It appears that the used tire factory has been closed for the time being in Honduras, as well as the DIY spray paint store. Now that dialogue has been established by the International Community as the best way to ensure a recognized and satisfactory State of Law, the angry mobs have turned silent. Plotting and planning, they promise (or threaten).

Which is not surprising, really. I doubt any of the so-called populist movemnts have any arguments, after the Military and the Interim Government in Honduras, has already gained support (abeit minor-mostly republican senators) and at least managed to establish a more convincing argument in the eyes of the international community. The tired and clichéd populist arguments of utilized by Zelaya supporters continue to dwindle, as the ghost of Marx seems ever so evanescent. Intellectual leaders of the left are definitelty nonexistent, and one doubts molotov cocktails are exactly a replacement for reading Das Kapital and seeing it converted into real action. It seems, ironically, that Zelaya’s overthrow is giving other nations a chance to speak out against dictators like Chavez.

In Nicaragua, for instance, Ortega’s constitutional ammendments are now under question. Can Honduras’ political (and apparently, more legal by the day, compared to Zelaya’s alleged crimes) move be now characterized as a presidential substitiution, even as a euphemism?  It is possible, while Zelaya’s move to be returned to power seems all the less likely, as he has no real reason to do so, save the fact that he was pulled out in his pajamas at gunpoint (ok, that is pretty terrible) and sent to faraway Costa Rica(a 12 hour bus drive at most) doesn’t seem more than an overdramatization of an otherwise deserved ousting. Does he really want to finish what he started?

To begin, Mr. Zelaya’s  presidential budget for the year is still pending, which doesn’t mean that his expenses are, and this inept (or corrupt?) handling of simple economics hardly make for a convincing argument that he is fit to lead a nation, but parachuting off an aeroplane might still be in his plans. ‘Operation: Wasp Nest’ or some such bullshit.

As tons of money used to promote his own re-election keeps being discovered, which could otherwise be used for the working classes he promises to defend, is criminal and heinous, a sick act of a sick human being. The Constitution of Honduras is definitely way out of his league (he flunked out of college) to even presume he could re-write it. No fucking way. Not that any of his cronies are, either.

What the so-called left here in Honduras doesn’t seem to grasp yet is the fact that Zelaya himself was about to launch a coup of his own, thus disintegrating Congress, the Supreme Court, and then woud pave the way to be re-elected without a limit to his term as President. Would oligarchies, plutocracies, and power groups not be present then? Or is he really the reincarnation of el Che Guevara? Doubtful, to say the least. But one always imagines oneself on the winning side, hence ridiculous, infantile terms as ‘the resistance’(really? against what, exactly? Work?) cloud the pitiful blogs which turn into insult dramas, and in the end, are  sure road to nowhere. You are HERE. You don’t support the interim government? Fine. Recognize it is not run by the military, at least. Many of the soldiers don’t even carry magazines in their rifles, that’s how poor we are as a nation. Are we being repressed by the media? What, with internet and everything else? And mainly left winged oriented reporters feeding back to the Rest of The World? It is common knowledge that victimization is one of the most effctive forms of manipulation. Ask Ex-President Zelaya. The other thing is, most pro Zelaya protesters don’t trust Zelaya themselves, so it is rather confusing to understand why they are so hurt, unless…their pockets hurt.

There is some hope, however, that foreign authorities and Press will keep being clarified on his dictatorial pursuits, unethical ‘polls’, and violations of several of his liberties. As the Comission in Washington did. Maybe no one payed attention, but people are speaking out that it is not nearly as simple as in the Cold War. Globaization has changed everything.

There is some hope for peace, however unidealistic and pragmatic this might seem to the pastiched left-wingers of the country. Democracy is not perfect, that is a certainty, sometimes it is awful, but it is for the best at a given time. Even if Plato himself disagrees with it.

Besides, it seems that more people were viewing the Honduran side play football this weekend to consider all this than they let on. So it goes, Mr. Vonnegut would say.

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