[Marxistindia] Castro on Honduras

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                      Reflections by comrade Fidel


                       A REVOLUTION IN THE MAKING


Last July 16, I literally said that the coup d’état in Honduras “was
conceived and organized by unscrupulous characters on the far-right who
were officials in the confidence of George W. Bush and had been promoted
by him.”

I mentioned the names of Hugo LLorens, Robert Blau, Stephen McFarland
and Robert Callahan, Yankee ambassadors to Honduras, El Salvador,
Guatemala and Nicaragua appointed by Bush in the months of July and
August 2008; the four pursued the line of John Negroponte and Otto
Reich, two characters with an ominous history.

I then indicated that the Yankee base at Soto Cano had provided the main
backup to the coup and that “the idea of a peace initiative from Costa
Rica was transmitted to the president of that country from the State
Department when Obama was in Moscow and he was declaring at a Russian
university that the only president of Honduras was Manuel Zelaya,” and
added: “With the Costa Rica meeting, the authority of the UN, the OAS
and the other institutions that committed their support to the people of
Honduras is being questioned.” “The only correct thing to do at this
moment is to demand that the government of the United States ceases its
intervention, stops giving military aid to the coup and pulls out its
Task Force from Honduras.” 

The US response to the coup d’état in that Central American country has
been to strike an agreement with the government of Colombia in order to
set up seven military bases similar to that of Soto Cano in that sister
nation thus menacing Venezuela, Brazil and every other people in South
America. 

At a critical moment, when the tragedy of the climate change and the
international economic crisis are under discussion at a UN summit
conference of heads of States, the putschists in Honduras are
threatening the immunity of the Brazilian Embassy where President
Zelaya, his family and a group of followers were forced to seek
sanctuary.

The fact is that the government of Brazil had absolutely nothing to do
with the situation created there.

Consequently, it is inadmissible --actually inconceivable-- that the
Brazilian Embassy may be assaulted by the fascist government, unless it
intends to commit suicide dragging the country to a direct intervention
of foreign forces, --as it was the case in Haiti—which would mean the
intervention of Yankee troops under the UN flag. Honduras is not a
remote isolated country in the Caribbean. An intervention in Honduras
with foreign forces would unleash a conflict in Central America and
bring political chaos to the entire Latin American region.

The heroic struggle of the Honduran people during almost 90 days of
ceaseless battle has placed the fascist pro-Yankee government, which is
crushing unarmed men and women, in a critical situation. 

We have seen the emergence of a new conscience among the Honduran
people. Legions of social fighters have gained experience in that
battle. Zelaya delivered on his promise to return. He is entitled to his
position in the government and to preside over the elections. New and
admirable cadres are outstanding in the combative social movements; they
are capable of leading that people through the hazardous journey ahead
of the peoples of Our America. A Revolution is in the making there.

The current session of the United Nations General Assembly can be a
historic one depending on its rights and/or wrongs.

The world leaders have presented very interesting and complex subjects,
which reflect the enormity of the tasks facing humanity and the little
time available.


Fidel Castro Ruz

September 24, 2009

1:23 PM