Honduran Elections & After Story 2013 : on the ground reporting

Evolving updates ...

Honduras has unfortunately been the poster child for how "good intentions" can be corrupted by "hidden agendas".  Hope springs eternal - only by keeping the spotlight on the problems of "maintaining democracy" in Latin America and highlighting past transgressions and politic-ides if not genocides can we ever expect change.



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Honduran Elections 2013

From the blog ...

With just a few days left until the elections, Honduras is alive with propaganda, political debates and campaigners.  Driving down any road in the country one sees telephone posts and billboards covered in campaign posters.

As one would expect, the biggest posters and most propaganda seem to be coming from the hyper-conservative, corporate party, Partido Nacional.  But what is surprising and exciting in this election is that the corporate parties are not leading in the polls.

Partido LIBRE, newly created by ousted president Manuel Zelaya, is widely supported by the rural poor, the indigenous and the working class of Honduras and is currently leading in the polls.  Its policies include re-implementing modest reforms from Zelaya’s time in office, including raising minimum wage and supporting a land redistribution program.  The party is also pushing to convene a national assembly to rewrite the constitution.  Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, wife of the former president, is LIBRE’s presidential candidate.

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See allternet.org

Is Honduras On the Brink of Change? New Elections Could Restore Leftists to Power

#Honduran #Elections 2013 :on the ground reporting: Alternet.org -Marathon of Foreign Policy Shame

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US Pop: Ideologically Conservative and Operationally Liberal

This story is a long read ... but ironic on so many levels.

The take sum up -------

Tea Partyers ranting “Keep the government’s hands off my Medicare!” may seem comical — but they also show just how broad a true consensus can be.  In fact, they reflect two central (but routinely ignored) facts of American public opinion that have remained remarkably stable since the 1960s, despite all that’s changed since then:

FRIDAY, NOV 8, 2013 11:20 AM CST

Tea Party shocker: Even right-wingers become liberals when they turn off Fox News

America's center is to the left, and even Tea Partyers are liberals when they turn off Rush and learn real facts

PAUL ROSENBERG 

WI 1848 Forward:US Pop: Ideologically #Conservative and Operationally #Liberal - it's a 1% #elites Paul #Ryan plot

Great - Fracking - Oil - Gas - right where the only recent Ground Water may be in surplus

USA - A Decade of Water

November 1, 2013

CREWs’ report, Natural Cash, shows fracking industry contributions flow to congressional candidates from fracking districts.

Texas family plagued with ailments gets $3M in 1st-of-its-kind fracking judgment

April 27, 2014

WI 1848 Forward: Great - #Fracking - #Oil - #Gas - right where the only recent #GroundWater may be in surplus vs #1%

#Fracking #1% WI 1848 Forward: Bad News - #Oil - #Gas - right where the only recent #GroundWater may be in surplus

2016 Here come the #Pipelines #Fracking #1% WI 1848 Forward: Bad News - #Oil - #Gas - where #GroundWater in surplus?

Walker undue influence on elections - Politics - GAB - AP Scott Bauer 11/4/13

Update: 8/8/2014

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says elections agency [GAB] head [Kennedy] 'has to go'

Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/assembly-speaker-robin-vos-says-elections-agency-head-has-to/article_2357f9f5-b54f-5961-ad73-a78f4232b7be.html#ixzz3FazDRVVf
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11/14/2013

Why Vote?

The headline reads in one source carrying the story ...

Walker withdraws nomination of elections board member who was chair during recall

... another source ... same story ...

Walker withdraws elections board nomination

The Governor's privilege - right?  Consider ... that 2011 recall elections of the Governor and other WI Legislators ... what do you think ... smells like limburger to me!

... from Scott Bauer's AP story ...

Doyle reappointed Deininger to the board in 2010 for a term that expires in 2016. Walker initially pulled back the appointment after taking office in 2011, but immediately reappointed Deininger. However, he was never confirmed by the state Senate.

Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/state-and-regional/walker-withdraws-elections-board-nomination/article_adb99816-8372-509b-b636-8a0b41da6d53.html#ixzz2jmh7rJ7V

Looks more like Walker was trying to advise the GAB leader to toe the line for Republicans when making election and ethics decisions or you will not be reappointed! 

Right up there with buying a democratic legislator to prevent State worker union contract approval before Walker took office and giving him a job in your administration a month later. 

WI 1848 Forward: #Walker undue influence on #election politics - #GAB - #AP Scott #Bauer 11/4/13 - #voterID #wivote #timeCapsule  

#Walker Hidden Agenda WI 1848 Forward: undue influence on #election politics - #GAB - #AP 11/4/13 - #voterID #wivote #timeCapsule 

TED - Mariana Mazzucato : Government -- investor, risk-taker, innovator - The BEST

I have been fond of saying big business, big government - what's the difference.  They both seem unmanageable but government is much more accountable (even though imperfect) and makes investments no matter your ideology that are important.  Big business on the other hand can do great harm by subverting governments and dumping costs of production on people - pollution (fracking) and causing recessions (derivatives) as two examples.

I also like her point about narratives - That they are just that and not always correct and they need to countered!  Speak UP!  Narratives seem to me to be like mob mentality - some body comes up with the spin and "television media" especially can't seem to exercise one neuron to actually think about whether it is reasonable!

As an example of "private enterprise" corrupting government -

N.C. wants to nix Duke Energy's $99,000 settlement for coal ash leaks
only after the big lie is discovered!


Government is really in the front seat !  Brought us the Internet !

Government Investment DARPA

#Feds #DARPA Created #WWW #GPS -> #Government > investor, risk-taker, innovator -The BEST #47% #99% vs #1% - WI 1848 Forward  - #TED Mariana #Mazzucato - 20th Century best technology came from #FEDeral Government -BasicResearch #Capitalism won't do it! 

Created the #Internet #www #Government -- investor, risk-taker, innovator #47% #99% -WI 1848 Forward: #TED -Mariana #Mazzucato vs #1% Greed #Grifters on Parade #GOP Grand Ostrich Party

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#Government > investor, risk-taker, innovator - Created the #WWW #GPS -WI 1848 Forward: #TED -Mariana #Mazzucato - #Bezos #Musk owe it to at least 60yrs of #Space #Exploration 

#Government > investor, risk-taker, innovator - Created the #WWW #GPS -WI 1848 Forward: #TED -Mariana #Mazzucato - #Bezos #Musk owe it to at least 60yrs of #Space #Exploration ... and did their corps pay #TAXES?

An Evening of Solidarity with Democracy in Honduras - Friday, November 8, 2013 Time 7pm until 9pm

Click to see the event ... invite your FB friends!

 Fair Trade Coffee House - 418 State St., Madison WI

Enjoy a fun evening of Central American food and live music at Fair Trade Coffee House on State Street while supporting independent reporting on the upcoming elections in Honduras This event is a benefit to raise funds to help send three local journalists to Honduras to report on the upcoming presidential elections, as well as documenting the social movements in the region this November.

THE EVENT

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Fair Trade Coffee House

FOOD: an array of homemade Central American snacks including fresh patacones (fried green plantains), red beans, chips and salsas.

DRINKS: Fair Trade Coffee will be provided for guests (specialty drinks will be available to order).

MUSIC: Los Tremendos will be providing the musical entertainment that night. They are a three-person band specializing in acoustic covers. Some songs you have probably heard before and others will be songs more traditional to Central America.

PRESENTATION: About half way through the evening we will pause the music for a short presentation by the journalists who will be going to Honduras to provide election coverage. The presentation will include some recent history of Honduras including the 2009 military coup and an explanation of why independent journalism will be vital to bolstering true democracy in Honduras in the coming weeks.

SUGGESTED DONATION: $10-$20 sliding scale at the door. No one will be turned away.

THE PROJECT

On Nov. 24, 2014, Honduras will hold a presidential election, widely considered the first democratic election since the military coup in 2009. Three Madison-based independent journalists will be going to cover the elections and document any irregularities that might occur.

Since the coup in 2009, Honduras has seen a wave of politically motivated killings as well as the general silencing of journalists and activists on the left. The coup and the subsequent repression were done with the tacit approval of the US government and military which supplies much of the military equipment and training in Honduras. While mainstream media turns a blind eye to abuses, it has been independent journalists that have shined the light on the situation of the people of Honduras. Now, with elections fast approaching, it will be up to the independent journalists and activists from around the world to provide the support Hondurans will need as they go to the polls and to the streets.

WI 1848 Forward:An Evening of Solidarity with #Democracy in #Honduras - Fri., 11/8/2013 Time 7pm until 9pm #Madison 

Honduran general election, 2013 - Nov. 24th - Public Security Looms Large

Honduran general election, 2013

From Wikipedia ...

The Honduran general election, 2013 will be held in Honduras on November 24, 2013,^[1] including presidential, parliamentary and local elections. Voters will go to the polls to elect:

• A new President of Honduras to serve a four-year term starting January 27, 2014 to succeed outgoing President Porfirio Lobo Sosa.
• 128 members to serve a four-year term in the National Congress.
• 298 Mayors and Vice-mayors and its respectives councilors
• 20 representatives to the Central American Parliament

Public Security Looms Large as Honduras Vote Nears

Last week, in the midst of a political campaign that has focused heavily on public security, authorities in Honduras deployed 1,000 military police as part of an effort to address drug violence and organized crime in this Central American country, home to the highest homicide rate in the world. ...

If Hernandez wins the election, the military police approach is likely to become a permanent part of the security structure, Ungar said. But it is unclear what the outcome will be. While two parties—the centrist Liberal Party and the conservative National Party—have long dominated Honduran politics, it is now fairly certain that no party will win an outright majority, said Ungar. 
Frank warned that entrenched interests may cause trouble if Castro, who is campaigning with her newly created Free Party, wins the presidency. “Should Xiomara Castro win, we can predict that the elites who control the two traditional parties, along with other allies of the oligarchs, will do everything they can to make the country ungovernable, since they will be deeply threatened by any true efforts to restore the rule of law, end impunity, address corruption, protect the environment, and respect the rights of labor, indigenous people, and small farmers,” Frank said.
“In analyzing efforts that might be made to make the country ‘ungovernable’ or ‘unstable,’ after the elections, it's essential to bear in mind that the same actors behind those efforts are those that have already produced a disastrously chaotic situation, in which the rule of law has been thrown out the door,” she said.

“Rather than address the root causes of violence, it is dangerously militarizing the country,” she said of the government. “Without true economic development and the creation of good jobs, moreover, young people will continue to turn to drug trafficking and crime rather than let their families starve.” ...

On the ground reporting


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