When progressives go bad
WTF???
Yes, coups are bad. Bad coup, BAD coup. Except in this case, where the president of Honduras was an ally of Hugo Chavez, and was trying to set himself up for an illegal second term, in violation of a court order and ruling by the country’s congress. The military refused to go along with the president’s plans to, in essence, have his own coup, so they staged their own.
What’s shocking isn’t that this quote came from some right-wing bonehead, or even someone who buys the neo-liberal agenda, but from the Democratic Party organizer and supposed foreign policy expert, John Aravosis on his supposedly progressive website, “AmericaBlog.com“.
It’s not surprising (as I commented on that site) that U.S. policy experts get Latin American political events so wrong (I’m not alone in posting on the factual errors in Aravosis’ post… which he based solely on the International Herald-Tribune.
When even the Latin American Herald-Tribune managed to get the facts straight, it’s pretty obvious that Aravosis, like other U.S. experts, just doesn’t look at data from Latin America. Geeze, he could have read the Latin American Herald-Tribune or Inca Kola News (hardly a lefty site, being a business publication), or any almost any newspaper in Latin America and saved himself from looking like a shill for the very people he supposedly opposes.
Or… maybe he should talk to AP Photographer Dario Lopez-Mill:
Perhaps John Aravosis might also check out the reports from several news agencies that police have fired on “hundreds” of demonstators in Tegucigalpa, and at “several dozen” persons are reportedly injured… and the demonstations in San Pedro Sula and Progresso (where at least two demonstators have been shot).
John might ask why a “good coup” has closed local radio and television stations, and has blocked CNN en Espanol and Telesur.
John might ask why every nation in the hemisphere has condemned this “good coup.”
John might ask why foreign diplomats were beaten by military forces of this “good coup.”
John might ask why even the conservative Mexican government has broken diplomatic relations with the Micheletti regime, and offered political asylum to Foreign Minister Patricia Rodes … and why she feels it necessary to flee her country.
John might ask himself why Latin American nations don’t believe the nonsense about a change in U.S. policy towards the region, when even “progressives” show nothing but contempt for democratic values, and the rule of law.
Thanks for nothin’… maybe we should just listen to our own, like Lula de Silva:
We can no longer accept in Latin America that some want to solve their problems of power through a coup because we cannot accept that some see solutions for their country without democracy or free and direct elections.
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Holy shit, I used to read americablog a lot, but John really screwed the pooch on this one. (“OMG! Ally of Chavez!”)
And that cretinous La Gringa. Holy Fuckcakes!
I’m really losing respect for you posting about this lack of communication. CNN en Español is on 24 hours a day.
Why don’t you come here and see for yourself? That’s a serious question, because you would see for yourself a much different picture.
There is a concerted effort at disinformation and you have become a part of it for whatever reasons you might have.
You should look a little closer at those photos and tell me who is doing the aggression. I have the advantage of seeing video not stills, and there is no question that the only aggression or violence is coming from the pro-Zelaya supporters. They would be called thugs or criminals in the US and would be put in jail.
So, CNN being still broadcast means the news is NOT being censored, or the Committee to Protect Journalists is part of some plot with Hugo Chavez, or what? Is Dario Lopez-Mill lying?