Whitewash in Honduras
11/28/09 – President Obama – Tomorrow Honduras will hold an illegal election and it appears that the far right candidate will win. Every Latin American country except Panama and Costa Rica have declared that they will not recognize this election.
Americans elected you on a promise of
Change. That change includes Latin America, but it appears you have
caved in to the corporate right and thrown Honduran Democracy under
the bus! You have squandered a magnificent opportunity to show that
America actually cares about people. By recognizing this coup d'etat
led election you are saying to other hopeful right wing dictators
that the door is now open for them to do the same thing. You are
encouraging turmoil in Latin America and you are doing irreparable
harm to America's already tarnished reputation in the region. Day by
day my hope fades that you would actually be a man of your word.
Tomorrow will be a sad day for Latin America and the World.
See this from the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/world/americas/28honduras.html
Thomas Daly
Retired California Newspaper Publisher