US Military Behind Honduras Coup - Bolivia's Morales

[bananas]

Source: AFP

Bolivian leader Evo Morales has accused the U.S. military of being behind the coup in Honduras, saying the "imperial structure remains in force," despite President Barack Obama's inauguration.

"I have first-hand information that the empire, through the U.S. Southern Command, made the coup d'etat in Honduras," President Morales said during a visit to the Uruguayan capital Montevideo.

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Morales and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez asserted in a joint statement their "support for democratic institutions in Honduras, the legitimate government of President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales."

The pair added that they "do not recognize any other authority that emerged from violating the constitutional order in that country."

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Read more: http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200907140319dowjonesdjonline000067&title=us-military-behind-honduras-coup---bolivias-morales

[Zynx]

1. If that was true, we've had a strange way of showing it so far.

[Adelante]

2. Truly nt

[bananas]

11. Who's "we"?

Soldier balks at deploying; says Obama isn’t president

[MADem]

25. Really. I don't see a lot of cheerleading. NT

[EFerrari]

28. Not really. Obama has said all the right things but

our ambassador is still there and millions still flowing into the country.

Saying nice stuff isn't all that effective either, especially when Hillary Clinton's people are advising the coup.

It's not pretty.

[IndianaGreen]

34. LGBTs know that Obama says the right things, but his actions speak louder than his sweet words

So it takes little effort on our part to recognize another betrayal or another game of double talk from this government.

[Zhade]

39. So does anyone who was waiting for Obama to restore the rule of law.

And yet, the b*s* criminals walked.

[Thrill]

3. He blames the US for everything

.

[SpartanDem]

4. What's his DU name?

[Thrill]

5. LOL!

[Judi Lynn]

9. As Bolivia's President, he just may know more than you do about this.

Why have you never taken the time to look into the history of US actions in Latin America? Are you completely oblivious?

Here's only ONE of the US-assisted Bolivian monster "Presidents," from a short history written in 1995, before he was the President again, and responsible for another massacre:

COLONEL HUGO BANZER
President of Bolivia
In 1970, in Bolivia, when then-President Juan Jose Torres nationalized Gulf Oil properties and tin mines owned by US interests, and tried to establish friendly relations with Cuba and the Soviet Union, he was playing with fire. The coup to overthrow Torres, led by US-trained officer and Gulf Oil beneficiary Hugo Banzer, had direct support from Washington. When Banzer's forces had a breakdown in radio communications, US Air Force radio was placed at their disposal. Once in power, Banzer began a reign of terror. Schools were shut down as hotbeds of political subversive activity. Within two years, 2,000 people were arrested and tortured without trial. As in Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, the native Indians were ordered off their land and deprived of tribal identity. Tens-of-thousands of white South Africans were enticed to immigrate with promises of the land stolen from the Indians, with a goal of creating a white Bolivia. When Catholic clergy tried to aid the Indians, the regime, with CIA help, launched terrorist attacks against them, and this "Banzer Plan" became a model for similar anti-Catholic actions throughout Latin America.

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/US_ThirdWorld/dictators.html

http://www.robertamsterdam.com.nyud.net:8090/banzer010408.jpg

Pinochet, left, Banzer, right

[bitchkitty]

13. It's so much more fun to post witty (they think) one-liners. n/t

[troubledamerican]

33. Exactly.

[Thrill]

17. Just a month ago he was claiming the US

was trying to assassinate him.

YAWN

[EFerrari]

26. Right. And the money trail was traced from a fake humanitarian org

right back to USAID. Four of the people involved fled Bolivia and are here now, probably on your dime. :)

[Grinchie]

20. Be Careful, Facts and History can be so upsetting to the Cheerleaders

Personally, I admire Evo Morales, and so do his people. Especially in light of their attempts in protecting the dwindling cultural identity of the indigenous people.

We export disastrous agricultural, economic and political systems for purely Corporate gain, and cannot tolerate any poor country that decideds to step out on it's own.

It is when these attempts are brutally squashed by the Oligarchs that we see the true nature of the illusion of democracy.

The game is rigged, and we make the rules. And we'll be the first to throw a punch at anybody that catches us cheating.

[frylock]

23. you're wasting your time on this idiot..

but nice effort, and good info nonetheless.

[CHIMO]

22. If

You would like some authotative background sources on the person you could start here:
http://www.democracynow.org/search
Search Results 1 - 10 of 168 for Morales

[EFerrari]

29. Seriously, what an idiot. Just because we dress the Honduran military

and flow millions of dollars to the right wing, there's nothing to see here.

He's just a whiner.

[bananas]

6. A little more in the Latin America forum

from a different news source, posted by magbana:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=405x18876

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“Even though the American president might not know it, the empire’s
structure is still in force,” added Morales, who noted that what nearly
happened last year in his country, a civil coup, “is now taking place in
Honduras,” reported Prensa Latina.
What happened in the Central American nation is “an aggression, a
provocation of the Empire,” said the Bolivian president.
“However, the people have historically defeated the empires,
different empires,” said Morales and later he urged Latin American
countries to “think of how people live under dictatorships.”

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The Latin America forum has a lot more on the coup: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=405

[Wilms]

31. Your post is most important to consider.

Thanks

[EFerrari]

38. There is a report from SOA Watch that Honduran officers are still being trained

at Fort Benning.

[HP Lovecraft]

7. Good

At any rate this removal was sanctioned by the Honduran congress and supreme court approved it so this is just a damn conspiracy theory and if it's true then good for them.

[EFerrari]

41. Military coups are illegal in Honduras. What Congress and the Court did

was ILLEGAL.

[sofa king]

8. Hmm... Could he be confusing USSOUTHCOM with SOCOM?

Actually, they would both be in on it if Morales is correct.

I'm beginning to wonder if this is the first Republican-orchestrated coup, conducted independently of the U.S. federal government through its stay-behind criminal network.

[Grinchie]

21. Would not be surprising, after all, Reagan claimed ignorance too.

[EFerrari]

27. SOMEONE tried to get Morales dead a few weeks ago and now this.

SOMEONE is still active.

[troubledamerican]

32. Shell oil, Bolivia, Ireland, and fascism

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/92865

[WriteDown]

43. We all know EXACTLY who it is.....

Coke Zero.

[wantoutnow]

10. Oh goodness

Morales is an evil socialist dictator bent on world domination. What would he know about the kind and gentle School of America designed to enlighten Latin America? I mean its not like Honduras has been a staging ground for decades for installing US puppets throughout the region. Come now, conspiracies, conspiracies.:hi:

[Odin2005]

12. Oh come on, how would he know about it but not the president of the US?

:shrug:

[wantoutnow]

16. exactly

just like Obama has known all along about Cheney and his assassination program kept hidden from everyone. Surely Obama is kept in the know by the hundreds of fascist moles infested in our government.:sarcasm:

[IndianaGreen]

35. Obama's ambassador to Honduras is such a fascist mole

Hugo Llorens is a Cuban exile, appointed by Bush, and kept by Obama. Llorens knew of the coup weeks before it took place. He is still in place while the EU and OAS have recalled their ambassadors.

[Kolesar]

36. "Llorens knew of the coup weeks before it took place"

I did not know that! :wow:

[Doctor_J]

18. It's unlikely that all of Cheney's death mechanism has been dismantled

He's probably still in charge of a great deal of mayhem throughout the world. One reason I would like to see Holder prosecute him is to get some idea of how wide his reign of terror reaches.

[bitchkitty]

14. La verdad padece pero nunca perece.

Viva Morales!

[Vidar]

15. Hardly surprising considering our stirling record.

[David__77]

19. Whether bluster or not, there's a reason people don't doubt the truth in this.

The US has sanctioned or even implemented so many coups over the years. The fact is that the US ADMITTED knowing about this coup in advance. Why was Zelaya's government not warned? That, in itself, makes the US an accomplice. Whether or not it was the US military directly engaged, I have no idea.

[timeforpeace]

24. Zelaya's government not warned? Zelaya's government booted him from office and the country.

[EFerrari]

30. No, they didn't. That's wrong. n/t

[cali]

37. Then reveal your evidence. really, it's that simple: put up or shut up.

[EFerrari]

42. Our ambassador remains, millions in NED money still going in

Hillary Clinton's PR apparatus advising the coup and Honduran soldiers still training at Fort Benning.

What do you want, a confession?

[WriteDown]

40. Obama should be arrested immediately!!!

:eyes:

[Freddie Stubbs]

44. Morales should present the evidence to the OAS and the UN

Time to put up or shut up, Evo.