It would just seem that for certain global mass media
nothing abnormal, strange and dirty occured in Honduras since June
2009.
On June 28, 2009, the Honduran constitutional president, Manuel
Zelaya, was forced out of his residence and expelled in an airplane
to Costa Rica. Then, the military and right-wing extremists took
control of the country immediately unleashing a nationwide brutal
repression.
It seems that these mainstream media outlets overlook the worldwide
rejection of the coup and the heroic and permanent resistance of a
nation that turned their back on the coup perpetrators and rejected
the rigged elections.
They also demand that the usurpers be tried and, having paid a high
cost in lives, they reaffirm that they will not tolerate those who
have killed and violated constitutionality, who, by the way, have
been exonerated from all guilt by the new authorities.
The truth is that Lobo’s government is much more like a thick facade
to mask coups and criminal responsibilities, set up by those who
advocate imperialist interests in Honduras and prefer to let time go
by to turn awkward situations into dead history.
In fact, experts emphasize that, from the very first hours of the
coup until today, these have been the intentions of Washington and
the arrogant and defiant Roberto Micheletti.
Apart from one or two occasional comments, the White House
completely took distance from the worldwide harsh criticism and
condemnation of the de facto regime.
All the time, the US Government searched for a “solution” that would
leave untouched the intentions and results of the coup, that is to
say, to repress and contain the popular movement, to rift Honduras
away from the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas
(ALBA) and to give a harsh blow to the progressive tendencies in the
hemisphere and the strengthening of Tegucigalpa’s independence from
the United States, among other purposes.
This can be the reason why Porfirio Lobo, during his inauguration
before thousands of military and with almost the total abscence of
international statesmen and guests, had special words of praise and
gratitude for the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and the
American Embassy in the Honduran capital.
Lobo’s mission, some mass media outlets say, will be trying “to
rebuild Honduras and to restore its foreign relations”. Of course,
there will always be people that will soon forget how this
illustrative episode of “western democracy” took place.
However, for some others, the stench of fraud and
deceitfulness will always be there, as well as their firm and loyal
commitment to the brave and dignified people of Honduras.
