Whoever broke into the studios of Pro-Zelaya radio station Radio Globo and TV’s channel 36, and threw acid into the transmitters, did his country a great disservice, for whatever reason they did it.
Yes I am against the message the station and TV channel broadcast, but this type of attack only legitimizes them.
I ate in that restaurant many times. It was near my house. Peaceful protests indeed.
Three million dollars in cash have appeared in the Honduran black market. This was enough to drive the black market exchange rate down to 18 Lempiras a dollar, from 19. This is suspicious, because the official bank rate is 19.0275, which is far better. In changing three million dollars, there would be a loss of 162 thousand dollars.
Why would anyone change their dollars in the black market when the official exchange rate gives a better return? Only to hide something. Who has three million dollars to spend freely? What would this money be spent on?
Here is a series of events reported in Honduras:
I wouldn’t be surprised if it were known that these people were paid to come to Tegucigalpa. In who’s interest is it that there be violence in Honduras? Only Zelaya.
But where is Zelaya getting the money? Who is lending him his airplane, an enormous expense? Has this person used his country’s money to promote socialism in the past? Who has threatened war in Honduras, and vowed to topple Micheletti? Who has the millions necessary?
Who else? Hugo Chávez.
Please do not hesitate to visit La Gringa’s blog for shocking images of Pro-Zelaya violence in Tegucigalpa, paid for by Chavez. I’ll report more on the Chavez link in a few hours.
There are many more images on the internet of the vandalism Zelaya’s supporters have been perpetrating in their “peaceful demonstrations”. Fast food chains are often the target of the violent among them, because they are a symbol of globalization and capitalism.
The police are powerless to stop these acts, because the moment they do, they are accused of “violent repression” and human rights violations. Human rights violations! Judge for yourselves.
There has been a brutal murder last night in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the first night without curfew since the removal of Zelaya. During the curfew, only supporters of Zelaya would dare do anything violent 
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Honduran Chancellor, Enrique Ortez Colindres says the shot that killed Isis Obeth Murillo was fired from the crowd of protesters, not from the Honduran police, according to El Universal, Venezuela. If you look at the picture above (see larger version), taken yesterday at the scene, the police do not even have guns, only the military, who are a considerably longer distance away. To reach the wall where the young man was killed, they would have needed a sniper. I reserve judgement, but I think this explanation is plausible.
Image by Roberto Brevé, used with a Creative Commons license
Marcelo Chimirri, a close friend of Mel Zelaya has been arrested today. You may remember Chimirri from the many blog posts giving attention to his corruption, and possibly even murder, in late 2007.
He has been wanted since 2007 by authorities for allegations of receiving tens of millions of dollars from telecommunications companies in the US in exchange for preferential tratment when he was the general manager of Hondutel. Hondutel is the state-run telephone company. Chimirri shut down several rival telecommunications companies by accusing them of selling international voice-over-IP calls. Most of these companies were acquitted a year later in the courts, but not before sustaining losses of millions of US Dollars.
Mel Zelaya defended Chimirri from the Honduran court system, and perhaps, by doing so, generated the waves of anger that crashed over when he was removed from office.
Today I am praying for the delegation from Honduras that is currently in Washington to be able to convince the US not to join the UN and OAS sanctions against Honduras. La Gringa, of La Gringa’s Blogicito, has posted a very encouraging statement by a US congressman, Jim DeMint, Rep, NC, defending the Honduran congress for standing up to the lawless Chavista ambitions of Mel Zelaya.
I also pray that the current leaders of Honduras and the people might remain calm even if Zelaya does decide to return to Honduras. His supporters are sure to try to provoke violence. It is crucial that no shots are fired, no stones thrown, why even no insults hurled, in order to show the world that Honduras loves peace.
Photo from Radio America
The post-modern urbane prefer to dismiss violence as distasteful and barbaric at best, and hideous and criminal at worst. I wonder how many of them would survive in the wild. Would they become vegetarian? I certainly have never had to kill an animal to eat. The closest I’ve ever come to it is breaking eggs for an omelet. But I eat dead animals every day.
Some might say that humans were never meant to kill and eat animals, and to do so is tantamount to murder. The result of a vegan diet, which only includes fruits, vegetables and dairy produce seems to support this.
On the other hand, the effects of testosterone on males from the womb, that leads them to develop primary and secondary male characteristics, suggests otherwise. One of the major traits, is agressiveness. Why would such agression be useful? The role of hunter comes to mind, as does that of protector, and perhaps, avenger.
In the book of Genesis, animals were excluded from early human diet until after humans were expelled from Eden. This is suggestive. Also the first recorded act of violence, Cain’s murder of his brother, Abel, was after the fall. Also, the first mention of male dominance was immediately after the fall.
But death is first implied earlier, in that there is a “Tree of [eternal] Life” in Eden. Access to this tree was taken away until after the fall of mankind. So, according to Genesis, the first humans were mortal, but had access to immortality. Once rebellion entered the picture, access to immortality was taken away, and replaced by death and violence.
According to Genesis, it seems, violence is a result of the fall, but is unavoidable for survival in a world full of anger and injustice. Also in this category are: death, male dominance, pain in childbirth, a wilder Earth, divorce, etc…
Mel Zelaya is no coward. Yesterday, before a UN delegation of 61 nations, he proposed his solution to the “war on drugs”: to legalize drugs. The last time he spoke to the UN, he had called for making the right to immigrate a basic human right.
That he should consider it at all is a testament to the dismal failure of the war on drugs. Narcos have the entire hemisphere hostage, and are corrupting entire nations between the fields of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador, and the consumers in California and the rest of the United States. Every day in Mexico and Central America there are grisly crimes committed in broad daylight: beheadings, mutilations, torture, and recently a terrorist attack that targeted ordinary citizens celebrating Mexico’s Independence Day.
What would happen if drugs were suddenly legalized? We already have a model: the prohibition of alcohol in the US. The sale of illegal alcohol brought a great deal of profits to the mafia in the 1920s and 30s. When the prohibition was repealed, “coincidentally” some of the greatest bosses fell, but those who remained turned to other criminal pursuits.
The Mafia will not be dismantled by legalizing drugs, they will turn to organ trafic, the sale of humans for prostitution or illegal entry to the US. They will not go out of business, but will be dealt a serious financial blow.
Drug users will suddenly have both a temptation to become even more addicted, but also the de-stigmatization of their addiction. There will be many who might come forward to receive treatment, and others will get worse. In this we have also alcohol and tobacco as models of what might happen.
In the 19th century, when narcotics first emerged, it was even fashionable to consume cocaine. Coca-Cola was a cocaine-based drink. I wonder if they would return to it now! Billions of people would be even more addicted to it!
I don’t have an opinion about this. I do lean toward legalization a little, but the consequences seem too dangerous to my sight. However, in the meanwhile, the narcos are destroying much of what was once beautiful in Latin America. People are living in constant fear. Is that what world leaders want? Nineteen eighty-four and The Shock Doctrine come to mind.
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