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Presidente For Life Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales Not So Fast Jose
The people of Honduras have overthrown the former president Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, and
his attempt to amend the Constitution of Honduras to allow him to remain as president for life.
Zelaya, with his close ties to Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and Fidel Castro in Cuba, was seeking a
national referendum Sunday that would have removed the single term limit mandated by the
Honduran Constitution. That article is one of only 8 out of 375 articles that cannot be amended.
The American mainstream media, taking its cue from the Obama Administration, is portraying
Zelaya as the victim as he was forced into exile in Costa Rico.
Typical of the left-kook response from the American Oldstream Media comes courtesy of
this Huffington Post excerpt:

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Quote:
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras Soldiers ousted the democratically elected president of Honduras
on Sunday and Congress named a successor, but the leftist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez denounced what he called an illegal coup and vowed to stay in power.
The first military takeover of a Central American government in 16 years drew widespread
condemnation from governments in Latin America and the world, and Chavez vowed to
overthrow the countrys apparent new leader.
President Manuel Zelaya was awakened Sunday by gunfire and detained while still in his
pajamas, hours before an unpopular constitutional referendum many saw as a power grab. An air
force plane flew him into forced exile in Costa Rica as armored military vehicles with machine
guns rolled through the streets of the Honduran capital and soldiers seized the national palace.
Democratically elected in 2006, the single four-year term was not enough for the Marxist ally of
Chavez and Castro. He announced earlier this year his intention of staging a national referendum
that would allow him to remain as president indefinitely, in direct contradiction to the
constitution.
This move follows the same tactic used by Hugo Chavez who needed three such referendums in
Venezuela before he was finally able to overthrow that nations constitution.
The Honduran Supreme Court, however, informed Zelaya that his referendum was
unconstitutional which should have put the notion to bed. Instead, Zelaya continued his plans
for a referendum, with the vote scheduled for June 28.
A more balanced reporting of what ensued:
Quote:
The Supreme Court of Honduras declared the Zelaya referendum unconstitutional, his own
Liberal Party came out in strong opposition, and the public overwhelmingly opposed his power
grab. Despite this, Zelaya, a leftwing politician with strong ties to Cubas Castro and Venezuelas
Chavez, scheduled the referendum for Sunday, June 28. At midnight, Wednesday, June 24, the

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strong-arm president gave a televised speech accusing his opposition of promoting
destabilization and chaos by attempting to thwart his unconstitutional referendum.
As the situation in Honduras continued to deteriorate, the Zelayas attorney general called for his
ouster; his Defense Minister resigned; he fired the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for stating
that he would refuse to send out troops to put down public protests; the chiefs of the army, navy,
and air force resigned; and the countrys Supreme Court ordered the nations army and police not
to support the unconstitutional referendum.
And so, yesterday the Honduran people, with the aid of their military, took back their
government, and restored their constitution. As reported in the HuffPo article, Zelaya awoke to
gunfire, and still in his pajamas was arrested by the military doing the peoples business.
Unlike banana republic coups of past decades, Zelaya was not taken out back by his generals and
shot, but instead, escorted to the airport where he was allowed to leave the country.
Another country that the Marxists in Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba had counted upon to fall,
refused to buckle to tyranny.
This is good news for people anywhere in the world who value freedom and the rule of law. The
Obama Administration, who were curiously mum while Zelaya attempted his end-around
maneuver around his nations constitution, has come out against the coup that restored
democracy to that nation state.
Quote:
President Barack Obama said he was deeply concerned and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton said Zelayas arrest should be condemned.
I call on all political and social actors in Honduras to respect democratic norms, the rule of law
and the tenets of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, Obamas statement read.
President Obama is showing the moral courage we have come to expect from the man.

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Hinz, David. "President Obama Demonstrates Moral Courage in Honduran Coup |
RedState." RedState. The Minority Report, 28 June 2009. Web. 22 Feb. 2015