, Cedice’s ads in favor of private property (They were not against anything, just pro-private property”, were suspended by the man the “people” ousted from the Governorship of Miranda State and resurfaced as all powerful Chavista Minister of Infrastructure and in charge of the media and telecom regulator Diosdado Cabellos. He will also shut down 200-plus radio stations, just because…he can!!! Are you listening Insulza?
—And n Carabobo State, the illustrious but barely illustrated Mayor of Valencia Edgardo Parra led a mob in he attack of the headquarters of newspaper El Carabobeño, in which the facilities were vandalized. Thus, the guy in charge of local security leads a mob, which damages private property and establishes a clear threat against freedom of expression. Insulza: Please defend democracy, but don’t meddle with Hugo!!!
It’s the new Latin American democracy: One Government, One Voice!!!
The Devil's Excrement 
July 5, 2009 at 6:16 pm
yes Mrs K and Insulza have other (hidden) agendas which could benefit from additional greasing by Chavez. Nobody is going to test Honduran resolve. The drug indictment trumps everything and this is where USG needs to do some soul searching.
Central America and Honduras got very nasty in the 80’s. I’m not sure the CIA is totally absolved from William Casey’s deeds during that era. A lot of cocaine flew north and a lot of lives were lost as a result.
To think that USG would turn its back on the 80’s and drug smuggling today is not what the USA is about.
July 5, 2009 at 11:22 am
You forgot to mention Ledezma’s hunger strike in the doorsteps of the OAS of which nobody is taking notice! The double standards are infuriating and you can certainly feel that frustration we are all having in your post. Mrs. K accompanying Zelaya is the joke of the year – she’s trying to divert attention from her loss in last Sunday’s elections and the flu meltdown in Argentina, by choosing once again the wrong side, something that her country has repudiated! The OAS has become a circus led by the chief clown: Chavez…
July 5, 2009 at 8:22 am
The change will not happen overnight, but look at Honduras and Argentina, and you can only have hope that things will eventually change. Chavez is running out of money, so he will not be as popular around the region anymore. Just wait, the landscape will change in the coming months.
July 5, 2009 at 1:54 am
If anything happens at the airport tomorrow morning other than Zelaya being arrested, and Correa, Kirchner and their entourage sent packing, then the fault will lie squarely on the shoulders of Barack Obama. He will regret it for the rest of his presidency.
July 4, 2009 at 5:46 pm
All eyes are focused in Honduras but the OAS doesn’t bother to check or condemn Chavez’s actions in Venezuela. I don’t know how long the people in Venezuela will bear this situation. Chavez uses every subterfuge of the law to chip freedom and private enterprise. And those who oppose Chavez think that they can win by going to the polls. Keep on dreaming!!!
July 4, 2009 at 5:12 pm
the military received a warrant for his arrest from the judiciary. Instead of executing it they made the mistake (crime) of exiling him in hopes of avoiding bloodshed and loss of life (so they say). Like it or not, Zelaya is not coming back. Quit worrying about whether it was a coup.
July 4, 2009 at 2:57 pm
GeronL
I really think your comment is really vias.Yes Obama denounced the coup in Honduras, because like it or not it was a coup. ..by the way I am not chavista and was against the no binding referendum that Zelaya was trying to conduct a week ago. However he has been very quiet as everybody else in USA about this because face it, at this moment he has bigger problems to solve (i.e. bad economy and Irak and Afganistan wars).
To be honest I like this semi-silence…nobody can start screaming that USA is intervening in Honduras as Chavez is doing.
July 4, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Honduras pulls out of the OAS http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/us_honduras_oas
While it is still early to tell if Honduras is going to be the battle ground for the two economic political views that have emerged in LatAm. I am sure that they would not take this route without support from much larger countries who would rather see it resolved in a Client State like Honduras than at home along with the drug war going on!
“Insulza, The Only Law South of the Rio Grande” !
July 4, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Obama and the OAS have taken the side of Chavez against liberty, the world should be taking note of this.
July 4, 2009 at 1:09 pm
The OAS has outlived it’s usefullness and these days is only a tool for Chavez. Is it ok to protest the embargo on Cuba in the same time as Chavez imposes an embargo on Honduras? Should OAS insist on the reinstatement of Cuba to the OAS and exclusion of Honduras? Is there no “innocent until proven guilty” clause in the OAS or is it “do what Chavez says.” Don’t be surprised Insulza is on a payroll outside OAS. This whole couple of weeks has been a complete crock. I’ve have never seen so much feigned outrage amongst goverments in my life. And believe me, it’s feigned.
July 4, 2009 at 12:25 pm
I only have one comment: HASTA CUANDO!!!!