Honduras: Gorilla transfer of power

[rabs]

Coupster gorilla Gen. Romeo Vasques hands the baton of the armed forces joint chiefs to Gen. Carlos Cuellar in Teguz on Monday. Think Romeo Vasquez is on the right; hard to tell because the milico gorillas look alike to me.

Gorilla Romeo said he may take a position in the government of President Gorilobo.

[protocol rv]

1. Honduras needs better nutrition

Those guys sure look fat

[Downwinder]

2. Occupational risk of being a General. n/t

[protocol rv]

3. it's the same all over

There ought to be a rule to make Latin American generals get in proper shape. I don't see so many fat generals in the US or European armies.

[Downwinder]

6. Look at police, jailers or prison guards, its all the same problem. n/t

[Peace Patriot]

7. Naturally, your only comment is about someone's physical appearance.

We are not going to forget your racist comment that an "Indian"'s word should be questioned because he is an "Indian."

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Comment 36, here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=405x30994

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Nice try at deflecting this forum away from the rightwing horrors in Honduras! You're getting cleverer.

[bemildred]

4. Lean, mean fighting machines ...

:rofl:

[Judi Lynn]

5. This will free up some time so Vasques can pursue his first love: car theft.

Of course the cars are going to have to be a lot larger now.

~snip~
What specifically did Zelaya do to conjure these malevolent spirits of the cold war past? The US press has focused on his efforts to build support for a constitutional assembly, misrepresenting the effort as a power grab when in fact the proposal to revise the Constitution was broadly supported by social movements as an effort to democratize Honduras's notoriously exclusive political system. The business community didn't like Zelaya because he raised the minimum wage. Conservative evangelicals and Catholics--including Opus Dei, a formidable presence in Honduras--detested him because he refused to ban the "morning-after" pill. The mining, hydroelectric and biofuel sector didn't like him because he didn't put state funds and land at their disposal. The law-and-order crowd hated him because he apologized on behalf of the state for a program of "social cleansing" that took place in the 1990s, which included the execution of street children and gang members. And the generals didn't like it when he tried to assert executive control over the military. Similar to the armed forces in Guatemala and El Salvador, the Honduran military after the cold war diversified its portfolio, with its officers investing heavily in both legitimate and illegitimate businesses, such as the narcotics trade, illegal logging, and illicit adoptions. In 1993 the general who carried out the coup, Romeo Vasquez Velasquez--trained in the School of the Americas--had been arrested and charged with running a car-theft ring.

http://www.derechos.org/nizkor/honduras/doc/golpe119.html


http://www.youtube.com/watch#v=YUZ1hjn_9Ds&feature=related