The rule of law in Honduras seems to have no friends, Obama least of all.

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The Central American nation of Honduras continues its defense of the rule of law in the face of an assault by the Organization of American states, the Associated Press reports from the capital, Tegucigalpa: Honduras' interim government closed its main airport to all flights on Monday after blocking the runway to prevent the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Clashes with his supporters caused the first death in a week of protests. . . . Honduras' new government has vowed to arrest Zelaya for 18 alleged criminal acts including treason and failing to implement more than 80 laws approved by Congress since he took office in 2006. Zelaya also refused to comply with a Supreme Court ruling against his planned referendum on whether to hold an assembly to consider changing the constitution.Bizarrely, President Obama has sided with the OAS and the scofflaw ex-president. A Bloomberg report from last week quotes a Honduran Supreme Court justice, Rosalinda Cruz, explaining the situation:"The only thing the armed forces did was carry out an arrest order," Cruz, 55, said in a telephone interview from the capital, Tegucigalpa. "There's no doubt he was preparing his own coup by conspiring to shut down the congress and courts."
Why won't Obama listen? Does he have something against wise Latina women?
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Honduras at the Tipping Point Why is the U.S. not supporting the rule of law? By MARY ANASTASIA O'GRADY
...military's arrest of President Manuel Zelaya, as ordered by the Supreme Court, and his subsequent banishment from the country.
Mr. Zelaya's violations of the rule of law in recent months were numerous. But the tipping point came 10 days ago, when he led a violent mob that stormed a military base to seize and distribute Venezuelan-printed ballots for an illegal referendum....pleaded for international understanding of the threat to the constitutional democracy that Mr. Zelaya presented...."Please pray for us." Hondurans have good cause for calling on divine intervention: Reason has gone AWOL in places like Turtle Bay and Foggy Bottom. ...Hugo Chávez, ...now the reigning international authority on "democracy."...He's leading the charge from the Organization of American States (OAS). The United Nations and the Obama administration are falling in line.Is this insane? You bet. We have fallen through the looking glass and it's time to review how hemispheric relations came to such a sad state.(Following is a discussion of how Hugo Chavez rigged his own elections and conspired to overturn the Venezuelan constitution)...
The Carter Center was also invited to "observe," and former President Jimmy Carter was welcomed warmly by Mr. Chávez upon his arrival in Venezuela.A key problem, beyond the corrupted voter rolls and government intimidation, was that Mr. Chávez did not allow an audit of his electronic voting machines. Exit polls showed him losing the vote decisively....Shortly thereafter, Mr. Chávez claimed victory. There was never a credible audit of the paper ballots against the tallies in the voting machines. Mr. Carter's approval notwithstanding, the proper U.S. and OAS response was obvious: The process had been shrouded in state secrets and therefore it was impossible to endorse or reject the results. Venezuelan patriots begged for help from the outside world. Instead, the U.S. assistant secretary of state...and the OAS blessed the charade.
There was never any explanation for the blind endorsement...calculation that caving in to Mr. Chávez would avoid violence.... Washington's endorsement of the flawed electoral process was a green light. Mr. Chávez grew more aggressive,...Hondurans had the courage to push back. ...This is a moment when the U.S. ought to be on the side of the rule of law, which the Honduran court and Congress upheld. If Washington does not reverse course, it will be one more act of appeasement toward an ambitious and increasingly dangerous dictator.