re: #242 BigPapa

From Wikipedia
The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chvez, said that he would conduct a military intervention in Honduras if his diplomats are harmed and issued the vague threat “we will bring them down”.[22]

The economy has continued to grow slowly, but the distribution of wealth remains very polarized with average wages remaining low. Economic growth in the last few years has averaged 7% per year which has been one of the most successful growths in Latin America, but 50%, approximately 3.7 million, of the population still remains below the poverty line.[24] It is estimated that there are more than 1.2 million people who are unemployed, the rate of unemployment standing at 27.9%.

So, 50% of the people are above the poverty line. I wonder if this is a point of demarcation for Zelaya’s support?

Oddly enough the BBC has a profile that should raise some eyebrows:

Mr Zelaya won the hotly contested vote in 2005, beating Porfirio Lobo of the ruling National Party.

But food prices rose and violent crime continued.

Publicly backed by such leftists as Mr Chavez, Bolivian President Evo Morales and former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Mr Zelaya began to lose the support of his own party.

In May 2007, Mr Zelaya ordered all of the country’s TV and radio stations to carry government propaganda for two hours a day, accusing them of giving his government unfair coverage.

In August 2008, he took Honduras into the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (Alba), an organisation set up by Venezuela as an alternative to the stalled US plan for a Free Trade Area of the Americas.