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Sin pena ni gloria el alambicado Acuerdo Tegucigalpa/San José luce abortado al no pasar su primera prueba de instalar el Gobierno de Unidad y Reconciliación Nacional, en conformidad con el calendario diseñado al efecto.


"Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark." Cheyenne
by maracatu on Fri Nov 6th, 2009 at 11:26:24 AM EST
In English:

Roberto Micheletti Bain has unilaterally formed a "National Unity Government" whose conformation he announced at 11:45 PM Tegucigalpa time. (...) Rafael Pineda Ponce said that Micheletti will preside over the new government. Micheletti will present the new government in a national broadcast this morning.


"Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark." Cheyenne
by maracatu on Fri Nov 6th, 2009 at 11:32:07 AM EST
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Zelaya reportedly will boycott the upcoming elections...

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Nov 6th, 2009 at 11:34:30 AM EST
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They saw it coming:

So we resolve:

    1.If today, Thursday, November 5, no later than midnight President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales is not reinstated to his position, the National Resistance Front against the Coup d'Etat will not recognize the electoral process and its results.

    2.We alert all the organizations in the resistance on a national level so that in case President Zelaya is not reinstated in the established period to be ready to execute the actions of negating the farse elections.

    3.We call on the international community to maintain the position that the de facto regime and the elections of November 29 are illegitimate.

    We resist and we will be victorious!
    Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. 5 of November 2009

Many resistance members have commented that the same Congress that invented the President's resignation letter last June is now being trusted to clean up the mess.
(...)
The US will now have to answer to the international community - including the Organization of American States (OAS) - as the only government that says it might recognize the Nov 29 elections in Honduras.



"Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark." Cheyenne
by maracatu on Fri Nov 6th, 2009 at 01:45:51 PM EST
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I have a hunch this is not going to end well at all.

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Fri Nov 6th, 2009 at 03:04:54 PM EST
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It is so hard for the US, when they have invested all the time and money in training these thugs to truly turn against them just because they won't play "pretend."  All that is left is for Roberto Micheletti Bain to be photographed with other military officers all in a row, arms folded over their chests and defiant glares on their faces, a la Pinochet.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri Nov 6th, 2009 at 01:32:32 PM EST
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How long before Zelaya is openly portrayed in the US as a Honduran Allende?

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri Nov 6th, 2009 at 01:33:38 PM EST
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They'll have to kill him first.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Nov 6th, 2009 at 02:39:58 PM EST
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First we demonized Allende as a Communist Revolutionary, then we organized the coup and assassination. But it was a long ways away and there was Vietnam as a distraction, so not too much effort needed to be put into the cover story.  Kissinger and a few RW "journalists."

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri Nov 6th, 2009 at 04:56:11 PM EST
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Is "as a Honduran Allende" a positive or negative portrayal in the US?

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Nov 7th, 2009 at 04:23:18 AM EST
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My take is that, from the moderate center to the right wing fringe, that would clearly demonize Zelaya, or at least make him disposable.  Perhaps 30% would continue to support him here.  That is possibly generous. And the RW will tar any US supporters of Zelaya as "soft on [whatever works as a stand-in for Communism these days.]" Worse, less than 15% of the US electorate is even aware of the Honduran situation, until and unless RW talk radio turns "State Department betrayal of US interests" into their rant of the day.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Nov 7th, 2009 at 10:20:07 AM EST
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Once again, the US conventional wisdom is diametrically opposite to the rest of the world's...

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Nov 7th, 2009 at 03:34:31 PM EST
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In that case, they first portray him as a Honduran Allende, then they kill him.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Nov 7th, 2009 at 03:35:07 PM EST
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