Honduras Defends Its Democracy; Castro and Hillary Clinton Object

Hugo Chávez's coalition-building efforts suffered a setback yesterday when the Honduran military sent its president packing for abusing the nation's constitution.

It seems that President Mel Zelaya (Chavez wannabe) miscalculated when he tried to emulate the success of his good friend Hugo in reshaping the Honduran Constitution to his liking.

But Honduras is not out of the Venezuelan woods yet. Yesterday the Central American country was being pressured to restore the authoritarian Mr. Zelaya by the likes of Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega, Hillary Clinton (US Secretary of State) and, of course, Hugo himself.

That Mr. Zelaya acted as if he were above the law, there is no doubt. While Honduran law allows for a constitutional rewrite, the power to open that door does not lie with the president. A constituent assembly can only be called through a national referendum approved by its Congress.

But Mr. Zelaya declared the vote on his own and had Mr. Chávez ship him the necessary ballots from Venezuela. I would not be surprised if Chavez did not apply for Stimulus funds from Supreme Leader B. Hussein and have ACRON assist in the bogus election; something they at which they excel!

But why should a little thing like the rule of law and a constitution bother a true liberal socialist? All Zelaya had to do was use the playbook written by the current gang of Chicago thugs in the US White House. If you want to do something a democratic constitution might frown upon, just appoint a Czar (or a few dozen), unelected and unaccountable to the public, and do it anyway.

It is not surprising that Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration would want to thwart democracy in Honduras. They are busily doing the same thing here.