(then again, what kind of democracy do WE have, even without coups like this one? see recent post of Arundhati Roy's analysis of democracy's relationship to free trade, progress, and genocide)
Republican Lawmakers Travel to Meet Coup Government in HondurasRepublican Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina and three Republican congressmen are heading to Honduras to meet with the coup government in defiance of the Obama administration. Senator John Kerry, the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, initially blocked the trip from happening but relented late yesterday. Also traveling will be Republican Congressmen Aaron Schock of Illinois, Peter Roskam of Illinois and Doug Lamborn of Colorado. All four have been vocal supporters of the June coup that ousted the democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya. Zelaya secretly returned to Honduras last week and is currently inside the Brazilian embassy. On Thursday, a group of Brazilian lawmakers traveled to Honduras and condemned the coup government for attacking the embassy with toxic gas.
-Democracy Now Oct 2
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... my ignorance but i had NO IDEA that there was any international support for the coup. Wow. this is such a mess. something's gotta give, i wonder if folks are feeling silenced in the middle of this.. not just citizens but politicians as well. hard to remember that they are real people when being so stubborn and unwilling.
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