El Opinador Compulsivo

Más sobre la situación en Honduras, de un medio no precisamente de la derecha neoliberal.

¿Hubiera sido la misma la reacción internacional si el destituido fuera un simpatizante de la economía de mercado y la libertad en lugar de un clon de Chávez?

Yo sigo creyendo que nos podemos desgañitar debatiendo si tal o cual sistema político o electoral es mejor para la región pero sin apego por la ley es totalmente al dope:

Sunday's coup in Honduras has been portrayed as a throwback to the bad old days when Latin American armies got drafted in as the ultimate umpires of political conflict. But in arresting president Manuel Zelaya in his pajamas and putting him on the first plane out of the country, Honduras's generals were acting out of fear of a genuine and growing threat to Latin Democracy: the looming prospect of unchecked, hyper-empowered executive power held for life by a single, charismatic individual.

Seen in context, Sunday's military powerplay was different in important ways from the traditional Latin American putsch. The generals move came at the unanimous--yes unanimous--behest of a congress outraged by Zelaya's not-particularly-subtle attempts to extend his hold on power indefinitely. It followed a series of clearly unconstitutional moves on Zelaya's part, including his attempt to unilaterally remove the chief of the army, which, according to Honduras's Constitution, can only be done by a congressional super-majority.