The situation is not altogether hopeless as pressure mounts both within & outside the U.S., as can be seen in this statement by Professor of Anthropology, at American University, Adrienne Pine, "The US, if it wanted to, could end this de facto government, this murderous coup government in a day. And that's not intervention; that's merely complying with its own laws. And, instead, what the Secretary of State has done has been talking as if she recognized this as a coup, but in fact supporting the coup government by refusing to take the actions required by law of the United States.
Obama was elected in part because he promised fundamental change in American foreign policy. He made a similar pledge regarding health care. In both cases corporate interests & their hired hacks have derailed Obama's political goals. More importantly, these goals have the preponderant support of the American people.
Referring to the US presence in Latin America, Bolivian President, Juan Evo Morales Ayma, said that members of the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), located in Miami, Florida, one of the Department of Defense's ten Unified Combatant Commands (COCOMs) under the command of Air Force General Douglas M. Fraser, had taken part in the coup d'Ã tat in Honduras last June 28. Morales appealed to the Union of South American Nations stating that they were obligated to protect not only the Colombian people, but all Latin American states from similar events.
President Chavez wasted no time weighing in & revealed that Honduran President Manuel Zelaya had told him that the military who kidnapped him at his government house the night of June 28 transferred him by plane to a U.S. military base in the locality of Palmerola, in Honduran territory.
"Zelaya told me so. They put Zelaya in the plane and landed at Palmerola with the president a prisoner and the Yankee officials appeared and knew that the president was there, they had a discussion with the Honduran officials. Then the Yankee military took the decision there to send him to Costa Rica. That is a very serious matter, the president of Honduras was in a Yankee military base, said President Chavez.
Chavez said that in this respect "the Yankees overthrew Zelaya and Obama doesn't understand. " He needs to study a little more, he's a young man. At the same time he recalled that "from the Yankee base, which is at a place called Palmerola, they carried out all of the operations and the dirty war and the terrorism against Sandinista Nicaragua, against El Salvador; it wasn't long ago that the Yankees turned Honduras into a platform to attack its neighbors.
He reiterated that the people demand the cessation of U.S. interventionism in the region. "What we are asking is that he withdraw the Palmerola base, that he withdraw the Guantanamo base where they torture. Obama, wake up!
President Zelaya confirmed this in a statement on Democracy Now:
"They attacked my house at 5:30 in the morning. A group of at least 200 to 250 armed soldiers with hoods and bulletproof vests and rifles aimed their guns at me, fired shots, used machine guns, kicked down the doors, and just as I was, in pajamas, they put me on a plane and flew me to Costa Rica.
On this program Lanny Davis, a friend & former supporter of Hillary Clinton & now on the payroll of CEAL, attempted to establish the coup as a legal event of some kind mandated by dubious circumstances. Davis is the American face of corrupt Washington interests involved in the coup. His cohorts have considerable influence witnessed by the fact that the Honduran ambassador has not been recalled, no Honduran assets have been seized, no visas have been revoked, no sanctions have been established, all aid remains in place, & no bases have been closed. The obvious reason for this is that 70% of Honduran exports made possible by cheap labor go to the United States. Despite official statements to the contrary, U.S. government involvement in & support for the coup is all too obvious.
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