So, the constitutional crisis in Honduras has been “resolved” (for the moment at least) in the old-fashioned way: A military coup has ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
Of course, ABC refers to him, in the very first sentence, as a “leftist” president, notwithstanding that he is from one of the oldest and most elitist parties in Latin America, the Liberal Party, which along with the National Party, makes up one of the last of the old traditional two-party systems. (In fact, with Paraguay and Colombia having seen the emergence of numerous newer parties in recent years, and Uruguay’s third force having elected its first president, I guess Honduras now has the last stodgy old two-party system in Latin America.)
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The elites who control US politics present “the two party system” to the
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Seed planted by icr — 28 June 2009 @ 18:02