...Calculating that some critical mass of Hondurans would take his side, the president decided he would run the referendum himself. So on Thursday he led a mob that broke into the military installation where the ballots from Venezuela were being stored and then had his supporters distribute them in defiance of the Supreme Court's order.
The attorney general had already made clear that the referendum was illegal, and he further announced that he would prosecute anyone involved in carrying it out. Yesterday, Mr. Zelaya was arrested by the military and is now in exile in Costa Rica.
It remains to be seen what Mr. Zelaya's next move will be. It's not surprising that chavistas throughout the region are claiming that he was victim of a military coup. They want to hide the fact that the military was acting on a court order to defend the rule of law and the constitution, and that the Congress asserted itself for that purpose, too.
Mrs. Clinton has piled on as well. Yesterday she accused Honduras of violating "the precepts of the Interamerican Democratic Charter" and said it "should be condemned by all." Fidel Castro did just that. Mr. Chávez pledged to overthrow the new government.
Honduras is fighting back by strictly following the constitution. The Honduran Congress met in emergency session yesterday and designated its president as the interim executive as stipulated in Honduran law. It also said that presidential elections set for November will go forward.
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Mary O' pone los puntos sobre las íes, mientras la progresía y sus súbditos siguen mezclando "gobierno" con "poder ejecutivo" obviando la existencia de tres poderes.
La fuerza de la costumbre?
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Dentro de los súbditos están casi todos los diarios del país: "golpe de Estado", "Cristina repudió...",etcétera.
La destitución constitucional, cuando el destituido es uno de los protegidos de Chávez, es para la progresía un golpe de Estado; cuando se trató efectivamente de golpes de estado, como el que se hizo contra De la Rúa o en Bolivia contra Sánchez de Lozada, para la izquierda y sus acólitos son "levantamientos populares".
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