BOREV: Apparently, Carmona is Spanish for "Coupmonger in Expensive Suit"

[magbana]

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"Apparently, Carmona Is Spanish for 'Coupmonger in Expensive Suit'

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By Revolter

Earlier, I had posted about my encounter with Otto Reich after last week's Congressional hearing on the Honduran Coup. Right after Reich blamed Isis Obed Murillo's murder on his fellow protesters, this dude tried to save Otto's (dis)honor by getting in my face and talking some gibberish about who shot protesters during the 2002 Venezuelan coup. I was like, "Whateva, golpista." But after seeing this awesome video about Honduran resistance to the coup, I recognized him as Venezuelan lawyer and coupmonger extraordinaire, Robert Carmona. Carmona supposedly authored the Carmona Decree that dissolved the constitution, congress and all other major democratic institutions in Venezuela, ushering in the dark 2-day regime of Skeletor, AKA Pedro Carmona.

So what does Carmona (Robert) have to do with the Honduran coup and what is he doing hanging out with Reich in Washington? The U.S. granted Carmona asylum after he fled Venezuela to avoid prosecution for his role in that coup. Carmona later established a "nonpartisan" nonprofit, the Arcadia Foundation, whose mission is allegedly "to create awareness of the importance of democracy, good governance, and democratic institutions." But as Nikolas Kozloff points out, Carmona and his 'civil society' organization have dedicated themselves to conducting a massive public relations campaign against Mel Zelaya over the last few years. The only links in Arcadia's media section are to over 70 articles Carmona has had published in Honduran and other Spanish-language media regarding the supposed corruption of Zelaya's family and the state telecom company, Hondutel. Carmona was at a pro-coup rally in Tegucigalpa on July 3rd where organizers recognized him as "the first to denounce" the alleged corruption and said "thanks to him" Zelaya's nephew was arrested the previous day.

The activities of Carmona and Arcadia raise many serious questions: What are Arcadia's funding sources? (The donate link on their site does not seem to work. Hmm.) Who's on their board of directors? Have they done anything else besides smear Zelaya? And most importantly, what the hell is Ryan Gosling doing in their homepage promotion video?

Despite having 9 international branches, there is no physical address listed for Arcadia in the U.S. (only a P.O. Box in DC), a requirement for a U.S. nonprofit. Pretty shady for an organization that's all about "transparency" and fighting corruption. Nonprofits here are also required to make available IRS Tax and other records to the public. Who wants to help us expose this coupmongering "nonprofit"?
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http://www.borev.net/2009/07/carmona_apparently_means_douch.html

[Peace Patriot]

1. Score one more for the investigative reporting that the Associated Pukes are not

doing...

http://www.borev.net/2009/07/heres_an_interesting_question.html

...and for the investigative reporting that Nicholas Kozloff, Eva Gollinger, BoRev, NarcoNews and others ARE doing...

KOZLOFF: "The Politics of Destabilization - McCain and Honduras" -Telecoms, etc.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=405x18910

Washington & the Coup in Honduras: Here is the Evidence
By Eva Golinger
15 July 2009
http://www.chavezcode.com/2009/07/washington-coup-in-honduras-here-is.html

The Role of the International Republican Institute (IRI) in the Honduran Coup
The International Republican Institute talks of “coup” in Honduras, months before
By Eva Golinger
6 July 2009
http://www.chavezcode.com/2009/07/role-of-international-republican.html

Who's behind Lanny Davis' putsch paycheck?
Following the money trail in the Honduran coup
by Bill Conroy 7/14/09
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/bill-conroy/2009/07/whos-behind-lanny-davis-putsch-paycheck

And all articles at BoRev.net. (Inca Kola News is also informative, mainly on economic issues.)