Summertime.....and Honduras

Hey folks! It's been quite a busy month since the last time I saw y'all! No, I'm not talking about the deaths of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon, Billy Mays, and Steve McNair. (Grim Reaper's been busy). No, I'm talking about the world of politics and government!!! Quick rundown on the big events of last month:
- Crisis in Honduras
- Protests in Iran
- Republican Party screw-ups
- Senate race in Minnesota is over
- Virginia Democratic primary results
Those events are the focus of the following posts in Mr. G's blog. Be sure to read on! Have questions, comments, rants? Post em!

First up, let's talk Honduras. In the early morning hours of June 28th, the military of Honduras broke into the presidential palace and arrested the president, Manuel Zelaya. Zelaya was then exiled to Costa Rica, while still wearing his pajamas. Zelaya, as well as his best bud Hugo Chavez, the socialist president of Venezuela, called this a coup d'tat, or a military takeover of the government. Pretty much the rest of the world, including the U.S., has agreed and have demanded that Zelaya be reinstated as the president of Honduras.

However, here's the kicker.....what the military did is perfectly legal! In the Honduran Constitution, the Supreme Court and the military are given the power to remove the president if he starts doing bad things, you know, like treason or trying to seize more power. And guess what Zelaya was trying to do. If you guess "get more power!", you are correct. You see, the president of Honduras is only limited to one term. Zelaya didn't care for any of that, so he was trying to arrange a referendum to allow him to seek more than one term. The Supreme Court ruled that this was unconstitutional, to which Zelaya basically responded "Screw the Supreme Court, I'm having the referendum anyway". And this is way the Supreme Court ordered his arrest and subsequent exile.

Well, apparently the rest of the world said "Screw the Supreme Court" as well, and have demanded that Zelaya be reinstated, even though the military has acted entirely within the constitution of Honduras. And on July 5th, Zelaya dramatically tried to re-enter Honduras, flying back to the capital city. Well, admist violent protests which left several dead, the Honduran military placed vehicles and other obstacles on the airport's runway, preventing the plane from landing. Now, there is a growing sense of possible civil war breaking out in the country. You see, Zelaya is popular with a lot of Hondurans, but also equally unpopular with another segment of Honduran society, who totally support his removal from power. These two sides are extremely agitated at the moment, and all it'll take is one spark to set them off. And you heard it here first: if civil war does break out in Honduras, it will not remain a civil war long. Other countries will get involved. The question we need to be concerned with is: what other countries? What countries do you think we need to be worried about in this region? Comments? Questions? Rants? Please post!