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Honduras ... much more than a blow



The situation has been living in Honduras since Sunday 28 June has been a great uncertainty. Will he return to Latin America as those times when the military put together with the oligarchies and removed presidents at will, or will even hope to see consolidation of democratic institutions?

Only twenty-seven years out of the Honduran Executive's last dictator, after a similar number of military juntas and coups state, only seven succession of presidents elected by the citizenry us from the dictatorship.

In these twenty years, Honduras remains one of the three poorest countries in Latin America, as one of the areas most affected by violence and insecurity, as one of the states with the biggest problems the distribution of wealth.

in this context that it is no accident occurred, the political polarization that led the government of Zelaya, who came mainly from the popular sectors and took progressive measures, led to the exit they have traditionally used the hegemonic sectors: the Army use and replacement of the government.

However, the Honduran case is showing us that times have changed. Beyond desenclace that such a situation, the international community, perhaps for the first unanimous, has risen against the de facto government and demanded the reinstatement of the democratically elected leader.


Given the international reaction, where the days seem far rather it was the hegemonic power in the region that favored defined coups and rulers in power. Seem distant days when "national security" could be more than any democratic endeavor; seem distant day when the specter of communism-which as we still haunts and frightens many, it was enough to break the law and people disappear.

playing in Honduras is much more than their domestic situation. The outcome of the Honduran case is instructive in understanding that must be banished the practice of using the army to remove and install new executive chairmen, or will they reopen the gate to the hegemonic sectors continue to rule at the discretion of the military supported and curfews.

The Honduran case is that the military reempodere even above the popular will, or will which give new life to democratic systems and worn so disenchanted with our American lives, despite being so young in most cases.




The Honduran case must be that the rulers emphasize that the representation is exercised for all, that legitimacy is built, not imposed, and only achieved national agreements from Dialogic mechanisms governance and can build a more inclusive society.

Until today, shows a crossroads Honduras closer to us than we think, hopefully, finally, a reconstruction of hope and not a painful coup back to traditions that have done much damage to Latin America.