Exiled Honduran Leader Makes 2nd Trip to Border

Deposed President Manuel Zelaya returned to the Honduran border on Saturday and announced he would set up camp there. (July 26)

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[guyanakoolaid]

Are you saying people can't change their constitution??? The current Honduran Constitution is the 16th Honduras has had since independence from Spain, and was written under a junta government in 1982.

Zelaya was going to hold a referendum, nothing but a poll to let people vote to see if they even wanted Constitutional reform. And the majority of Hondurans, who are poor, did want reform. That's why they threw Zelaya out illegally. There was no legal basis for a military coup.

[Zepman2393]

The referendum was illegal. Zelaya also breached the Honduran Constitution multiple times, and was removed legally. There is no impeachment process in Honduras. It was not a coup, by the way..

[reydelmando]

I can't wait to see Michael Moore new movie: CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY. By the way he is not from cuba. He is frome the USA.

[reydelmando]

How much were people making that a 60% wage increase was even thouhgt of? You could be the best leader in the world and not everybody is going to be happy. If the guy is trying to do something good for the majority, he's the one. I understand your points and you may have your reasons. Just don't even think a nation gets rich overnight.I see a brighter light at the end of the tunnel with Zelaya than with these corrupted leaders that have dictated and abused the nation for over a hundred years.

[jota7molina]

You are also committing a fallacy. You are a leftist, that's ok i respect that. I am a center right, and a Honduran ok. The fallacy is the following: You or whoever as leftist supporting someone simply because that someone preaches to be leftist. In 3.5 years besides his bla, bla, his policies had little or no socialism in them. This is not a fraternity where if you touch a brother everybody has to get into the fight. He messed up the country even more, and was a bad ruler. Set Ideology aside.

[jota7molina]

I see you also fail to understand the precarious economic situation under which Honduras lived during his 3.5 years in power. A ridiculous increase in a 60% to the minimum wage which bankrupted many many industries and rose our unemployment rate from a 17% to a 34%. The high levels of corruption in the country. Assuming that the executive power is above the law and therefore above the judicial and legislative powers(all 3 branches are qual in power). Etc. Quite simply he was a bad ruler.

[jota7molina]

When there are flaws in system then you are right, sure change the rules. Capitalism, and specially CORRUPTED Latin American capitalism has many loopholes (HONDURAS is no exeption, as a matter of fact Honduras might be the rule). Mend it, but don't change the whole system. Regarding this particular case, I fail to see how is it that changing the constitution so this guy can remain in power for unlimited terms, like Chavez, Correa, Fidel, and Ortega are doing, would help the poor in Honduras.

[reydelmando]

75 millions americans who can not afford health insurance and as a result can not get medical attention love Obama.

[reydelmando]

i would like to see the USA defend hondurans people against hunger and illiteracy. Do you really think the USA gives a damn shit about fucking honduras? We all wish they did give a shit.

[reydelmando]

you don't know what laws mean and what they are used for. Laws or constitutions are like tools you use to do a job. Over time or when you start doing different things, they need to be replaced in order to comply with the new demand. In developped countries, they are changed or adjusted regulairly. Do you think it is normal for a country to have 80% hungry cause they can not afford to eat? Dont you think a change is needed?

[Rangerday1]

MarquisdeBarrabas --I don't dream. Some of them are quite good and there are some exceptional soldiers in their ranks. BOY? I laugh in your face coward.

[MarquisdeBarrabas]

The mighty Honduran military? lol

You should dream less and get laid more, boy.