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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Venezuelan Invasion Of Honduras / Mexico Fence

It is coming. Zelaya gave the new government until Friday to reinstate him as president. He has also called for the following (as reported by this article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jl67xASAqn1ecE0UoQfoe-bDtNSA )

Deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya called for a popular insurrection in his country so he can be returned to power after soldiers removed him at gunpoint in June.
Zelaya urged his supporters in Honduras to strike, march, and carry out takeovers and acts of civil disobedience because that is necessary "when the democratic order of a country is disrupted."
"The Honduran people have the right to insurrection," said Zelaya, speaking in the neighboring Central American country of Guatemala.
Zelaya said that insurrection was a legitimate democratic right "when faced with a usurping government and a coup-supporting military.
"I want to tell you to not leave the streets, that is the only space that they have not taken from us," he said in comments aimed at supporters in Honduras.

Excerpt over. Thus far his supporters have done so with little intervention. The curfew that was imposed that the world spoke against was lifted. The new government has made in a clear statement the reason the impeachment was not chosen as the most expedient path to restoring the Constitution:

In the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, acting foreign minister Carlos Lopez said that authorities were still committed to talks aimed at finding a peaceful resolution with Zelaya on Friday in San Jose, mediated by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias.
"We are not issuing threats," said Lopez, who emphasized that the government of interim leader Roberto Micheletti was in control and the country was at peace.
"We removed the curfew and the government has complete control of the territory," Lopez said.
The head of the Honduran army, General Romeo Vasquez, told AFP that Zelaya was exiled to avoid "deaths and injuries."
Honduran security services "believed it would be dangerous to imprison him," Vasquez said, adding such a move "could have caused deaths and injuries" if his supporters had tried to free him.
"The consequences for the country would have been serious," he said.

Excerpt over. The government saw the judicial process as slow enough to cause bloodshed in the country. While the current path has not caused more than two deaths at most (a military truck hit someone, details are still hard to find, and a person who was among those trying to break through the barricade at the airport Zelaya was trying to land at. They were there because he requested his supporters arrive to try and ensure his landing.) I know that calling for an insurrection (note my thoughts on the book "The Coming Insurrection" and its often violent tendencies) will cause more bloodshed.

Now comes the part where the invasion of Honduras by Venezuela becomes more real. I've already posted how Hugo Chavez has said he will use military force to reinstate Zelaya. He has already said the talks have failed. Zelaya made this move today:

Zelaya has warned the interim government that it must relinquish power within the week.
"We are giving an ultimatum to the coup regime" that by Friday "they comply with the mandates expressed by international organizations and the constitution of Honduras" demanding his immediate restitution, Zelaya said Monday in Nicaragua's capital Managua.
If he is not restored to power "the mediation will be considered a failure," Zelaya warned.

Excerpt over. When Zelaya's insurrection results in a bloodbath, Venezuela will be turned to in order to save the lives of, and I bet this is the term they will use, "freedom fighters." The rest of the article deals with the United States, and in my opinion, treasonous to Honduras, and in fact, drug smuggling, and in fact, Honduran Constitutional violator, Zelaya.

I don't know this because of a premonition. I am only using the power of observation.

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Meanwhile a long time coming fence on the border with Mexico is going to start towards completion. 700 miles of border fence are, in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, to be completed by 2010. Lets get the remaining 2000 some miles built by the end of 2012. Kudos to Congress for doing this, now to get them to do other logical things.

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