Hondurans figure it all out for themselves

All of the deal making and wet kisses to Chavez from the Obama Administration, the handjobs Hillary gave to the OAS – all for naught according to the BBC.

Deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya has left the Brazilian embassy there and is heading into exile in the Dominican Republic, reports say.

His departure marks the end of efforts to return to office after soldiers first forced him into exile on 28 June.

Earlier, the newly-elected Honduran President, Porfirio Lobo, promised him safe passage to the airport as part of a reconciliation process.

Mr Lobo was sworn in at a ceremony in the capital, Tegucigalpa.

Under a deal struck by the two men, Mr Zelaya agreed to fly to exile in the Dominican Republic as a way to avoid prosecution in Honduras on charges he violated the constitution while in office.

Imagine that – all of those little, backwards brown people worked it all out for themselves without Daniel Ortiz sending in his Nicaraguan troops, without Hugo Chavez launching an attack, without Hillary having the interim president thrown in jail. Their constitution ruled the day despite the Obama Administration’s best efforts to subvert their constitution.

As I’ve said countless times over the last few months, Zelaya should feel lucky – a lot of other presidents in that area were deposed feet first. Now he gets to live in relative luxury in Dom Rep. And Chavez was denied another member of ALBA.

While Obama votes “present” on constitutional rule in Central America.

Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Foreign Policy, Hugo Chavez