Osnor, you want to see real “mock democracies”? Just go to Mexico, Peru and Colombia, those are much better examples.

I recall when I was just a student in 1973, that Times Magazine called in a title, the then so called Brazilian democracy, “a mocked democracy’.
Well, I think this title fits very well for some Central and South American countries today, mainly Venezuela, Honduras, etc.
We can’t believe in the accuracy and honesty of their elections or referendums.
It’s very clear the harm that Chavez is doing to Venezuela (and to its neighbor countries) with a very strange approval of its people.
This Bolivarian Republic is something of mentally ill people!

I see the U.S. is still meddling in Central and South
America. Carter recently stated he thought the U.S. was
probably responsible for the failed coup against
Chavez. I’d bet granny on that one.
It sure would be nice if the U.S. government could see
the incalculable harm their corrupt foreign policies
have on it’s own citizens.

That coup could not have taken place without US consent and support, since the US largely owns the economy.  The idea is to stall putting Zelaya until the economic alliance with Vennzuela is dead.  The US is putting pressure on Honduras in the same way it is putting pressure on Israel to stop the settlements.  Pure public relations.  assisted by the Progressive media like truthdig.

But the Honduras people are now becoming aroused and are rejecting the whole Democratic farce of elections.  Which is why Obama wants to go back to Freedom&Democracy;.

We’ll see how much pressure this gov’t actually puts on the coupsters.  If it was pressure to stop bleeding, the person would have bled to death already.

This is great news! The people of Honduras are setting an example to the world on how to resist fascists and their military henchmen! Honduras’ workers have been in a state of resistance for months ago, good to see Mel did not let them down and had the cojones to make it back inside to face off with the coup regime.