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Denouement to a Coup D’etat?Posted on Oct 30, 2009
A resolution to the Honduran coup d’etat may be near after the country’s interim government agreed to a deal that could lead to the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. International pressure has been immense against the coup leaders, with most countries supporting Zelaya’s return.
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By DBM, October 31 at 7:19 am #
Virginia,
Let’s clarify ... “Most countries” has been pretty much all countries except the United States and its satellite states (Columbia?). The reason they care is because of “the rule of law”.
When the rule of law is weakened civilisation is diminished. There has been a concerted effort to move Western democracies (most advanced in the U.S.) away from the rule of law to the rule of money ... which used to be called “Feudalism”.
In Honduras, monied interests objected to some of Zelaya’s positons and chucked him out by force. Most countries objected and applied what pressure they could. In the U.S. where money is everything, feelings seemed more ambivalent. The whole thing would have been over in a week or two if the U.S. hadn’t maintained neutrality (which of course meant support for the status quo ... a coup regime).
Report thisBy PatrickHenry, October 30 at 8:37 pm #
Banana republic coups ain’t what they use to be and thats improvement.
Report thisBy Virginia777, October 30 at 7:25 pm #
“Immense” international pressure??
Most countries have cared less about this Coup (including ours)
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