November 30th, 2009 // comments (0)

RE: VOTING IN HONDURAS

Lobo wins:

The electoral tribunal said Sunday night that Mr. Lobo had 52 percent of the vote, with almost two-thirds of the votes counted. That gave him a margin of more than 16 percentage points over his main opponent, Elvin Santos. Shortly before midnight, Mr. Santos conceded, Reuters reported.

Now we wait for reactions.

November 29th, 2009 // comments (0)

RE: VOTING IN HONDURAS

Exit polls show opposition leader Lobo with a solid lead…

November 29th, 2009 // comments (0)

VOTING IN HONDURAS

Today is the day. After several failed attempts at mediation — the latest move to bring Zelaya back into power temporarily was blocked by the Honduran Supreme Court in a 14-1 vote — it’s time for the people of Honduras to vote for a new President. While the U.S. botched the handling of this crisis from the beginning, the Obama administration has smartened up a bit. The United States considers these elections tantamount to hitting one of those ‘reset buttons’…

July 7th, 2009 // comments (0)

Left Wing Partisans Struggle To Defend Zelaya

There’s nothing that pisses me off more than partisans who oppose something simply because their political opponents support it. They respond to their perceived nemesis not with a fresh view on the subject that may sway the debate but with a slew of insults and heated rhetoric that completely miss the point of the argument and ignore the facts at hand. We’re seeing quite a bit of that with the debate surrounding the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. I’ll…

July 6th, 2009 // comments (0)

Coming Soon: The Looming Showdown Over Honduras

Uncertainty reigns in Honduras.

Rumor has it Hillary Clinton will be meeting with ousted President Zelaya this week. The Obama administration is ready to go ‘all in’ here. They’ve made it quite clear which fighter they’re betting the house on and the chips are about to be collected. Venezuela and Nicaragua are ramping up the rhetoric and Honduran officials claim the latter is amassing troops on the border. I haven’t heard President Obama criticize talk like this and it’s…

June 30th, 2009 // comments (0)

What In The Hell Is Happening In Honduras?

Most mainstream media outlets seem to be keeping their distance from this explosive ‘coup’ story in Honduras. Odds are this is less because they’re trying to defend the President’s inconsistencies with ‘meddling’ in international affairs and more because they don’t truly understand the story. So, let me take a minute (or a few paragraphs) and dive into the various reports that best describe the current situation in Honduras. Let’s start with the major players and move on to the brass…