A Defiant Micheletti

The constitutional President of the Honduran republic, Roberto Micheletti Bain, responding to the heinous fact that the socialist government of Brazil, led by Lula da Silva, has committed an act of aggression by being a conspirator and party to the illegal housing of the international fugitive and traitor, Mel Zelaya Rosales, at their embassy in Tegucigalpa.

Rough Translation by me:

Law and order will be maintained, as there are no reports of violence at this present moment and that is how our beloved Honduras will remain.

I call upon our citizens to remain calm as the presence of Mr. Zelaya in our country does not change our reality.

This past 28th of June, Mr. Zelaya was removed from his office, legally, by a decision of the Supreme Court of Honduras, the National Congress of our country.

As stipulated in Article 30 of our constitution, Mr. Zelaya accepts his duty to return and present himself to the authorities in order to face the charges against him for repeated violations of the laws of Honduras.

It is not clear why Mr. Zelaya has returned to Honduras, only he knows. But I can only arrive at the conclusion that he trying to impede the celebration of our upcoming elections on the 29th of November, as he and his followers have been doing in the last weeks.

However, his presence in the country does not alter the commitment of all Hondurans to the electoral process which commenced close to a year ago during his (Zelaya’s) own term.

It will culminate with the elections of the 29th of November.

The government has until today respected the representation of the government of Brazil in Honduras even though Brazil has not shown the courtesy of recognizing the constitutional government of Honduras.

I ask the government of Brazil to respect the judicial order emitted against Mr. Zelaya and turn him over to the proper authorities. The state of Honduras is committed to respect the constitutional rights of Mr. Zelaya within that judicial process.

They eyes of the world are on top of Brazil and Honduras.

Let us not permit that the actions or passions of a few to tarnish the image of our people.

This problem which has arisen for Honduras is of an internal nature and should be addressed and resolved internally utilizing Honduran processes.

This is not a matter which concerns international security or peace.

Confident in our inherent right to do so, we will defend our representative democracy, our sovereignty and auto determination…all together, government, nation, civil society, police forces, armed forces and all the people of Honduras.

Hondurans (men and women) have confidence and faith in your government; we are here ready and willing to defend you all.

God Bless Honduras

Long Live Honduras

Good Afternoon

Pres. Micheletti Interview with Greta

More Damning Revelations about "US" Amb. Llorens

La Gringa from Ceiba reveals:

In a television interview of Honduran President Roberto Micheletti on Frente a Frente today, President Micheletti reported about four lengthy meetings held at US Ambassador Hugo Llorens' residence in the days before June 28, 2009. Micheletti was in the first three meetings along with former President Zelaya, Minister Patricia Rodas, Minister Enrique Flores Lanza, Hugo Llorens, Llorens' assistant Simons, and three other Liberal Party members.

In the first meeting, Patricia Rodas spoke for one hour and 25 minutes and in her dissertation she reminded Llorens that "all the coups have occurred in this house [referring to the US Embassy]." Micheletti said that Llorens said nothing because he was the mediator. Zelaya and his Ministers were trying to convince Llorens to agree to the "survey" while the others, along with a "ton" of other people, were trying to get Zelaya to not perform this illegal act which would be effectively be a golpe de estado [coup d'etat].

Aside: A video clip of US Ambassador Llorens appeared in a cuarta urna commercial on the Honduran state-run television station at least hourly in the week before the vote was to occur. It could be that that his comment was taken out of context without Llorens' permission, but the commercial definitely gave the impression that the US government supported the election − even though it had been declared illegal by the Honduran Supreme Court.

Micheletti did not attend the fourth meeting but the others were able to obtain a document in which Zelaya agreed not to mention a constitutional assembly but to call it something else.However, in the next meeting, Zelaya backtracked and said it had to be a constitutional assembly. On Thursday, June 25, Llorens called Micheletti to tell him to think about what they would do because the US would not recognize the destitution of Zelaya.

Mel Zelaya was on his state-run television channel most of the day and night on Thursday and Friday. At one point he made a joke about the arrest, laughing and saying, "They know where I am. Where are they? They are afraid."

On Saturday, June 27, Micheletti called Llorens to tell him to talk to Mel to get him to stop. He said "You [Llorens] have heard all the discussions and negotiations. Talk to him [Zelaya] so that he doesn't insist on the constitutional assembly which is illegal, unconstitutional, and will cause problems in the future." Llorens promised that he would. Micheletti doesn't know if Llorens ever talked to Zelaya or not.

On Saturday evening, Hugo Llorens attended a function at the presidential palace. Someone who attended said that Llorens very strangely rushed out the moment the formalities were over without talking to anyone.]Arturo Corrales also went to the Casa Presidential on Saturday afternoon and stayed until 3:00 a.m., trying to talk Zelaya out of going forward with his plans − to no avail.

Late Saturday night on June 27, the Presidential Decree was published in La Gaceta making the poll official. Though it was back dated to May 26, by delaying publishing until late Saturday night, he had hoped that the other branches of government would not be aware until Monday when it would be too late to do anything to prevent the public vote on Sunday.

Additionally, La Gaceta itself was backdated to June 25. After Zelaya was removed on Sunday morning, Ambassador Llorens called Micheletti to tell him that they should have let Zelaya have the "poll", that nothing would have happened.

He condemned the decision of the Honduran authorities and threatened to promote sanctions against the current government.

This despite the fact that early in the month, Llorens declared, regarding Zelaya's planned referendum, that "One can’t violate the constitution to create another constitution, because this would be like living under the law of the jungle."

Hat Tip: La Gringa's Blogcito


For those regular readers of my blog, my offensive against the perfidious, corrupt, scumbag which is Hugo Llorens, the hand maiden of Hugo Chavez and the Castro brothers, is very well known and documented.

Former posts can be found here, here, here and here.

His odious and vehement assaults against my dear friend, Dr. Enrique Ortez Colindres, the "Churchill" of Honduras, can be found here and here.

Happy Birthday Pres. Roberto Micheletti Bain

Best wishes to the constitutional President of the Republic of Honduras, Don Roberto Micheletti Bain...

Honduran Cardinal Supports the Micheletti Government

His Eminence Cardinal Rodriguez articulates the Catholic Church's position regarding the political occurences in Honduras:

On July 4, 2009, Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez read a statement signed by the 11 Catholic bishops of Honduras stating their position on the political situation and their hopes for Honduras. (English transcript included in the video.) At the end he makes a personal plea to Mel Zelaya to not return to Honduras right now to avoid a blood bath. He reminds Zelaya, a close personal friend of the Cardinal, of three of the commandments, and that to date, not one person had died in the conflict in Honduras.

The second part of the plea was shown over and over again on television during that day.Additionally, another priest made an emergency call to CNN just prior to Zelaya's meeting with the OAS that day, pleading with Zelaya not to return, begging him not to be the cause of bloodshed.

As we know, Mel Zelaya ignored the pleas and tried to return to Honduras. His plane was refused landing and one person was killed in the riot outside the airport grounds.Cardinal Rodriguez was nominated as a potential successor to Pope John Paul II in April 2005.

He is widely respected among Catholic and non-Catholic people of Honduras. From Wikipedia: Widely viewed as a moderate, he is considered a rising star of the Latin American Church. His campaign for human rights and the poor have won widespread praise. Cardinal Rodríguez is further admired as a dynamic pastor who brokered peace accords with rebels and led rebuilding efforts after a natural disaster.

He is an outspoken proponent of the cancellation of Third World debt.

Zelaya had this to say about his friend and priest: "The Cardinal betrayed the people, the poor. He took off his robes to put on a military uniform. And with his words, he really contributed to the assassinations that have taken place in Honduras."

Hat Tip: La Gringa's Blog

Foggy Bottom Throwing Mel Under the Bus?

State Department backtracking on Zelaya?:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. policy on Honduras' political crisis is not aimed at supporting any particular individual, the State Department said in a new letter that implied softening support for ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

The letter to Republican Senator Richard Lugar contained criticism of Zelaya, saying the left-leaning former leader had taken "provocative" actions ahead of his removal by the Honduran military on June 28.

The State Department also indicated severe U.S. economic sanctions were not being considered against the de facto government of Roberto Micheletti, which took over in Honduras after Zelaya removed from office.

"Our policy and strategy for engagement is not based on supporting any particular politician or individual. Rather, it is based on finding a resolution that best serves the Honduran people and their democratic aspirations," Richard Verma, the assistant secretary for legislative affairs, said in the letter.

"We have rejected calls for crippling economic sanctions and made clear that all states should seek to facilitate a solution without calls for violence and with respect for the principle of nonintervention," he said. The letter was dated Tuesday and obtained by Reuters on Wednesday.

President Barack Obama has condemned Zelaya's ouster, refused to recognize Micheletti, cut $16.5 million in military aid to Honduras and thrown his support behind the mediation efforts of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, whose proposals include Zelaya's reinstatement.

Last week the U.S. government announced it was revoking diplomatic visas for several members of Micheletti's administration.

REPUBLICAN THREAT

But the State Department letter, while "energetically" condemning Zelaya's ouster on June 28, noted that the coup had been preceded by a political conflict between Zelaya and other institutions inside Honduras.

"We also recognize that President Zelaya's insistence on undertaking provocative actions contributed to the polarization of Honduran society and led to a confrontation that unleashed the events that led to his removal," it said.

Zelaya was pushing for constitutional reforms that included changing term limits for presidents. His opponents accused him of trying to seek re-election, but he denies the allegation.

The Supreme Court ordered his arrest and the Honduran Congress later approved his ouster.

In the letter to Lugar, the State Department also indicated the Obama administration has still not made a definite decision as to whether Zelaya's ouster constituted a coup.

"We have suspended certain assistance as a policy matter pending an ongoing determination under U.S. law about the applicability of the provisions requiring termination of assistance in the event of a military coup."

Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, had asked the government to explain its policy on the Honduran political crisis, warning that Senate confirmation may be delayed for a diplomatic nominee for Latin America without it.

The letter appeared to be a response to this request.

Because of U.S. support for Zelaya, conservative Republican Senator Jim DeMint has threatened to delay a Senate vote on the nomination of Arturo Valenzuela to be assistant secretary of state for western hemisphere affairs.

DeMint welcomed the State Department letter but said the Obama administration had not gone far enough.

"I'm glad to see the State Department is finally beginning to walk back its support for Manuel Zelaya and admit that his 'provocative' actions were responsible for his removal," he said through a spokesman.

"These admissions are helpful, but what is necessary is for President Obama to end his support for Zelaya who broke the law and sought to become a Chavez-style dictator," DeMint said, referring to Venezuela's socialist president Hugo Chavez, an ally of Zelaya.

Hat Tip: Honduras Fighting for Freedom

The Obama administration, via the United States State Department, is now, definitely, backtracking on their absolute, purist support for the defrocked socialist thug, Mel Zelaya.

It seems they are not inclined to push for enhanced, punitive economic sanctions and, apparently, are still debating internally whether the actions of June 28th constituted a “coup", in the legal sense.

What's next? Will "Ambassador" Hugo Llorens to be replaced??? God willing...

Once Again, Llorens True Colors

El Tiempo:

Managua, (AFP) - El presidente depuesto de Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, se reunió hace unas horas con emisarios de Estados Unidos, encabezados por el embajador en Tegucigalpa, Hugo Llorens, confirmó a la prensa el mismo diplomático.

"Hemos tenido oportunidad de hablar del panorama político y la forma en que está trabajando la comunidad internacional para restaurar la democracia" en Honduras, dijo Llorens escuetamente a la prensa al salir de la reunión.

El encuentro de tres horas se realizó en la sede de la embajada de Honduras, al sureste de Managua, bajo un fuerte dispositivo de seguridad.

La comitiva de Zelaya estaba integrada por funcionarios de su administración, entre ellos su canciller Patricia Rodas, el secretario de la Presidencia, Enrique Flores y el asesor presidencial, Alan Fajardo.

El mandatario abandonó en la madrugada del jueves de forma intempestiva la ciudad de Ocotal, en el norte de Nicaragua, donde se estableció el pasado viernes para organizar, según dijo, una resistencia pacífica contra el golpe que lo derrocó el pasado 28 de junio.

Hasta el momento, Zelaya ni ninguno de sus colaboradores se ha pronunciado sobre las conversaciones sostenidas con los funcionarios estadounidenses.

TeleSur:

El embajador de Estados Unidos en Honduras, Hugo Llorens, reiteró este jueves que el gobierno de su país sólo reconocerá como legítimo presidente de la nación centroamericana a Manuel Zelaya, al tiempo que expresó su interés en que se restituya el hilo Constitucional en territorio hondureño.

Sus declaraciones se produjeron a la salida del encuentro que sostuvo con el presidente Manuel Zelaya, que se llevó a cabo en la sede diplomática de Honduras en Managua, la capital nicaragüense, con el objetivo de seguir analizando mecanismos que permitan devolver el orden constitucional en territorio hondureño.

"Es un placer ver al presidente Zelaya, ya que es su figura la que Estados Unidos reconoce como Presidente de Honduras...tuvimos la oportunidad de hablar del panorama político y la forma para que la comunidad internacional pueda ayudar a retornar el orden constitucional en Honduras", dijo el embajador Llorens.

Durante el encuentro, la comitiva analizó posibles puntos que se suman a las gestiones que tienen como objetivo restaurar la democracia en Honduras, donde el pasado 28 de junio se perpetró un golpe de Estado contra Zelaya y se instaló un gobierno de facto, liderado por Roberto Micheletti.

La enviada especial de teleSUR a Nicaragua, Adriana Sívori, informó que este encuentro estaba "pautada días atrás pero que no se había podido realizar".

Sivori indicó que este encuentro genera muchas expectativas y representa "un giro de 360 grados" para la situación de Honduras, "ya que Zelaya dijo que no viajaría a Estados Unidos".

La primera dama de Honduras, Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, dijo más temprano que su esposo viajó a Managua donde iba a sostener dicha reunión, sin detallar con quién, pero expresó su confianza en que el encuentro arroje buenos resultados.

Castro de Zelaya permanece, junto a sus hijos y otros familiares, varada en el paso fronterizo entre Nicaragua y Honduras, específicamente en la localidad de El Paraíso, ya que debido a una orden impuesta por el gobierno de facto, autoridades policiales le impiden el paso hacia territorio nicaragüense para reencontrarse con su esposo.

En los alrededores de la embajada de Honduras, ubicada en el sureste de Managua, se desplegó un fuerte dispositivo con agentes de seguridad nicaragüenses y estadounidenses.

Zelaya llamó una resistencia pacífica al golpe de Estado militar que se perpetró en su contra el pasado 28 de junio.

Hondudiario:

El embajador de Estados Unidos viajó a Nicaragua a reunirse con el ex presidente Zelaya y horas despuès de éste mismo día regreso al país, después de cumplir la visita oficial.

El embajador de Estados Unidos en el país, Hugo Llorens, viajó a Nicaragua a reunirse con el ex presidente Manuel Zelaya en una visita “oficial” que se realizó en la sede de la embajada de Honduras en ese país, confirmaron fuentes oficiales.

El diplomático estadounidense, acreditado en esta capital, que públicamente ha manifestado que él no se reunirá con ningún funcionario del actual Gobierno, que preside Roberto Micheletti, viajó a Nicaragua para sostener un reunión con su “amigo” el depuesto presidente Zelaya, supuestamente cumpliendo instrucciones de su país.

Aunque los objetivos y los resultados del encuentro entre Llorens y Zelaya, no se han divulgado, la prensa de nicaragüense a fin al gobierno de Daniel Ortega, confirmaron el encuentro y la presencia del diplomático estadounidense que llegó hasta Managua, por medios aún desconocidos.

“Zelaya y los funcionarios del gobierno del presidente Barack Obama se encontraron en la sede de la embajada de Honduras en Managua”, divulgó el canal 4 de televisión y la emisora Nueva Radio Ya, afines al gobierno del presidente Daniel Ortega.

Se dijo que tras la presencia de Llorens y Zelaya en la misión diplomática hondureña en Nicaragua, “en el sector sureste de Managua, se desplegó un fuerte dispositivo con agentes de seguridad nicaragüenses y estadounidenses”.

Trascendió que Zelaya había abandonado el campamento de resistencia que mantiene en la zona fronteriza entre Nicaragua y Honduras, pero no trascendió su destino, que sería el encuentro con la misión del embajador Llorens.

El ex mandatario manifestó la semana anterior que él no atendería los llamados al diálogo propuestos por el gobierno de Estados Unidos, que si deseaban ellos tendrían que venir a buscarle a su campamento de resistencia ubicado en las montañas de Nicaragua.

Fuentes oficiales confirmaron a hondudiario.com la salida de Llorens del país con destino a Nicaragua y también de su retorno, después de haberse reunido con el ex mandatario Zelaya a quien se le define como su “amigo personal” desde hace muchos años.

Americans Travel to Honduras, Divulge Truth

Dennis Prager's trip to Honduras:

Honduras has joined Israel as a pariah nation. The United Nations has condemned Honduras by a vote of acclamation, and the Organization of American States has suspended it.

The way in which nearly all the world's media portray the legal, Supreme Court-ordered ouster of President Manuel (Mel) Zelaya is one major reason for the universal opprobrium. Because military men took part in the deportation of the sitting president, it has been portrayed as a classic Latin American "military coup," and who can support a military coup?

The lack of context in which this ouster took place has prevented the vast majority of the world's news watchers and readers from understanding what has happened.

I wonder how many people who bother to read the news -- as opposed to only listen to or watch news reports -- know:

-- Zelaya was plotting a long-term, possibly lifetime, takeover of the Honduran government through illegally changing the Honduran Constitution.

-- Zelaya had personally led a mob attack on a military facility to steal phony "referendum" ballots that had been printed by the Venezuelan government.

-- Weeks earlier, in an attempt to intimidate the Honduran attorney general -- as reported by The Wall Street Journal's Mary Anastasia O'Grady, one of the only journalists in the world who regularly reports the whole story about Honduras -- "some 100 agitators, wielding machetes, descended on the attorney general's office. 'We have come to defend this country's second founding,' the group's leader reportedly said. 'If we are denied it, we will resort to national insurrection.'"

-- No member of the military has assumed a position of power as a result of the "military coup."

-- Zelaya's own party, the Liberal Party, supported his removal from office and deportation from Honduras.

-- The Liberal Party still governs Honduras.

The United States is threatening to suspend all aid to one of the three poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere in order to force that country -- against its own laws and with the inevitable violence it would entail -- to allow Zelaya back as president.

Let there be no ambiguity here. Little Honduras was supposed to be the next country to lose its liberties as it joined the anti-American, pro-Iranian Latin American left. But Little Honduras decided to fight back. And this has infuriated Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, who will surely attempt to foment violence in Honduras.

Therefore, if you love liberty, you will do whatever you can do help Honduras resist Chavez and his allies, which include the United Nations and Organization of American States.

There are many ways to do that. Buy Honduran goods. Write your representatives in Washington to back the present, law-based Honduran government. And, yes, even visit this friendly beleaguered place. When the world's governments isolate a country, with few exceptions, that's all you need to know about who the good guys are.

Congressmen Mack and Bilbray met last week with Honduran officials:

Two GOP lawmakers returned from a weekend trip to Honduras with a heightened understanding of the presidential crisis there — and a proposal for its resolution.Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.) told The Hill that a presidential candidate from ousted President Manuel Zelaya's own Liberal Party gave the visiting congressmen the proposal, which Bilbray is going to ask the Obama administration to accept.

Under the offer, interim President Roberto Micheletti would voluntarily step down and leadership of the country would go to constitutional succession. However, if Zelaya returned to face charges and was then acquitted, he could return to office.

"The majority of folks think Zelaya should come back to the country, but to stand trial," Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) said.

Mack told The Hill that he found Hondurans to be in "disbelief" at the Obama administration's reaction to the ouster of Zelaya.

"Whether or not [Hondurans] agree on how he was removed all of them agree that he broke the constitution, broke the law," Mack said. "A large majority believe he should not return to Honduras and to power."

Bilbray said the U.S. can't put itself in a position of supporting a president over a country's constitution and the rule of law. "That's a scary place for us to find ourselves, especially considering our history," he said.

"For the [Obama] administration to propose the return of the old president and to put him back into power would really be a slap in the face to constitutional rule," Bilbray said, adding that he believed the administration "jumped the gun" on its assessment of the Honduras crisis.

"I think [Hondurans] were absolutely shocked at the American response."

Micheletti government de-facto, but legal:

The United States misinterpreted the facts in Honduras. The Micheletti government is de facto, but it is also de jure. In a formal complaint dated June 26, two days before the military deported Zelaya, the Attorney General of Honduras charged that Zelaya had violated a number of clauses of the Honduran Constitution. Consequently, the Supreme Court issued an order for Zelaya's arrest on the same day.

Micheletti was next in the Constitutional line to the presidency and was ratified in office by an overwhelming vote of the Honduran Congress, a vote that in the U.S. Congress would have been approximately 421 to 12, including all but 3 members of Zelaya's own party. Therefore, the legal Government in Honduras today is Micheletti's, not Zelaya's.

A crime was committed in removing Zelaya: the Legal Advisor of the Honduran Army has acknowledged the illegality of the deportation, since the military was legally authorized only to carry out the Supreme Court's arrest order. The Army said it expelled Zelaya because it feared domestic violence if he was allowed to stay. This violation, however, pales in comparison with the 17 high crimes with which Zelaya has been officially charged. Zelaya should be allowed to return to Honduras and face the charges in a court of law.

Is the Obama administration prepared to accept the consequences of returning an undemocratic, corrupt, and anti-American, even if elected, strongman to power in Honduras? That would put the United States clearly in the same camp as Cuba's Castro brothers, Venezuela's Chavez, and other regional delinquents.

State Department wrong in revoking visas of key Honduran leaders:

Nobody pushes "dialogue" or "citizen diplomacy" more than the U.S. Department of State. So how can it justify revoking the visas on these Hondurans in what a department spokesman confirmed Tuesday as "a turning of the screw."

The Hondurans targeted are the very ones whose presence would be valuable to the U.S. if it means to understand the constitutional action that necessitated the removal of President Mel Zelaya on June 28. It followed the Honduran constitution to the letter, yet led to the crisis now in mediation talks.

Hondurans targeted include the chief justice of the Supreme Court and the speaker of Congress plus two other officials.

Visas would let them come to the U.S. to explain precisely what happened, getting the word out to the public. This is important. So far, the media and Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez have crudely defined what occurred as a "coup" and claimed Zelaya's removal was all about his left-wing orientation and revenge by the "ruling class."

In reality, Zelaya broke 17 Honduran laws classified as "high crimes." They included holding an unconstitutional referendum, defying the high court, whipping up mobs, taking Chavista cash, robbing the Central Bank and preloading computers with referendum "results" before the illegal referendum was even held.

Like the Stasi revelations in the wake of the Berlin Wall's fall, the information that's come out in the wake of the ouster must be aired, discussed, investigated and resolved.
Instead, the U.S. embassy in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa insists that Zelaya be reseated as president before any other action can take place and granted immunity for his ever more baroque chain of crimes without any dialogue whatsoever.

Obama wrong on Honduras:

Equally incomprehensible to many experts on Latin America is Obama's demanding reinstatement of former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who was deposed by his country's Supreme Court for trying to rig an unconstitutional referendum -- with ballots printed in Venezuela -- to perpetuate his rule. A referendum to evade constitutional term limits is a favored and exported tactic of anti-American Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. Nicaraguan Communist President Daniel Ortega announced plans last week for a referendum which would allow him, like Chavez, to become president for life.

Moises Starkman, a respected Honduran diplomat and technocrat, said of Zelaya's so-far futile efforts to return to Honduras: "This is a showdown which will determine if the Chavista model triumphs or not." My friend Jaime Darenblum, Costa Rica's foremost lawyer who served six years as his country's ambassador in Washington, told the Weekly Standard:

"Zelaya tried to hold an unconstitutional referendum. The Supreme Court rebuked him. Zelaya embraced mob tactics and launched his own coup against democracy. With judicial backing, the army (as well the Congress) moved to stop him. If you want to blame someone, blame Zelaya."

What followed could have passed for comedy. At a leftist summit, Chavez and Cuba's Raul Castro stridently demanded that "democracy" be respected in Honduras! Zelaya has been credibly linked with smuggling planeloads of cocaine which end up in the U.S. He is charged in a case where three of his top officials were caught stealing two million dollars from Honduras' central bank -- in suitcases! -- to fund his election campaign.

Secretary Clinton had the good sense to criticize Zelaya for "reckless" conduct in trying to storm his way back into Honduras. But the Obama Administration is threatening all kinds of sanctions and terminating aid if Zelaya is not restored. Obama has not explained why it is in our country's interest to make another hate-America caudillo a president-for-life in contravention of his country's laws. Nor why he immediately jumped on the Zelaya bandwagon while showing reluctance to "meddle" when the Iranian mullans were shooting peaceful demonstrators. If Obama knows something about Zelaya that regional experts like Starkman and Darenblum don't know, he should explain it. Otherwise, it may be concluded that our President just has a penchant for leftist dictators and that he knows less about Honduras than he knows about Cambridge. .

The briefings I have received at U.S. Southern Command in Florida make vivid the threat to our country of terrorism from the South; Iranian agents are already active in Venezuela and Nicaragua. Do we want to give them another base in Honduras?

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Micheletti Rebuts Critics & Propaganda

Update 1:

Breitbart:

OCOTAL, Nicaragua (AP) - The U.S. government said Tuesday it has revoked the diplomatic visas of four Honduran officials, stepping up pressure on coup-installed leaders who insist they can resist international demands to restore the ousted president.

The U.S. State Department did not name the four, but a Honduran official said they included the Supreme Court magistrate who ordered the arrest of ousted President Manuel Zelda and the president of Honduras' Congress.

The State Department is also reviewing the visas of all officials serving under interim President Roberto Micheletti, department spokesman Ian Kelly said.

Micheletti's Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Lorena Alvarado said Supreme Court Justice Tomas Arita and Congressional President Jose Alfredo Saavedro were among those whose visas removed.

Arita signed the order for Zelaya's arrest several days before soldiers whisked him out of the country on June 28.

Alvarado insisted the decision would not have major consequences for Micheletti's government, which has rejected international demands to restore Zelaya despite the suspension of millions of dollars in U.S. and European development aid and the threat of further sanctions.

"It's part of the international community's incomprehension of what is happening in Honduras," Alvarado told The Associated Press. "It's not definitive and it will not have major consequences for the future of Honduras."

Zelaya, who earlier complained that international efforts to restore him were flagging, said the decision was "correct" and urged even tougher measures.

Also:

Mel Zelaya had personally asked Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. to carry out the visa actions

Nefarious "US Ambassador" Hugo Llorens, a repulsive traitor, is at the core of this diabolical effort against a key American ally

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen noted it was "dangerous" to pull visas, as the White House is taking its marching order from Zelaya, Chavez and Castro

President of National Congress now asks US to respect the sovereign decisions undertaken by Honduras

Supreme Court Judge Tomas Arita, who signed the arrest warrant against Mel responds to actions of the US Embassy in Tegucigalpa

Custodio, Arita, Saavedra and Sevilla were the 4 individuals harmed

Addams Family, oops, Zelaya family did not pass to the border area to meet the ex-dictator, although they had been legally authorized to do so

Human Rights Ombudsman, Ramon Custodio, one of the representatives who had his diplomatic visa revoked discusses that his dignity and fealty to the constitution is worth more than any visa

Legal association opposes any amnesty for Zelaya and his corrupt goons

Salomón Escoto, National Police Chief apprises Pres. Micheletti of the security situation in the nation

Víctor Boitano Coleman, ex-Sandinista militant, accuses the Ortega government of being a party to the incessant violations of Zelaya on his homeland, commerce has been affected to the permanent circus maximus on the border

Pepe Lobo, National Party Presidential candidate, says his party opposes a blanket amnesty to Mel Zelaya

Pres. Micheletti's visa could be next?

Zelaya "wife" Xiomara Castro, indicated to Chavez run network TeleSur, or is that CNN?, that the armed forces wants to expel her family and her from the country

Venezuelan diplomats, read spies, remain in country and refuse to leave Honduras after being asked to depart, as of Friday at noon

Honduran Pres. Roberto Micheletti-Wall Street Journal:

One of America’s most loyal Latin American allies—Honduras—has been in the midst of a constitutional crisis that threatens its democracy. Sadly, key undisputed facts regarding the crisis have often been ignored by America’s leaders, at least during the earliest days of the crisis.

In recent days, the rhetoric from allies of former President Manuel Zelaya has also dominated media reporting in the U.S. The worst distortion is the repetition of the false statement that Mr. Zelaya was removed from office by the military and for being a “reformer.” The truth is that he was removed by a democratically elected civilian government because the independent judicial and legislative branches of our government found that he had violated our laws and constitution.

Let’s review some fundamental facts that cannot be disputed:

• The Supreme Court, by a 15-0 vote, found that Mr. Zelaya had acted illegally by proceeding with an unconstitutional “referendum,” and it ordered the Armed Forces to arrest him. The military executed the arrest order of the Supreme Court because it was the appropriate agency to do so under Honduran law.

• Eight of the 15 votes on the Supreme Court were cast by members of Mr. Zelaya’s own Liberal Party. Strange that the pro-Zelaya propagandists who talk about the rule of law forget to mention the unanimous Supreme Court decision with a majority from Mr. Zelaya’s own party. Thus, Mr. Zelaya’s arrest was at the instigation of Honduran’s constitutional and civilian authorities—not the military.

• The Honduran Congress voted overwhelmingly in support of removing Mr. Zelaya. The vote included a majority of members of Mr. Zelaya’s Liberal Party.

• Independent government and religious leaders and institutions—including the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, the Administrative Law Tribunal, the independent Human Rights Ombudsman, four-out-of-five political parties, the two major presidential candidates of the Liberal and National Parties, and Honduras’s Catholic Cardinal—all agreed that Mr. Zelaya had acted illegally.

• The constitution expressly states in Article 239 that any president who seeks to amend the constitution and extend his term is automatically disqualified and is no longer president. There is no express provision for an impeachment process in the Honduran constitution. But the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision affirmed that Mr. Zelaya was attempting to extend his term with his illegal referendum. Thus, at the time of his arrest he was no longer—as a matter of law, as far as the Supreme Court was concerned—president of Honduras.

• Days before his arrest, Mr. Zelaya had his chief of staff illegally withdraw millions of dollars in cash from the Central Bank of Honduras.

• A day or so before his arrest, Mr. Zelaya led a violent mob to overrun an Air Force base to seize referendum ballots that had been shipped into Honduras by Hugo Chávez’s Venezuelan government.

• I succeeded Mr. Zelaya under the Honduran constitution’s order of succession (our vice president had resigned before all of this began so that he could run for president). This is and has always been an entirely civilian government. The military was ordered by an entirely civilian Supreme Court to arrest Mr. Zelaya. His removal was ordered by an entirely civilian and elected Congress. To suggest that Mr. Zelaya was ousted by means of a military coup is demonstrably false.

Regarding the decision to expel Mr. Zelaya from the country the evening of June 28 without a trial, reasonable people can believe the situation could have been handled differently. But it is also necessary to understand the decision in the context of genuine fear of Mr. Zelaya’s proven willingness to violate the law and to engage in mob-led violence.

The way forward is to work with Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. He is proposing ways to ensure that Mr. Zelaya complies with Honduras’s laws and its constitution and allows the people of Honduras to elect a new president in the regularly scheduled Nov. 29 elections (or perhaps earlier, if the date is moved up as President Arias has suggested and as Honduran law allows).

If all parties reach agreement to allow Mr. Zelaya to return to Honduras—a big “if”—we believe that he cannot be trusted to comply with the law and therefore it is our position that he must be prosecuted with full due process.

President Arias’s proposal for a moratorium on prosecution of all parties may be considered, but our Supreme Court has indicated that such a proposal presents serious legal problems under our constitution.

Like America, our constitutional democracy has three co-equal and independent branches of government—a fact that Mr. Zelaya ignored when he openly defied the positions of both the Supreme Court and Congress. But we are ready to continue discussions once the Supreme Court, the attorney general and Congress analyze President Arias’s proposal. That proposal has been turned over to them so that they can review provisions that impact their legal authority. Once we know their legal positions we will proceed accordingly.

The Honduran people must have confidence that their Congress is a co-equal branch of government. They must be assured that the rule of law in Honduras applies to everyone, even their president, and that their Supreme Court’s orders will not be dismissed and swept aside by other nations as inconvenient obstacles.

Meanwhile, the other elements of the Arias proposal, especially the establishment of a Truth Commission to make findings of fact and international enforcement mechanisms to ensure Mr. Zelaya complies with the agreement, are worthy of serious consideration.

Mr. Zelaya’s irresponsible attempt on Friday afternoon to cross the border into Honduras before President Arias has obtained agreement from all parties—an attempt that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appropriately described as “reckless”—was just another example of why Mr. Zelaya cannot be trusted to keep his word.

Regardless of what happens, the worst thing the U.S. can do is to impose economic sanctions that would primarily hurt the poorest people in Honduras. Rather than impose sanctions, the U.S. should continue the wise policies of Mrs. Clinton. She is supporting President Arias’s efforts to mediate the issues. The goal is a peaceful solution that is consistent with Honduran law in a civil society where even the president is not above the law.

Mr. Micheletti, previously the president of the Honduran Congress, became president of Honduras upon the departure of Manuel Zelaya. He is a member of the Liberal Party, the same party as Mr. Zelaya.

The Path Foward, Micheletti editorial in the WSJ (Spanish)

US Ambassador Hugo Llorens permitted and was a party to Zelaya's wife utlizing his personal residence to make international calls (on US taxpayer expense), creating a sham as to her whereabouts and personal safety

Tomás Arita Valle, Supreme Court Magistrate who signed the arrest warrant against Mel Zelaya has his US Diplomatic visa revoked

José Alfredo Saavedra, new President of the Honduran national congress also has his US Diplomatic visa revoked

Obama is relying heavily on White House Counsel Gregory Craig for advice on Latin America

FM Lopez Contreras states that after January 27th everything changes politically and nations can have relations with Honduras, independent of OAS, like Cuba had with others

Funds suspended to ambassadors and diplomatic envoys who remain loyal to ex-President Zelaya

Zelaya transferred funds from People's Republic of China for personal use

Worse political crisis in 30 years

$7.5 million USD siphoned illegally from the Central Bank to fund the nefarious 4th Ballot initiative

Diary with payoffs to key labor and union syndicate leaders found in car of Carlos Arturo Reina, Zelaya cohort

Mel to direct guerrilla counter-offensive from the mountains of Nicaragua...are his mom and the transgendered "El Pichu" going to participate too?

Tuxtla Conference is ongoing in Costa Rica, Zelaya has been invited to attend

Honduran Supreme Court authorizes former "First Lady" Xiomara Castro de Zelaya to cross the border into Nicaragua

Official State Department statement regarding the revocation of 4 diplomatic visas to members of the Micheletti government

Zelaya praises State Department action, categorizes it as a victory

Philip Crowley, Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs at the US State Department, stated that the coup should serve as a “lesson” for the deposed president who had signed trade and petroleum accords with Venezuela: “We certainly think that if we were choosing a model government and a model leader for countries of the region to follow, that the current leadership in Venezuela would not be a particular model. If that is the lesson that President Zelaya has learned from this episode, that would be a good lesson.”

US sends the wrong message in supporting a socialist thug like Zelaya

Zelaya not happy that Hillary has stopped using the term “coup” to describe his removal from power by the military last month

Eduardo Montealegre, Nicaraguan opposition leader travels to Tegucigalpa offering support to the Micheletti administration and calling for Mel's ouster from Nicaraguan soil

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The original Legion of Doom, from whence Fidel and Hugo drew their inspiration...

The modern day Legion of Doom, (L-R) Juan Evo Morales Ayma-Bolivia, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales-Honduras, José Daniel Ortega Saavedra-Nicaragua, Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías-Venezuela and Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado-Ecuador.

Allende boot licking, Chavez employee, OAS Chief José Miguel Insulza Salinas with Mel Zelaya who is probably dreaming about his gal pal who wears the pants in their relationship, Patty Rodas.

The aging and decrepit Godfather of the Legion of Doom, Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, Cuba's Stalinist tyrant.

Legion of Doom member in training, "La Pichu", Xiomara Hortensia Zelaya Castro, Mel's transgendered "daughter" who is a fruity melange of Rosa Luxembourg, Madame Mao, Vilma Espin and Jane Fonda!!!

Legion of Doom handmaiden "US Ambassador", Hugo Llorens, Mel Zelaya's BFF, scuba diving partner in Cayo Cochinos, fellow regular bacchanal sex attendee at Valle de Angeles orgy house and long-time beneficiary of economic enhancements for his partners and family members!

Defrocked socialist and disgraced thief, Mel Zelaya, receiving instructions at the border between Nicaragua and Honduras from his master, Legion of Doom Supreme Leader, Hugo Chavez!

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The Mel Zelaya show at the border is but a reflection, independent of ideology, of the character and disposition of this narcissistic megalomaniac who is a pathological and compulsive liar with no shame

President Micheletti sounds off: mercenaries at the border and lack of class and decorum from ex Pres. Zelaya

Notwithstanding Chavez funded efforts to the contrary, the Honduran Armed Forces remain loyal to the constitutional President, Don Roberto Micheletti Bain and adhere to the governing legal authority in their actions

Micheletti: Zelaya can tried in a third country, but under Honduran laws; Police Force will carry out the arrest if he returns

Salomón Escoto, Director of the National Police articulates that there is a plan in place to arrest the corrupt dictator

More indictments and arrest warrants for Zelaya ministers Moncada, Santos and Mejia

National Congress will take up the issue of a general amnesty on Monday, as per San Jose talks

Legion of Doom ex Honduran FM, Patty Rodas (Mel's gal pal) demanding stronger actions from Hillary Clinton.....wait, didn't you mistreat her at the OAS summit in San Pedro Sula a couple of months ago????

Political posturing regarding the presidential ballot

Mega march in San Pedro Sula

Zelaya utilizes his "wife", transgendered daughter and mother as ploys at the border, exposing them to danger

If properly capture, National Police will guarantee the physical security of the ex thug in chief

San Pedro Sula rally excoriates Zelaya, Chavez and international pressure

What a surprise, FARC Marxist Leninist terrorists from Colombia and Legion of Doom guerrilla force backs Zelaya

Former President Ricardo Maduro and Bush ally proposes a third way to resolve crisis, with both Micheletti and Zelaya out, and a third NON Zelaya figure caretaker

International community urges more dialogue and acceptance of the Arias Plan

Hillary video regarding Zelaya from AllahPundit

"Classic example of the leftist definition of courage and intrepidity"

The Legion of Doom suffered a great defeat yesterday, just as they did on June 28th and July 5th

Micheletti government calls upon Belgium, Germany, Canada, Panama, Colombia, Japan to be observers of the continuing dialogue transpiring with Pres. Arias in Costa Rica

Oscar Arias disapproves of Zelaya's circus maximus

Curfew extended on the border areas

Update 1:

Mel is on the way back to the border to hold a news conference, Circus Maximus redux

Micheletti: Zelaya is an "irresponsible demagogue"

Former Supreme Court Justice Vilma Morales conveys that Zelaya's actions demonstrate his lack of desire to seek a peaceful settlement

Zelaya provocateurs are fomenting trouble at the border, again

Mel trying to cross again today

Update 2:

Three US Senators arrive in Honduras, along with Florida Gov. Charlie Crist

Coronel Luis Recartes who greeted Zelaya at the border yesterday is not arrested

Zelaya flying to Costa Rica on Monday to attend a summit with all Central America countries, as well as Mexico, Panama and Colombia

He is setting up a permanent base on the border with food distribution networks, along with room and board for his paid hooligans

Rough shot Legion of Doom outpost set up on the border area

General Romeo Vasquez spoke via phone with Mel's "nominal" wife, Xiomara Castro

Honduran Chief of Staff Joint Chief articulates forcefully that the Honduran Armed Forces is a professional military organization and army

Cardinal Rodriguez defends his stance against Zelaya as a serial violator of the constitution and malevolent figure

Republican congressmen meet with Pres. Micheletti, on their way to a meeting with the Honduran Supreme Court at Amb. Hugo Llorens residence

Update 3:

Zelaya's new base of operations on the border, using Nicaraguan territory to foment upheavel and violence

Xiomara Castro de Zelaya remains at the border with El Pichu attempting to cross into Nicaragua, ostensibly to see her "husband"

Nicaraguan opposition lawmakers look to oust Zelaya from their country, as he is directing rebellion and violence in Honduras from Nicaragua proper

Arrest Warrant against Mel Zelaya is ready and in play when feasible

Pres. Micheletti receives delegation of US Congressmen, which then are scheduled to travel to US Amb. Llorens' residence to meet the Supreme Court Justices

FM Carlos Lopez Contreras, Vice FM Martha Alvarado, Liberal Party National Congresswoman Patricia Villeda and Jose Lagos, prominent Honduran-American

Circus Maximus Part Deux

*Human Rights Commissioner reveals that "US Ambassador", Hugo Llorens, pressured him into accepting an illegal selection to the Supreme Court by Zelaya, via phone

Zelaya Crosses Into Honduras, Then Backtracks

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Live video up link via Chavez news network, TeleSur

Facebook pics of Zelaya at and crossing the border

More border information regarding Zelaya's impetuousness

Zelaya entered a few feet into Honduran territory

For security reasons Mel has now returned to Nicaragua

Zelaya informed a colonel that went to go speak to him halfway that he was his "lawful commander and chief"

Adolfo Sevilla, Honduran Minister of Defense, says that to Legion of Doom Chief, Hugo Chavez, Zelaya is worth more dead than alive

Via air or via land, Zelaya says he will be in Honduras today/tonight

National Police has a plan and contingencies in place in order to arrest Zelaya

Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, a "man of peace"?

National Party candidate, Pepe Lobo, wins the right to have his face on the top of the November presidential ballot

Mel travels with a guide from his master, Venezuelan FM Nicolas Maduro

State Department and Hillary Clinton criticize Zelaya for attempting to return as not prudent

Prodigious march in San Pedro Sula against the return of Zelaya and in favor of the Micheletti government

Latin American Bishops offer support to Honduran Cardinal Óscar Rodíguez Madariaga

Will Zelaya truly be flying to Washington DC this Tuesday, as well?

Micheletti holds Hugo Chavez, Daniel Ortega and Mel Zelaya responsible for any potential bloodbath