Did Obama do Zelaya’s bidding in revoking visas?

coldwarrior on July 29, 2009 at 2:47 PM

I think you are on to something. Our relationship with Zelaya started to go south under president Bush. Chavez, Ortega, and the Castro’s with the help of Columbia see a fellow traveler with Obama. Someone with far more experience and investigative skill than I have will put it all together.

fourdeucer on July 29, 2009 at 2:57 PM

jwolf on July 29, 2009 at 3:24 PM

FARC, the war on terror and the war on drugs. Thats all I can say because I can’t prove it. I think they tie together.

fourdeucer on July 29, 2009 at 3:29 PM

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By FRANK BAJAK, Associated Press Writer Frank Bajak, Associated Press Writer – Tue Jun 30, 7:11 pm ET
BOGOTA – The regime that ousted Manuel Zelaya in Honduras claimed Tuesday that the deposed president allowed tons of cocaine to be flown into the Central American country on its way to the United States.

“Every night, three or four Venezuelan-registered planes land without the permission of appropriate authorities and bring thousands of pounds … and packages of money that are the fruit of drug trafficking,” its foreign minister, Enrique Ortez, told CNN en Espanol.

“We have proof of all of this. Neighboring governments have it. The DEA has it,” he added.

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman Rusty Payne in Washington said he could neither confirm nor deny a DEA investigation.

Zelaya was traveling from New York to Washington and could not immediately be reached to respond to the allegations.

Honduras and other Central American nations have become major transshipment points in recent years for Colombian cocaine, particularly as Mexico’s government cracks down on cartels.

The drugs arrive in Honduras on non-commercial aircraft from Venezuela and increasingly in speedboats from Colombia, according to the Key West, Florida-based Joint Interagency Task Force-South, which coordinates drug interdiction in region.

In its most recent report on the illicit narcotics trade, the U.S. State Department said in February of Honduras that “official corruption continues to be an impediment to effective law enforcement and there are press reports of drug trafficking and associated criminal activity among current and former government and military officials.”

fourdeucer on July 29, 2009 at 3:36 PM

During a conference in Tegucigalpa bringing together UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) officials and drug ministers from 32 Latin American and Caribbean nations, the conference host, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya called for legalizing drug use. In so doing, he joins a growing list of Latin American leaders singing the same tune.

Manuel ZelayaLegalizing drug use, or more accurately, decriminalization, would de-fang international drug trafficking organizations and free Honduras of the financial burden of attempting to impose drug prohibition, Zelaya said. “The trade of arms, drugs and people… are scourges on the international economy, and we are unable to provide effective responses” because of the global drug prohibition regime, Zelaya said Monday at the opening of the 18th meeting of regional leaders against drug trafficking.

Drug users should be considered patients, not criminals, Zelaya said. Drug users could be treated by health care professionals instead of arrested or harassed by police. And the state could stop throwing money down a rat hole, too, he added. “Rather than continue to kill and capture traffickers, we could invest in resources for education and training,” the Honduran leader said.
This my last post on the subject for now.

fourdeucer on July 29, 2009 at 3:46 PM