Below is a direct translation of the first part of this post recently put up at Honduras Resistencia. The blogger has proven to be correct on several occasions this week, having blogged about the bus tires being shot out by troops before CNN got its hands on video footage and writing about how Micheletti's cousin was taking over as Mayor of San Pedro Sula before it hit the newswires. In other words, the blogger I'm translating has been getting the news stories right before they're news.
Now read the translation below, as tomorrow President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras and an entourage that is supposed to include Argentina's Fernandez, Ecuador's Correa, The OEA head Insulza and perhaps others will walk onto the tarmac at Tegucigalpa airport.
Now read the translation below, as tomorrow President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras and an entourage that is supposed to include Argentina's Fernandez, Ecuador's Correa, The OEA head Insulza and perhaps others will walk onto the tarmac at Tegucigalpa airport.
The de facto government led by our dinosaur coupmonger has placed his snipers around the area of the Toncontin International Airport, Tegucigalpa. The sharpshooters were seen today when protestors approached the area. They have maintained their position throughhout and we only hope they do not receive an order from the coupmongers and aim their rifles in the direction of the people and do what the Catholic church (which more than a church seems to be spokespeople of the government, they even get TV airtime) forecasted; "If Mel returns it will be a bloodbath". CONTINUES HERE
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2 comments:
I've read three reputable wire reports which refer to Zelaya as an "unpopular" President.
I could understand this sentiment before the coup, as the most popular poll citation put him at around 30% support.
But now that we've seen all what has transpired, shouldn't journalists up North reconsider that sentiment?
Three questions any reasonable journalist would ask himself:
1) If Zelaya truly was polling at around 30%...why go through all this violence & drama?
2) Why not just humiliate his unpopular ass in the proposed referendum or upcoming election?
3) If these coup-plotters had so much sway over the congress, courts, military, & church...why fear a simple referendum?
The answer, to me, invariably comes back: "He was going to win."
Hence, the question becomes: "What internal polling gave those coup plotters such chills?"
Fact is, no one fears an unpopular President. They laugh at him & beat him at the ballot box (like Bush, who had similar poll numbers).
They don't kidnap him, threaten him with arrest, or threaten bloodshed upon his return.
The swedish media is writing aprox. one notice a day. Not as long as this comment. I bet no one, "not interested" person knows about Honduras. But if the media follows its usual procedeur they will, as soon as chavez says: "time for diplomacy is over".
They will fill the whole newspaper with: "CHAVEZ DECLARES WAR!!". And everybody will know how bad chavez is.
Very balanced reporting indeed and that is only the Socialdemocratic press.
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