Washington a Key 'Villain'
in Crisis Facing Honduras
"Barack
Obama, as well as Hillary Clinton and [U.S. Ambassador to Honduras] Hugo
Llorens, have, as the gringos would say, 'dropped the ball,' or translated into
Spanish, 'put their foot in it.'
Supporters of ousted
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya clash with soldiers near the Toncontin
International Airport, where Zelaya was attempting to land, July 5.
The current crisis in
Honduras has revealed the best and worst of our society. Let's begin with
the latter. And I don't here refer to [ousted President] Manuel Zelaya, since
history has already judged him and his henchmen who, in the name of the people,
squandered the public coffers.
We have several villains who
have tried to operate below the radar, which is why I cannot allow myself to let
their movements and statements go unnoticed. Let's begin with the
representatives of the U.S. government. Barack Obama, as well as Hillary
Clinton and [U.S. Ambassador to Honduras] Hugo Llorens, have, as the gringos would
say, "dropped the ball," or translated into Spanish, "put their
foot in it [metido la pata]" in regard to their policy on the
institutional crisis in Honduras. I can accept their questioning the way we
removed Zelaya from Honduras (although, as we've stated in past articles, this
was perhaps the only option we had to avoid a social and public security
breakdown).
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But I cannot abide how,
ignoring our legal foundations, they have worked to isolate us within the
international community. I consider abusive the efforts of Llorens, who, in
clear violation of our Constitution and in complete disregard of our right to
self-determination, proceeded to make appointments and visit various business
groups in Honduras in order to threaten and get them to desist from their
opposition to the return of Zelaya, insinuating all sorts of consequences. I
was wrong about Llorens. When he first came to present his credentials and was
humiliated by Zelaya, I thought he was a reasonable man. But now I find that
his intentions don't have as a goal the overall interests of our people and
relations between two countries which have distinguished themselves by being historically
natural allies.
I think Llorens's diplomatic
career will be very much affected by his clumsy handling of this crisis and his
lack of forcefulness in curtailing Zelaya's malicious and continuing
pretensions. Today he cut U.S. aid to our nation, but didn't have the “balls”
to denounce the assault on our precarious finances by the previous
administration [the Zelaya Administration].
Let us mention another
villain in sheep's clothing: Nobel Peace Prize winner Óscar Arias. I'm highlighting
his Nobel because it calls attention to his glaring deficiencies as a mediator
of frank and constructive negotiations. Given the clear limitations of these
negotiations, as clearly expressed in the obstinate language of his proposal, I
searched the Internet (Wikipedia) for the criteria and merits that are
evaluated in awarding the Nobel Peace Prize. According to my source, this is
the most controversial of all the Nobel Prizes as it has been criticized for
allowing very little time to pass before the events that prompted support for
the nominated individual - and often show a clear political bias on the part of
Nobel evaluation committee members. Because of this, winners don't necessarily
have the support of history in terms of a demonstration that their actions have
brought clear and lasting benefits to the cause of world peace. How could
Arias, in his capacity as a mediator, place on top of the agenda for his peace
proposal the restitution of Manuel Zelaya, if that is precisely the cause of
the conflict? Moreover, how dare a Nobel Peace Prize laureate publicly insinuate
a civil war?
Ousted Honduras' President Manuel
Zelaya in El Salvador,
after his plane was not permitted to land in Honduras.
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I can't leave out of this
lineup of villainy the leaders of the Teachers' Union, who, embracing a cause
very much removed from that of education, have left schoolrooms to march in the
streets, many wearing masks on their faces. This is exactly the attitude that
has created the conditions that have led to today's social decay. It is time
that teachers of true vocation take charge of our educational institutions to
save the country.
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I have left for the end a
word about our brave compatriots. They are so numerous that I will certainly fail
to mention them all. I'll also leave out, and not for lack of merit, the central
figures in the change of government, since they've already been clearly
identified. I prefer to focus on those modest and courageous members of the Micheletti Cabinet,
whom I won't name so as not to leave anyone out. They have all taken on the
patriotic responsibility of discharging their obligations, eliminating the
abuses of the previous administration and undertaking their portfolios in the
face of all kinds of deficiencies, particularly in regard to international
assistance. Neither can I forget those teachers who have defied the threats of
their leaders and taught their classes - often in the shade of a tree.
Finally, recognition is due
to the brave ones of the cyber revolution. Zelaya never could have imagined the
power of all of our hands typing day and night to people we don't even know.
These are heroes that no longer need to seek shelter in anonymity. They are
those who, in the name of this land, have shed their fears in order to confront
this struggle.