Honduras In Conflict

The curfew that was lifted a few days ago has been placed back into effect following the insurrection request by Zelaya. The following article is my source for this blog: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,533000,00.html?test=latestnews



The move towards conflict seems to be growing:



"There are reports, I don't know if they are real, I haven't been officially informed, that there is a group of armed people and that Zelaya is going to enter over the Nicaraguan border this Saturday," Micheletti said.



Excerpt over. If this is true, the source of these weapons needs to be determined for clarity of the forces at work. The article continues:



Labor leader Israel Salinas, one of the main figures in the pro-Zelaya movement, told thousands of demonstrators who marched through the capital that workers at state-owned companies plan walkouts later this week. Salinas also said sympathetic unions in neighboring Nicaragua and El Salvador would try to block border crossings later this week "in solidarity with our struggle."

Tempers were high during the five-hour protest. Demonstrators threw rocks at a government building that houses the country's women's institute. Police showed up but no injuries were reported. "We are going to install the constitutional assembly. We are going to burn the Congress," protest leader Miriam Miranda vowed.

Excerpt over. My first response is what does the women's institute in Honduras have to do with supporting Zelaya? Also, why is it that the protests are allowed to go forward almost unopposed, yet the protestors seek to do more than voice themselves and act in violence?

Now, another thing to look at is that the unions are supporting this. The unions are going to attempt to block the borders. Now, will the Nicaragua and El Salvador police (or military? border patrol?) gaurantee the open borders as declared by the WTO following an already attempted blockade? Or will they simply say it was beyond their power to prevent? The questions continue to grow faster than the number of twists in every daily soap opera on tv.

TeleSur seems to be the main source of news for the world on this issue. However, their crew was thrown out of Honduras yet continues to report on the situation as if they were on the ground. While they demand (and recieved) IPS support in their complaint about being thrown out, the world looks away from the 200 tv, radio, and news outlets in Venezuela silenced for promoting private ownership rights. I can't make the contradiction any clearer than that. The world simply is looking at Honduras because they all want to be on the winning side, yet with Venezuela they want the oil so they turn away. I continue to be baffled at the world joining with the ALBA nations in supporting Zelaya.

I condemn the governments of the world for not using common sense.