Honduras' Wise Decision

After the ousting of Manuel Zelaya from the Honduran Presidency, although illegal, it proved a severe setback for the new wave of communism that has swept Latin America since Hugo Chavez started its Bolivarian Revolution in 1999 and exported it to Bolivia, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Honduras, before Zalaya's ousting.

Everybody condemned the way Mel (as he is known in his country) was removed; he could easily have gone to trial, and Congress, along with the Justice system and the other branches of power, removed him from the presidency, called for a new legitimate government to be formed and for elections to be held as well.

After Thomas Shannon, from the US State Department, reached an agreement with the parties that stated that Congress would determine the return--or not--of Zelaya to power and assured that the elections were going to be recognized by the US--regardless if Mel returns to the presidency or not--proved a pragmatic solution and a new way for the Obama administration to deal with this issue in which it cant can't publically show its happiness for the removal of this "Chavez-wannabe": using realpolitiks, pragmatism.

With elections coming in a couple of days, and the decision of the de facto president Roberto Micheletti to step down until the voting is over and a new President is elected, it is the best outcome Honduras and the international community could hope for (by international community I mean those countries who are democratic and respect democracy, not Cuba or Venezuela and its allies).

Hondurans and its independent branches of power said no to the intention of a President to reform the constitution and illegally abolish Presidential term limits, the heart and essence of a democratic system. This outcome is a lesson for those who try to emulate the Castro brothers and their pupil Hugo Chavez: not every country will bow to the pretension and desire of a totalitarian, authoritarian and egocentric leader to change the rules of the game when they want it to.