Hi Rick since we have Military advisors there it's a good question to ask if they are not thrown out by the new regime. Are we nation building. I served in the U.S. Army from May 1972 to June 1994. We were told and briefed that we were ambassadors to West Germany and any European country we traveled to. Until the Iron curtain and the Berlin Wall fell we were on constant alert and ever vigilant to be upright outstanding citizens. An example to the countries who were socialistic in nature. Germany is more socialist than Democratic. Communism is the evil that had to be eliminated. However it still lives in some fashion in every country. We have the Amish. The pay no taxes, accept no assistance yet the build farms and homes and conduct business. Central America and the Northern countries of South America are still learning and growing. Politics will ever be changing to who has the most money. Like us. Big Money seems to always win until there is an armed conflict. Only time, Patience and a constant policy of Fair Democratic Values will win there hearts. United States must be the Example.

Dear Mr. Sanchez – thanks for the show re: "wise latina". Who wouldn't be proud of those women ! My husband's paternal grandpa came from Chezchoslovakia as young man. He opened a tavern & later went back to get a wife. I met her when she was an old lady – her English was poor with a strong Czech accent. They worked all the time and their son graduated from Marquette Law School. The Uhlars are proud of their Czech grandparents & realize it may take a generation to produce English speakers. Sadly, none of the later generations learned Czech. My husband's maternal grandpa came over from Ireland and married Johanna, a young woman who came over on a ship with her parents from Norway. What a heritage my husband had ! I am 77 years old and my ancestors, Irish and English, have been here since the beginning. Some turn up in our country's 1st Census in 1790. We are all Americans.

Good point of view, and Chavez is with Evil Castro are the power detras all...

Rick, Obama is backing the wrong side and commiting a great injustice in the process. This was not a coup, Zelaya was removed by the troops at the request of Honduras' version of the Supreme Court and Congres for violating law repeatedly, he is the true perpetratort of a coup . Micheletti, the president who took over, is from the same party as Zelaya. There is ample evidence of Zelaya's subverting Honduran law. If he returns, they should lock him up and try him. Obama, who should be on the side of the new government because #1 they're right, and #2 they're pro-US, stands instead with the likes of Chavez and fidel Castro. In this, Obama is following on that great Democrat tradition, treat your friends as enemies and your enemies as friends. Those of you who voted for him must be so proud!

Hooray for you ,Rick, for your comments about your lovely and I am sure, loving Mother and the fact she wasn't speaking English. How dare some of the bigoted people critisize her for not being able to speak a language from a country she fled to in order to make a better life fior herself and her family.

It's very evident that the "democracy" you talk about is simply a system that produces the outcomes suitable to you. It's a shame that those who watch your show think that you, or the people you inteerview such as Otto Reich, know the social reality in honduras, venezuela, cubaor any other country in Central and South America.

I have lived and worked in many south and central american countries during the past 40 years. I was in Venezuela for three weeks two years ago. I walked the streets of Caracas, Barinas, and other cities, talking with people about Chavez, the Bolivarian Revolution, and the transformations underway there. The people of Venezuela overwhelmingly support Chavez, the US sponsored coup in 2003 failed horribly because 1 million residents of Caracas went into the streets to demand that he be returned. You claim that Chavez is a dictator which is patently ridiculous. Consider this: Globovision, the TV station whose license the Venezuelan government refused to renew, participated directly in the coup against Chavez in 2003. In the USA, what would happen to a TV station that participated in an attempt to overthrow the elected government? That station would be shut down immediately, the owners tried for insurrection, immediately, perhaps the federal death sentence would be imposed. In Venezuela, upon being returned to his presidency, Chavez did none of that. He allowed Globovision to continue broadcasting, and they continue to be the voice of the opposition.

The same is the case in Honduras. Otto Reich is typical of many Reagan/.Bush I appointees to ambassadorships in Latin America insofar as he, contrary to your statements about his great knowledge, is nothing more than a hit-man with the mission to ensure the continued presence of US economic interests. He doesn't speak fluent spanish and has never walked the streets of any Latin American country to find out what's going on.

Yes the scene has changed. The people of Latin America recognize that free market economics does not work for their development, that the presence of US economic interests in their countries has always been to their detriment, both socially and economicaally. And they look to Cuba because it has the highest level of education, the highest health standards, and has become a world leader in many areas of medicine and agriculture. Like it or not, the vast majority of Latin Americans see Fidel Castro positively, not as you portray him with the standard rhetorical garbage we've heard for almost 50 years.

You should really abandon your pretense to present anything close to a fact-based, unbiased portrayal of the countries of Central and South America. I wonder if you could even have a debate about it without falling into some kind of hysterical ranting a la Rush Limbaugh.

Better get used to the reality that Latin American socialism is alive and well and democratically supported by the majority of the people. For your own sake, take the time to get your facts straight.

It's ridiculous to compare Cuba with Honduras, in Honduras we have defended what 500 years ago our Lempira fought for. In Honduras we live in liberty, democracy and peace after that man Zelaya was kick out of Honduras, we the people of Honduras pray that Zelaya stays out .

Rick Sanchez is simply a biased white Cuban....who doesn't even understand Cuba...much less offering biased opinion about the situation in Honduras !!

Please stop skewing your comments to the left. I have left several well-argued, , non-offensive, coherent posts and you have taken them out. Yet you allow hysteric comments like the one about Otto Reich doesn't speak spanish (HE'S CUBAN!!!) or Rick doesn't understand Cuba because he's a white Cuban (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) by someone named englehart (?)

Good to see that people still know what they are talking about. So much BS around these days!

This is what I dont understand. Even when the media examines the circumstances under which Zelaya was ousted. Even when, as in your report, the media discusses the legal basis for the ousting, the incident is still reported as a "coup" !!??! Canadian media does the same thing?? And it reinforces a cynical view of latin american politics.

What if the shoe were on the other foot, so to speak.....What if ....former governor Blagojevich had sought asylum in Canada and bamboozled our media into believing that the whole state of Illinois had staged a "coup" against him.....(and he tried to garner support thru US media!) .... wouldnt you Americans be angry with us Canadians? Wouldnt you think we were the dumbest people on earth....giving an unpopular ousted politician credibility and stature by comparing him to Castro, instead of say.....Nixon (in the consequences to disregarding the constitution) or Blagojevich (corrupt and unanimously voted out by the appropriate authorities).

Rick, about Canadian health care. How bout the actual numbers. How many Canadians come here and how my from the US go to Canada. These are numbers that ought to be readily available. All this hearsay is not helpful. Just give us the numbers and that will tell us who has the best care. Another thing, how come every world leader comes here with some of type of heal care procedure is required. I never hear of some bigshot going to Canada.

I think the numbers will give you the answer to who has the best care.

Canada's Health Cost!

Ours is better! Proof? distortion you Americans digest about our situation without objective evaluation, and the minor emergency room lineups is directly related to the number of Doctors heading south for three times the money.

NO. The people of Honduras FREELY voted for their president! Cubans did not VOTE Castro into power, he took it! That's quite different!

The people of Honduras are headed towards Fascism IF they do not stand-up against the rogue military!

What I do not understand is WHY the GOP's far-right is supporting the coupe by the military??? Aren't you people for FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY??!

I say again, the people of Honduras FREELY elected their new president and the military ousted him! IS this Democracy?????? Is this FREEDOM?

Hi Rick Canada loves your show. I am a greatful Canadian senior
We are so very lucky. I am working poor . Had a stroke . Everything is taken care of. It cost me nothing for my meds and all of my medical needs. We do not lose our homes or need to file bankrupsy if a serious illness comes on a family.Thank God for our O.P.H.I.P. ONTARIO GHOSPITAL INSURANCE PLAN. All are covered rich and poor. Our taxes are high but our medical concers are between my doctor and me. Insurance companies do not have any say in our medical needs. Wake up U.S.A. SUPPORT YOUR PEOPLE

The Canadian ex Minister of Health was certainly NOT the most neutral person to discuss the Canadian health delivery system. How about finding someone who can discuss this subject without bias?

our canadian health care is awesome, that american guy who said we dont help the old is crazy, we have instant access to doctors, and specialists............send that american guy over here when he is old, and we will make sure we ignore him!! how does he think he knows about our system,,,,,,,,,,,the canadian guy you had on is 100% correct..I can find lots and lots of people who think our system is awesome...........goooo obama

Hey Rick,
Ask The good senator Mitch Mconnell, why children are going from his hometown Louisville,KY to China for treatment of their medical conditions? WHY MITCH WHY?

I am a Canacian Citizen living in the US and I can say by my own experience that the health care in Canada is great. I can't believe that people have the guts to say those lyes on TV before doing any research on the subject. A few years ago I had a serious health problem and had to go for surgey and so on. I stayed in one of the best hospitals in Canada and was treated by the best doctors without paying a cent. Everything went great.

the Former health minister of BC was full of misrepresentations about the Canada healthcare system.

In Canada, Gov is the only entity that can audit itself for healthcare. it is constantly lying to help its image among the Canadian voters.
it always LIES about how many Canadians love this communist sick care.
As a former Canadian, I could tell you how terrible it was there. I lived in a place called Barrie. I needed a family doctor. I called 30 family doctors in the directory. They ALL said they were not taking new patients. I offered to pay cash. they said they were not allowed to take cash because the gov said it was unfair to bump the lines.
then 2 family docs came into town. They had to hold a "lottery" (a raffle) to see who could have a family doc. I wasn't so lucky. I gave up. I went to emergency room where I waited 12 hours, and got such looks from the nurses like "what the hell are you doing here?"
It was so horrible dealing with Canadian healthcare.

In Canada, wait for MRI: 6 months. wait to see cardiologist: 3 months. wait to see back surgeon: 2 years. wait to see eye surgeon: 2 years.
In the US: wait less than 2 weeks for all the above!!

I'm sitting here in British Columbia, an American expatriate for over 9 years, and I watched Dosanjh not tell it like it is.....at all. I have a basal cell carcinoma and have been waiting for 6 weeks to get an appoiintment with a skin doctor. My brother-in-law waited over 2 YEARS for a knee replacement. I've been waiting months to see a joint doctor for my shoulder. Need an MRI here? The wait is months....really months. Don't even get me started on this so called system....... it is privitized, monitized, and politicized beyond belief. The only thing the entire Canadian government is good at is transferring wealth and corruption

Rick,

I can't believe you think Michael Vick should get a SECOND CHANCE.
Did the animals he shot, eletrocuted, drowned, tortured, and
sliced with knives get a SECOND CHANCE?

The poor defenseless animals were helpless.
What if he did this to YOUR DOG – Rick?

What would your answer be then?

ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! Anyone as disgusting as him does not deserve another chance. Anyone who hires him is just as disgusting.

I'm from Kentucky Rick, and I'll tell you....Senator Mitch McConell (as the Minority Leader) should be shamed and must be suffering from early symtoms of a mental disorder for him to even mention the American healthcare system in the same sentence as Canada's healthcare system! Ole' Mitch doesn't care about healthcare reform in the U.S. let alone KY, why should he; he's already benefiting from universal healthcare (Government healthcare) the best in the world! I was in the Army for 10 yrs. and those military/ government doctors are the best...the lines may be a little bit long but you know do not have to think about the bill while you lie in the waiting-room chair injured.
Do me a favor Rick, if and when you get an interview with Good Ole Mitch ask him when was the last time he rallied for Kentucky's health care reform which is one of the worst in the states.
I mean Gov. Beashear is giving away KCHIP for children 19 yrs. and young...what has Ole Mitch done for kentucky latey?!

Reggie P.
MMG

Surely if we can forgive Bush and his crew for taking a nation to war
on lies and the lost of life that could have been avoided,we can forgive Mr.Vicks. Please get over it already!He has payed his debt to society.

I am a Canadain living in BC. My wife and I pay $288 for three months health care. Thats $48 a month each.!!!
I have had two major spine surgeries, and 4 prostrate surgeries. I did not have to wait more than a month for any of them.
How much would that have cost in the US.?

Rick,

Looking at today's video of Vick's release, he looks as cocky, now, as the day he entered prison. Does he still think he's above the law? Let him work at an animal shelter, not for the NFL.

Rick, Thanks for getting some perspective for us about the Canadian Healthcare System. I'm sick and tired of hearing the republicans, especially those in congress, slam any other health care alternatives other than what we have now. What We Have Now Isn't Working!!

Hey Rick,
I just saw your comments on the Canadian health care system. I just returned from B.C. after 14 years, and I have yet to see or hear an accurate description of the Canadian system. My family and I had a wonderful, positive experience. I wish so much I could share the truth about the very good aspects of the system as well as what the reality is behind the negative criticism. The negative's are circumstantial to Canada, not the U.S. No one is even discussing the difference between Canada and the U.S. I believe there are those in this country who have a vested interest in preventing the U.S. from creating a system that will benefit everyone, short and simple. And that is another shame of us.

I am a Canadian who is proud to pay higher taxes and receive excellent public health care public education and many other services. As an example my wife has received cancer treatment over the past seven years that included three different rounds of six chemotherapy treatmens, a stem cell treatment and numerous home care services none of which has cost me a peeny. Yes if I were to need a hip replacement I would wait longer than in the U.S. but anything that is most urgent gets immediate attention regardless of age, income or any other criteria. If I lived in the U.S. my house would probably have been sold by now because any private insurance I did have would have been cancelled because of my wife's preexisting condition

Rick – Michael Vick's criminal acts were committed against innocents who were helpless against him. I believe that puts his behavior in a separate category from crimes against other people, who at least have a chance to fight back. I would not compare his crimes to crimes against children, but I think there are many similarities. He should not work again in the NFL or any other venue where he is in the public eye or able to rebuild wealth.

I am canadian, and want to talk about health care. Yes we wait for some things, but when the care is required it is there immediately. In 2005, my son was in a car accident – he was flown by helicopter to a major trauma center, was in intensive care for 4 weeks, everyday, we could have lost him, his health was so precarious, he was then flown to his local hospital for another week in intensive care and he was not billed. In 2006, my husband was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus and died 7 months later, he was in surgery within days of diagnosis, all treatment that might help was given to him, he spent two months in palliative care at no extra cost. I do not believe that more superior care could have been received anywhere. All of the care was standard care.

Rick,
If second chances were not part of our lives, we would all be done. Give vick another chance on condition that he undergoes rehab.

Hi Rick, so why are Americans so afraid of a govt. health care system.?I t would expand our choices, maybe offer us something our private system won't. I'm 58, decent health, pay 700 a month for a horrible policy and can't switch, I've tried, rejected by all of them, tried 3 times. Our system is very damaged. Why don't you do a story on Taiwan's insurance. It's supposed to be excellent and very efficient. We have to do something. They could raise me to 800 tomorrow and there's nothing I could, they probably will, no competition. Thanks, USA citizen, self employed 5'11", 175 lbs!!!!! not obeses either and don't smoke

Perhaps if the media stop airing the captive American soldier footage–the Taliban wouldn't feel so smug? We don't need to see everything all the time.

Hi Rick, I think Micheal Vick has paid his debt to society. I think he deserves another chance. People who have paid their debt to society should beallowed to work. But I think this should apply to other felons who have committed a crime and paid their debt to society . Pam McCormick

I have lived in Canada for about 20 years and am now settled in the United States for about 20 years. I can say without hesitation that the health care in Canada for my family and myself was excellent. In the US there is always anxiety that with loss of employment there is also loss of health insurance. It irritates me to hear complaints about Canadian health insurance as here in the States so many unfortunate individuals have no insurance. If these people lived in Canada they would have insurance and would not have to worry about this aspect of their life.

Rick,
I'm getting a little tired about the Michael Vick saga. I personally have always had a dog and cat and what Vick did was disgusting. One thing to ask yourself is: did he kill a human being? I know I'll get ripped about this, but us Americans put more emphasis on our pets than anything else. When was the last time anybody did a story on cock fighting? Chickens are not cute and cuddly or mans best friend, so who cares. Strap some razor blades on the feet and throw them in a ring and have some fun, he's not your fido. I understand that there is a football player on the St Louis Rams team that was convicted of drunk driving which he killed someone. He spent a couple of months in jail and was released. He proceeded to get back behind the wheel of a car drunk again and was caught. What happened so say? He signed a multi million dollar contract. So in conclusion, dog fighting equals two years in prison, vehicular homicide equals three months in jail. Isn't this a great country or what.

Yes he should have the right to make a living! And so should convicted felons, who do there time. Why should these people be punished for life?when our vice president can error and shoot someone and get off with an appology, and a senator steal from us to date his lover and get to say I'll pay it back instead of being charged for theft.

I have a solution to get Congress motivated to pass healthcare reform!
CANCEL all of their healthcare benefits, which OUR tax dollars are paying for, and force them to start paying for their own healthcare and their families. Then they will find out how expensive it is and pass the much needed reform legislation!

Our leaders are out of touch with us "commoners" because they don't have to pay for ANYTHING themselves.

The comments fro Senator Jim DeMint's comments regarding Obama"s waterloo does not surprise me. For years the republicans have put the republican party ahead of the needs of the U.S. It is always the same... criticize with out any alternatives! I hope they all get what they deserve

Hi Rick ,You should talk to Keefer Sutherland,or his motherabout her dad.He was the man who helped Canadians get universal health care

He who has never sinned, let him cast the first stone.
It is quite unintelligent to think that because a man has flaws in some 'departments' of his life, his talent should be thrown out the window.
This is the sickness of America that makes it so hard for people to get back up after a fall. What more lessons can Vick be taught after being stripped of his fortune and serving his time. Are we going to ostracize him till he dies a painful, depressing death like Michael Jackson, and then go to his funeral to talk about what great talent he was?
Think about it folks. Think...and remove the log from your own eyes, so you can see clearly enough to help take out the toothpick from someone's eye.

Regarding Michael Vick, it's not the debt to society to whom he should be held accountable, but rather to the countless number of weak and defenseless animals he brutalized and slaughtered for his petty amusement. Had I the opportunity to slaughter this coward in similar kind, I would gladly do so with absolute injudiciousness!

I mean for real?! I know white men that bolster about poching just as much as black men about dog fighting and I'm black!
Look the man paid his debt to society and now he's done...drop it!

And on that coat-tail let's not talk about all the things that go on in both the black and the white cultures that is taboo to talk about. What I'm saying is blacks smoke crack; whites smoke meth, blacks are disenfranchised; white build monopolies from forced capitalism....so let's not make it about black and white liet's make it about humanity....we didn't seem to get too mad about The Croc Hunter when he was in the wild with a camera strangling random creatures now were we?!

Reggie P.
MMG

rick- pls post some of the canadian health care notes – we care, and are obviously watching a american show

First I apologize for dropping this on the wrong link, but I could not find a way to apply this to your facebook page. Unlike you and many of your colleaues, I am a centrist, populist and progressive. I believe in the ideal of "one set of rules" and have lived my life by this. Therefore, I am sure we will agree on practically nothing. I have always been offended by your racism and tailored view of dissminating the news. I am especially offended by your concept of listing the word "thuggish" as racist. Are there any words in the English language that you would view as NOT racist? And by the way, you did not seem to have a problem with this word during the election when your network was doing everything possible to sink the campaign of Hillery Clinton. I remember so very well the broadcasts that your network put together that led off with the man in a bar (I believe in NC) statg "I think she's a thug!" I do believe it is a sad situation what has happened to CNN. You were always a centrist/moderate news channel. Now you have become the liberal flip-side to the coin to Fox news. What a shame. What ever happen to the likes of Walter Kronkite and Bernard Shaw?

About our American healthcare system....AMERICA WAS BUILT ON BUSINESS IS RUNNING BECASUE OF BUSINESS AND IS THE BEST BUSINESS IN THE WORLD TODAY AND UNFORTUNATELY HEALTHCARE IS OUR #2 BUSINESS BESIDES OIL...THE RAPPER 50CENT SUMMED UP THE AMERICAN MIND-SET IN ONE SENTENCE..."GET RICH OR DIE TRYING" and in relation the healthcare; I guess we will die trying.

Reggie P.
MMG

Hi Rick,

This is in reference to the American soldier kidnap in Afghanistan. I have the solution to these type of occurrences. The soldiers that go out on patrol would wear a small GPS locator's/transponder on them that you would not be able to get to immediately so that the soldier would be able to tracked rapidly and returned expeditiously.

P.S
Solution guy.

According to Wikipedia, a coup [d'état] is "the sudden, unconstitutional deposition of a legitimate government, by a small group of the State Establishment — usually the military — to replace the deposed government with another, either civil or military. A coup d’état succeeds when the usurpers establish their legitimacy if the attacked government fail to thwart them, by allowing their (strategic, tactical, political) consolidation and then receiving the deposed government’s surrender; or the acquiescence of the populace and the non-participant military forces." Since Zelaya was removed by the Army at the direction of the Honduran Supreme Court, pursuant to the Honduran Constitution, and the removal was confirmed by the Honduran Congress, how was this a "coup?

Hi Rick – I sent you an e-mail earlier but I don't see it posted. I am a Canadian and have never had to wait for any medical procedures in 52 years. I'm glad to see that today you had a real live Canadian on your show providing facts and not the continuous propoganda by Republicans like Mitch McConnel. You read another e-mail on your show today about someone who was waiting for doctors in Canada while they were smoking in the next room. I guess that person convienently forgets about the poor woman who was left dying on the floor in a U.S. hospital about a year ago and no one paid her any attention. You should stop taking about these very very few cases that are prevalent in any system which have nothing to do with the mess in the U.S. Here is the bottom line Rick – in Canada we do indeed pay higher taxes because we believe that health care is a right not a priviledge. In Canada no one goes bankrupt if their child gets serioulsy ill like the couple in Nevada who got a bill of over $700,000 when one of their children got sick. And this ridiculous notion of wait times – remember that in the U.S. there are over 47M people (including 12% of children) that cannot get in any line because they do not have any health insurance. Rick – I love the energy you bring to your show. I challenge you to come to Toronto and do a complete investigation and broadcast your show from here. I'll pick you up at the airport. And by the way – if you get sick while you're here (God forbid) – no need to worry, our health care system will take care of you also. YOU MUST GET THE FACTS FOR YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS...

Rick,

I am a US citizen living in Honduras (and consider myself a part of this country) and I want to thank you for showing some of the truth about what occurred here. You and Glenn Beck have been the only two people in the US media to show the other side, but we plead that you continue to because we are afraid we may lose the battle. Our country is being bullied by the entire world and they want to force us to reinstate Mr. Zelaya, but no one has bothered to get to the bottom of how and why he was deposed (legally! not a coup). According to our Constitution, Mr. Zelaya's removal from power was done perfectly legal and the entire world is condemning it because the media, CNN for example, are calling it a Military Coup and saying that it was illegal. Remember, Honduras abides by it's own Constitution, not that of any other nation, therefore before calling the actions illegal, you must first read our Constitution.

Here are a couple of facts that might help clear up why Mr. Zelaya was removed from office and what is occurring in Honduras:

- Zelaya was aligned with Chavez and trying to stay in power indefinitely.
- The illegal ballot boxes which were printed in Venezuela were premarked guaranteeing his win. There is evidence of this.
- Our country was being used as the primary channel to traffic narcotics from Venezuela North. This is a fact; ever since Honduras entered the ALBA 14 Venezuelan flagged planes have crashed (not the ones that have touched down and accomplished their mission) full of either cocaine or US dollars.
- Every government entity is intact and strong; the Judicial System, Congress, the Military, the Presidency (Micheletti is recognized as our president within the country).
- Chavez has leftist people on the ground in Honduras organizing the pro Zelaya violent marches. This is another fact; 5,000 illegal passports were given out to Venezuelan, Nicaraguans, and Cubans prior to the illegal vote to help carry out the mission, and they are now causing the chaos in the capital.
- The US ambassador in Tegucigalpa knew about the illegal referendum and now pressures for Zelaya to be put back in office; going as far as saying that he will pull the US Visas of several businessmen backing the new government.
- The biggest US military base in Central America is located in Honduras, we cannot afford for Chavez to have control of this country, so help it defend itself. Honduras has always been a small, but strong ally of the US.
- This is a small, but courageous country and I couldn't be any prouder of Honduras as I am today.

Mr. Sanchez we need people like you to help us get the word out about what really occurred in Honduras and the entire world will change their minds and admire our country for its actions.

Thank you,

I have worked and traveled Honduras for the past 10 years. When is CNN going to accurately report from Honduras? Zelaya was removed from government because he wanted to change the constitution and because Hondurians do not want to end up like Venezuela. If CNN does some homework only about 12% of the population want him back, 88% are willing to fight the inaccurate reports rather then end up with another Chavez. Please get the truth on your news reports.

Rick thank you for your interview to Otto Reich and explaining to the public exactly what is happening in Honduras. You have been the only voice in CNN presenting the situation in an very objetive way, it seems you are the only one that understand the situation. It is amazing to me how the media has insisted that what happened in Honduras was a "military coup", CNN , the Miami Herald and most of the US Media insist in only showing the pictures of the protests of the "Zelaya supporters" . Where are the photos of the protests of the 90% of the honduran population that does not want Zelaya back? Where are those pictures? How come they are not shown?. As a Venezuelan that owned businesses in Honduras for the last 8 years, I can tell you that I admire the courage & determination of Hondurans. Contrary to what is shown on the US news ( oddly enough very similar to what is shown in the Chavista television in venezuela,????), the majority of the honduras population do not want Zelaya, nor Chavez, nor a "king for life". At the present moment the very poor and the very wealthy of honduras have right now a big thing in common: They do not want Zelaya back. Than you Rick for your work, by the way I have been following your work since you were in channel 7 Miami, I can only say you have gone a long way, you deserve all the best, keep on going!

Hi Mr Sanchez I love your story on Honduras I am from Honduras Born and raise I live trough 3 military governments and believe me it wasn't easy dint like it but we survive about this one I am all for it because it doesn't come from our own country it comes for and outside country who wants to convert this country in a bridge to all the drugs that are going to come to this country and because Mr Zelaya all he want to do is create another Venezuela o Cuba ,Don't Understand the USA this will affect us all just imagine for a moment all the drugs that are going to come here from Honduras if President Zelaya stay in power the way he wanted Tell the story right no like CNN en Espanol to they are not Objective in theirs Commentary's because is to partial to one side or a least to a lot of Honduran it sounds it is Please if you want to change the course of Honduras please focus more in Venezuela and Alba and Mr Inzulsa connections whit it you will find all the answer to what went down in Honduras you as a Reporter we not bias to any side tell the story right and keep it in front of the TV Keep the pressure and you will see that one person can make a change or open a lot of eyes Thank you and sorry for my English best of luck Oscar

Rick, I watch you every chance I get, I don't know whether you will actually read this but here goes. A while back you reported on a Hispanic man that was beaten to death by some white guys.
You also mentioned that it happens a lot.
My question to you is [ why don't you pose the question on your program as to why white males seem to like killing non-white males??? We rarely ever hear of non-white males killing white males in such brutal ways.
Maybe if the sickness that these people seem to possess is exposed to the air, a cure can be found for it.
In my opinion their apparent complex of superiority must be formed by an even stronger complex of inferiority. Otherwise, why would they have a need to feel superior to someone???

I am a retired fire rescue paramedic living in Honduras. I have seen the daily news here in Honduras and am amazed at how wrong the outside media have portraid the events of the past few weeks. Manuel Zelaya was removed from office by the surpeme court of Honduras for violating constitutional law. They had no choice. They used the military to do it, also as rule of Honduran law. Micheletti is the ratified interm president because the is the leader of the Honduran congress. The vice president resigned two years ago, so he is the next in line to be interm president, per the Honduran constitution. Hugo Chavez has been using his wealth to buy influence and has slowly been changing democracies one by one in Latin America. He has done so by having these countries' constitutions slightly, then before you know it , it's too late and there is a dictator in power. The military is not in power in Honduras, there was no coup. There is a huge perception problem that the country is facing, because Chavez and his allies have a hold on the Organization of American States who are affraid to let the Honduran government give their side of the story. It would be nice if someone in the foreign press would allow their side to be viewed, and people could see that this is really a fight for democracy in Honduras. Hugo Chavez has to pull out all the stops because this little country has chosen to fight his dream of socializing all of Latin America. He is getting away with it because no one from outside really wants to investigate, it is easier just to jump on the wrong bandwagon. Thanks Rick for your talk with Otto, it would be nice to see one with Chief Justice of the Honduran supreme court. Democracy is alive and well in Honduras.....and they are fighting to keep it that way!

I've heard the democratically elected president called a "leftist regime" just because there are some points of disagreement with the US.

The US should support the democratically elected president if the US really values democracy.

The current military dictatorship is a totalitarian regime and should be opposed.

Those who are pushing people farther and farther to the left are on the RIGHT, not on the left. You see on the news reports the elite supporting the military coup because the military supports their efforts to dominate and exploit the populous.

The US conservatives have nothing to say about communist Cuba since they are so in bed with communist China. The only difference is that China permits the exploitation of there population and resources by corporation whereas Cuba does not.

Rick,

Why were those people so angry? I think they were frustrated over the economy.

Rex

We need to think here. If Zebaya were to remain as President of Honduras, he would have changed the constitution which would have allowed to remain in power. This is the same thing that happened in Venezuela with Hugo Chavez. Do we want another Latin American country to follow down the same path as Chavez's. We need to think!!!

If Zebaya was trying to illegally change the constitution, and shoot for a Chevez / Venz. type socialistic dictatorship, then he should have been deposed. I say this even as a strong liberal, supporting Pres. Obama on health care, etc.
I do wonder why it's so hard to find Sanchez, etc. on the main CNN page, no space for them even with an hour show?
And Rick S., why didn't you talk to the interesting Canadian VIP about their healthcare for at least 30 minutes? This is an important issue and Republicans, etc., have said many lies about Canada. They claim it does not work there, yet they have had about 10 elections since and Not Changed ! Most of them must like it, clearly!
I also think Prof. Gates was too quick to blame the police simply trying to make sure his home was not being robbed. He over-reacted, then they over-reacted in arresting him. I've seen him on TV, he is mild and well spoken, but it appears he blew up too quickly this time.

Rick,

Thank you so much for the comments about honduras! We are truly very scared of what can happen if this man, Manuel Zelaya comes back!! Everything that people are saying about there being massacres and chaos are all lies!! We are finally peaceful with him out of here!! There were murders and kidnappings and of course tons of drug planes coming in when Mel Zelaya was in office!! Now, NOTHING!!!!! We need him to stay out because I guarantte that if he comes back here then there will be CHAOS!! Please let others know this!! It is just really sad that the people are critisizing without even knowing what we have been going through with this man in power for the past 3 1/2 years!! We don't want to be Cuba or Venezuela or any of the others....WE WANT DEMOCRACY!! NOT DICTATORSHIP!!!!

Thank you again!!

-Nicki P.

Nicki,
I'm wondering what you mean when you say "we", "DEMOCRACy" and "DICTATORSHIP".

In a "DEMOCRACY" does the Army sieze and exile an elected president? If he had committed a crime of some kind, why didn't the army simply arrest him instead of flying him out of the country?

The answer is simple: in a court, even one in which the judges are compromised, no case could have been made to convict him. Emperor Micheleti and all his court would have been exposed. But that's not all.

If the defacto government wants to arrest him, why didn't they just let his plane land instead of lining the tarmac with vehicles to prevent any landing?

All of this get's back to the question of what you mean when you say "we".

I suspect that you come from a "we" that has lived for many centuries off the Honduran people and are afraid of the unstoppable "we" against which the sad little Honduran coup leaders, bannana bag men, last gasp of 500 years of exploitation, raise their tawdry , transparent, and universally rejected claims.

No noble stories of resistance come from the mouths of those who cry "tyranny, tyrrany" when popular empowerment threatens the webs of exploitation on which their charmed lives depend.

You should thank the fates, god, or whatever higher power you believe in that the new socialism doesn't summarily execute the leaders and supporters of insurrection against legitimate government.

I know this is a week old discussion, but I find it very important to me. Wanted to share if anyone interested that one of the" Victory dogs" has found a forever home and has been adpoted. Makes me so sad and sickened that anyone could want to give this horrific monster another chance at football or anything else.

Well into 2 years to rehab these wonderful dogs. Best Friends web sit will tell you all about this. Keep up the GREAT work!!

I love black people not all but most I voted for obama.My husband is in the hospital. I seen black people hugging white people wishing them luck in their recovery. A sweet black lady named Miss Mary telling my husband she would be praying for his recovery.It touched my heart 'but Obama was wrong to take sides the way he did.
My husband and I were stopped several years back and we are a older white couple .They had a speed trap and my husband was slightly over the speed limit.The cops treated us like dirt. We were so frighten.They approached our vehicle with their hands on their guns.When they finish writing the ticket.They walked away laughing because they seen they had frighten so.I told my husband if we were black, we would have thought that was the reason we were treated in that manner.

Rick,
Be the new Walter Cronkite and check with your contact at the DEA and ask about the ousted Honduras President. That’s all I can say to you. Good Luck.

I don't think you were balanced on your reporting on the story about Honduras. Your guest were so obviously out of the mouth of the old guard. Zalaya was overthrown by a violent coup and the coup operatives are justified? Please give me a break. From now on why don't you have balanced coverage. Ask someone from The Nation, or NPR, not the old cold warrior view that we will dictate who is in charge in Latin America like Baptista and Somoza. Zalaya has every right to re-enter his country and he is being threatened if he tries to re-enter again after being deposed by a coup. And the colonels' and generals that led the coup were trained at the School of the Americas which has been proven to be run by the CIA for control over Latin America and the developing world.

To Paul and everyone who supports Zelaya, please don´t be so naive to think this man stood for the poor or for the majority of Hondurans.
Zelaya should have been ousted from power a long time ago, there have never been so many charges of corruption since his presidency began. And now the allegatios of bien involved in drug trafficking and Honduras being a strategic country for Venezuelan drug trade is just a sign that Zelaya is not the person to be leading Honduras and he clearly is working with Chavez to sink Honduras into deeper poverty and underdevelopment.

I´m deeply concerned of the millions of dollars that were taken from the central bank to fund Zelayas campaign to change the constitution as well as all the charges of illicit enrichment by his cabinet and abuse of power. Every day Honduran newspapers uncover a new story of how corrupt this government really was.

Zelaya did nothing substantial during his presidency to fight crime, corruption, improve the health and education systems and improve poverty conditions in the country. IF you look at indicators from the World Bank or the UN, poverty increased rather than decreased. There have never been so many kidnappings and organized crime been so prevalent since Zelaya´s presidency. This man was clearly leading my country in the wrong path. He is no example of a socialist, or democrat like he claims to be, or even a true leader. The country is better off without him.

Rick

How about you do some research to find out the facts rather than continuing to be emotional and push the CNN and your personal agenda. OK .... I get it, you do have a personal agenda so you actually getting to the truth will probably not happen.

However, according to Claudia Parsons "The interim government, led by Congress speaker Roberto Micheletti, argue that Zelaya’s ouster was legal as it was ordered by the Supreme Court after the president had tried to extend his four-year term in office illegally.

They say he was acting unconstitutionally and had to be removed."

OK Rick, let me help, if the "elected" Manuel Zelaya was elected un-constitutionally and the Honduran military takes and oath similar to US Military personnel to support and defend their constitution, then that is possibly why the military took action regarding an unconstitutional election. So, how about acting like a real journalist and begin with investigating the FACTS on both sides and then report them both.

Also, if the Honduran people, without outside interference from Chavez, want Zelaya as their President, then their elected officials should agree to change their constitution so they can elect the same person in office for life.

Dear Canadians [our best friends],
Some of you write to confirm that your country has a good healthcare system and I appreciate that. It's sad that too many in the US gladly wanted Bush [and evil Cheney] to rush into a wildly expensive war [destruction] but are totally against fair healthcare [construction].

Please give us some details about when this started, any major reforms to it since, etc.; I have heard that the most popular politican in Canada was the guy who started it. And obviously if it was not popular, you've had plenty of elections, or chances, to change or get rid of it, but Have Not ! How many elections since?

PS: I think Pres. Obama was tired and badly reacted to the Prof. Gates case. It's sad that so many right wingers have made this a major issue, as it's really nothing compared to the Iraq War, the incredible debt Bush/Cheney put the US into. I have lived in an area 95% black and seen racism from them, mostly young kids. I understand it, but as Obama has said at the NAACP, there are no excuses for parents not controlling their kids, etc.; this guy has taken on one hell of a load, we are not facing another Republican Depression like we were only months ago, give him a chance!

Oh Paul....

Just because you've worked in central and southern american countries does not make you right about anything you are saying! If Manuel Zelaya would not have been taken out of Honduras and instead made him go to court WE (which one definition is: used to denote oneself and another or others; just in case you need to know what it means since you asked more than 3 times) would have been scared, as we have been for the past 3 1/2 years of him and he would continue to be in power and we would definitely have a soon to be dictator on our hands.

Are you saying that you support Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro and the rest of the dictators? Because that is very sad!! Yes you have been to our countries and have worked here but you don't have family members being kidnapped, raped and killed every other week or do you?? Because I have had that happen to my family and my friends. That is what life has been like for the past 3 1/2 years so when i say "WE" i mean my family, my friends, my neighbors 5 year old little girl that was kidnapped and raped BUT THANK GOD NOT KILLED, I mean a coworkers husband that can't go to work because every single day he gets threat calls saying that they will kill him and his family if he doesn't give the little money that he has to sorry, and very lazy people.

So, I do thank God, I truly thank Him for giving us some peace!

And to all of you other people that insist on saying and thinking that what happened was illegal i say....OH WELL....TOUGH...you haven't had to live in this hell hole....you are not living here right now....nobody wants that man to return...regardless of hugo chavez being his best friend, he is not a good leader....and yes he was elected democratically but won by commiting fraud in the elections...so he shouldn't even have been in that position!!!!!

My point being...please please please think what you want we all have the freedom to do so but please don't comment on things that you don't know about and aren't living!!!

Do these people who are blaming on President Zelaya know who the coup's people really are?

To begin with, the Head of the Military Gral. Romeo Vasquez is the leader of the so call "Banda de los trece" a gang criminal group that steals luxury cars in the US to sell them in Central America. Of course, Romeo Vasquez was brought to "justice" but the Supreme Court found him "innocent" for lack of evidence. Misteriously, the people who committed the roberies in the US were killed to avoid them for testiying against Romeo Vasquez. Roberto Michelleti – among other crimes- tried to reelect (1985) Roberto Suazo Cordova by manipulating the Supreme Court and the legislature. He failed. Michelleti also is in the transportation business, he profits not only raising the price of bus rides every single year but also using his position in the congress to get money from the government for the his business.

The golpistas are not better than Zelaya. They are the worst of the worst. You are not supporting the people of Honduras or the constitution. You are buying the stories they want you to buy and supporting the rich and powerful of Honduras. They make Zelaya a criminal just because Zelaya took away so many priviledges they have had for decades. Be better informed before submitting your opinions.

Mr. Sanchez:

As a Honduran, who grew up in Honduras and now lives in the States, I applaud your ability to report the truth about what is going on in my country. I am forced to assume that by doing so you have earned yourself the near universal contempt of Zelaya, Chavez, and the axis of stupidity that now mars the political landscape in Latin America. And I'm sure your collegues, i.e. dishonest propagandists masquereeding as journalists, are none too happy either. Well, I'm here to urge you to keep up the great work.

I can't thank you enough for having provided a sorely needed venue where 90% of Hondurans' voices can be heard, even if only for a moment. The same cannot be said for your duplicitous collegues. As Zelaya said, "You have a correspondent here who can tell you how aggressive the military has been acting." He's right Ms. Alis who is married to a Nicaraguan Sandinista Revolutionary can tell you whatever Zelaya's $8k a month salary to her courtesy of Mr. Chavez allows her to tell you. And that bald guy with the ridiculously exagerated british accent? Lol. Firstly, no one talks like that, and no one buys it. I break out in laughter every time I hear him because I think I'm watching a comedy sketch parodying television reporters. Secondly, he's clearly the most sensationalist liar I've seen in a while. Admittedly, he's tempered his marxist reporting, since the ousting first occured, but my goodness is he still a riot. His name escapes me but you'll know him when you see or hear him. Trust me. But I digress.

The fact is, the near universal stance against Zelaya in Honduras is here for all the world to see, but no one has been willing to listen, even aljezeera is doing a better job than your collegues Rick. Whatup with that? No one is showing the impressive throngs of hundreds of thousands of peaceful demonstrators. packing the streets of Honduras standing in the hot sun all day long, holding up signs, and waving the Honduran Flags, all in attempts to show the world their unwavering solidarity against foreign oppression and AGAINST Zelaya. Yet, they have been all but totally muted by mainstream media in the US and internationally. This is the most unjust and flagrant censorship I've ever ever witnessed and it has seriously forced me to question EVERYTHING that is being reported from CNN and others. Save for a few brave and honest reporters like yourself Mr. Sanchez your collegues are performing a tremendous injustice at the expense of the Honduran people.

Zelaya's policies caused massive layoffs and unemployment, the poor DO NOT support this clown. They may be poor but they are not idiots. His alliance with Chavez and Castro and other Leaders in the Axis of stupidity have won him the bitter contempt of an entire nation. To continue following this bafoon around and reporting everything he says, while not so much as showing one arial picture of the MASSIVE demonstrators in Honduras against him, is reprhensible, willfully negligent, and your collegues ought to be ashamed of themselves.

These "journalists" from all over the World, have chosen instead to publish strategically staged images "documenting" the few sparse factions of hooligans jumping around with sticks before a large tire fire PAID BY ZELAYA AND CHAVEZ TO MAKE A MESS. And these bozos in the press know this and opt against the truth in favor of sensationalist propoganda. These bozos know what they're doing. People see fire and crazed masked lunatics and they immediately assume that it's hell on earth. Meanwhile, the reality is ANYTHING BUT!

The past month in Honduras has been arguably the most peaceful in Honduras in terms of murders and violent crime than the country has seen in years. Critics argue this is the result of military stifling expression. Please...Zelaya's thirtteen some odd supporters have been allowed to dance aroun in their masks, huff their glue, and burn their tires. In fact that's all you see from the press is these images. The fact is, ever since Zelaya won the election as a result of Hugo Chavez's voter fraud, the murder rate has grown into a full blown plague, despite Zelaya doubling the police force. Why? Quite simply because Zelaya and Chavez have been running cocaine by the thousands of kilos daily into and out of the country. Zelaya transformed Honduras into a petty cog in the coke churning machine that Chavez has built over the years with the help of Columbian misfits and the other implanted marxist leaders who Chavez has littered across Central and South America. And people of all classes now live in a heightened state of fear as a result of it.

I never in a milion years would have thought that "journalism" could be so flagrantly decietful so willfully negligent, so sensationalist and deplorable. This whole situation has opened my eyes. The people of Honduras are united against fascist oppression from foreign lands AND the International Community's deplorable condemnation of their new president. But worry not, no one is buying their lies and intimidation tactics. With each day that passes, more reporters and media outlets are being exposed for the peddlers of propaganda and traitors of humanity that they truly are and always have been. One by one they are being exposed by the public and pressured to tell the truth or lose all credibility. With the spread of internet, blogs, and social media outlets like facebook and twitter, people in every corner of the globe have a newfound power to communicate with the outside world and find out FOR THEMSELVES what is actually happing in the world. When reporting doesn't match up, it's only a matter of time before things start to add up. Factual reporting and enlightened discourse is now but a click away and the liars and propoganda peddlers no longer have a monopoly on the megaphones. So amen to that! And Amen to you Mr. Sanchez, for being one of the ONLY anchors reporting the truth. Bravo! Hondurans owe you a tremendous debt of grattitude.

Jon

Oh Paul….

Just because you’ve worked in central and southern american countries does not make you right about anything you are saying! If Manuel Zelaya would not have been taken out of Honduras and instead made him go to court WE (which one definition is: used to denote oneself and another or others; just in case you need to know what it means since you asked more than 3 times) would have been scared, as we have been for the past 3 1/2 years of him and he would continue to be in power and we would definitely have a soon to be dictator on our hands.

Are you saying that you support Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro and the rest of the dictators? Because that is very sad!! Yes you have been to our countries and have worked here but you don’t have family members being kidnapped, raped and killed every other week or do you?? Because I have had that happen to my family and my friends. That is what life has been like for the past 3 1/2 years so when i say “WE” i mean my family, my friends, my neighbors 5 year old little girl that was kidnapped and raped BUT THANK GOD NOT KILLED, I mean a coworkers husband that can’t go to work because every single day he gets threat calls saying that they will kill him and his family if he doesn’t give the little money that he has to sorry, and very lazy people.

So, I do thank God, I truly thank Him for giving us some peace!

And to all of you other people that insist on saying and thinking that what happened was illegal i say….OH WELL….TOUGH…you haven’t had to live in this hell hole….you are not living here right now….nobody wants that man to return…regardless of hugo chavez being his best friend, he is not a good leader….and yes he was elected democratically but won by commiting fraud in the elections…so he shouldn’t even have been in that position!!!!!

My point being…please please please think what you want we all have the freedom to do so but please don’t comment on things that you don’t know about and aren’t living!!!

Fact: The supreme court of Honduras, by a 15-0 vote, ruled Zelaya had acted illegally and ORDERED the Armed Forces to arrest him.
(for those of you who do not live in Honduras, early this year Zelaya tried to manipulate the appointment of judges in the supreme court and wanted to place people of his choice by force!!)

Fact: Article 239 says that any president who seeks to amend the constitution and extend his term is automatically DISQUALIFIED and is NO LONGER PRESIDENT. Unfortunately, there is no provision for an impeachment process in the Honduran constitution.

Fact: Congress voted in favor of removing Zelaya

Fact: The Supreme Electoral Tribunal, the Administrative Law Tribunal, the independent Human Rights Commissioner, the candidates of the Liberal and National Parties, and Honduras’s Catholic and Evangelical church highest leaders all agreed that Mr. Zelaya had acted illegally.

PLEASE stop saying that it´s the "rich" and priviledged classes that wanted Zelaya out!! What he did was illegal and punishable under Honduran laws!! Our constitutional democracy has three equal branches, and the president isn´t above them!!

WELL SAID JON!!!! WELL SAID!!!!

Rick

Although I don't believe this officer is a racist, why then did he state in his report that it was two black men when neither the woman who called nor the 911 calls mention any black men?

Why is it always a black man?

This last former officer on your show was great

Hey Richard.....leave the racial stuff alone...enough already. BARBARA JORDAN, PLEASE CALL HOME! She would have made a fantastic President....what a mind! The only thing against her was that she was a lawyer...but brilliant! Richard, be fair and neutral and don't try to prove how smart you are by offering solutions to all the noise out there. Whatever you do, don't quit your day job.

Health plans : it is a no brainer....we need a single payer system and let the insurance companies go. They are strangling us all. The employees could transfer to a medicare run "insurance program". Why do we have to supoort these insuracne parasites who do NOTHING for healthcare.

Regarding the Canadian Health System, there is enormous evidence that it is superior in outcomes to ours. Just look at the statistics at the Hsarvard School of Public Health.

The arguement that they have long lines and this is what we would get is shear nonsense.......we have 47 million in our lines and they will NEVER reach the head of the line!

Crowley is a typical arrogant cop. There is no way the professor should have been arrested, once he had proved it was his residence, and he had every right to say whatever he wanted in his own home.

Rick,

The Professor who stated that there are many "White" families that would be upset if their child brought home a "Black" loved one. Well, he seemed to ignore the fact that there are many "Black" families that would be upset if their child brought home a "White" loved one. It is not a "One sided issue". The racism exists both directions, and needs to be acknowledges and addressed.

Rick, this senator has no right to concern himself over the availability of abortions to the entirety of the United States. Women only have the right to decide what they do with THEIR PERSONAL BODIES! Just disgusting!

Rick, why is it that not one reporter asked Sgt. Crowley about his report?

Sgt. Crowley/Officer Figuera put Lucia Whalen's name into the public sphere.

Sgt. Crowley says that he spoke with Lucia Whalen. She flatly says that he did not.

He quotes her as telling him about two black men with backpacks. She says no way. She certainly never made those comments on the 911 tape. Somebody is not telling the truth.

Before the media annoints Sgt. Crowley. He needs to answer questions about his report.

Just another point of view in the fight for Honduras. I watched, with dismay, the local television reports on the days before June 28, what was happening here. Manuel Zelaya was determined to make his move to change the Honduran constitution in order to enable him to run for another term. Might not seem like a big deal, but that is the way it has been set up in a subtle, cunning formula to move Latin America into an alliance with Hugo Chavez, one country at a time. On the morning of June 28 he was constitutionally removed from the presidential palace. Unfortunately, the military commanders, trying to avoid bloodshed on the streets, exiled him to Costa Rica. This caused a lot of confusion here in the country. What this also did was cause Manuel Zelaya’s friend, Hugo Llorens, the American ambassador to Honduras to yell “COUP”. That has stuck. That is a fact, no matter what happened after that, everyone stopped investigating. Most of the press, and the international community, just jumped on that bandwagon and are still there. The US has not had its eye on the ball down here for quite sometime, and has let Chavez use his petro dollars to peddle his influence all over the region. Chavez is pissed off now. His plan for Honduras is slipping away, back toward democracy, and he is calling in his chips. His voice is being heard, because within a few hours, and subsequently, the rest of the world seems to be on his side. They are piling on. It is easier to pile on than investigate the facts. The world seems to be taking the easy way out, supporting the US position. The US takes its State Department position. The State Department takes the word of its US Ambassador to Honduras. That my friends, is how one person can yell “COUP” and cause a little democratic country to be fighting for the truth to be heard. I hope enough of us are hearing, and can act to turn around this huge injustice done to a small poor democratic nation. Time will tell, but I hope that when the truth does come out that Honduras gets the recognition it deserves…. starting the dominos falling on Chavez’s dreams.

I think it was cool the way you translated Zelaya's phone conversation on July 25th. You should get a HUGE raise for doing that. Not so much because you knew how to translate the language, but because you took the iniative to go ahead and do it instead of waiting for some AP report or whatever on what was going on with the guy. INIATIVE, BOLDNESS, COURAGE – you should get a raise! It was NEAT!

Dear Ricky; Zelaya was more than popular, he was a Honduran choice. To judge his intentions for the future based in his words is call pre-judgement. A little clarification, Castro never was elected to anything. The one that left Cuba under pressure after been elected and finished his term was F. Batista wish years later comeback and took the power by force . Zelaya was elected, a word that do not mean a thing to your guest. You are a good reporter, and I trust your views to be a product of reasoning and research. I am sure that in your home work you find out that people like Otto Reich, Negroponti and others out of the picture at the present, are the cause, if not of the coup in Honduras, at least of the people actions in the countries aforementioned in the video.

To all:

This is what happens when race becomes an issue: people start commenting about racial profiling on a blog entry explicitly about the situation in Honduras, a very real and important foreign policy issue. Due to our presidents hasty opining on a matter he knew little about, now everyone is suddenly talking about who is black. It almost makes me think Obama's public comments on a matter he knew little about was intentional. Now the frontn pages is defaced with articles talking about Obama drinking a beer, and ignoring the fact that the person who is in charge of passing the health care reform bill in congress, Barbara Boxer (Democrat from Texas) displayed near putrid ignorance in a truly racist fashion and was called out on it in public. But now everyone is talking about this silly nonsense, which by comparison is much less worthy of inciting a dialogue about race than a very obviously prejudice public official who assumed that no black person can think for thsemlves and form their own opinion. So this is what happens, people's passions are now inflamed bc Obama had to say something about nothing, and now the very significant and highly criticized health care reform bill he proposed, a regullatory governmental overhaul (highjack) that's about to be committed against all American citizens, and the actual topic of discussion, the administration's foolih and deplorable stance on HONDURAS, are completely overlooked because you don't question anything and stop to think before raising a stink over something so insignificant in the grad scheme of things. You're all being hearded like mindless sheep while you and the Honduran citizenry are being robbed, and you're worried about a minor incident between two guys you'll probably forget about tomorrow. What a seriously depressing shame. You're like a dog who's been duped into thinking he's been thrown something to fetch, thoroughly ignorant as your master readies the lethal injection your about to recieve. This is what they want and you gladly form in single file to your own slaughter. Honduras is about to fall prey to communist collusive forces, and you're oblivious as to what the consequences this will cause the USA, the land of the free for now.

I just ask that people use their heads and start questioning what they're being told to think is important, bc at this point, I can guarantee you've been hoodwinked and if you don't wake up soon, it will be far too little far too late. Your fates, and that of your fellow citizens, as well as that of your true foreign allies (one of the last ones remaining) is in your hands. Look around you and realize that Humanity's real enemy, the nefarious Marxists currently operating in every country around you, are very much at your gates, breathing down your neck, are growing stronger with every blunder we as a nation make. I promise you the race card is being pulled now for a reason, please don't taint preasant and future realities with the sins of the past. This is just an elaborate ploy meant to distract you from your own enslavement. This is not a conspiracy theory, nor is it crazy. Educate yourselves and you'll soon see that at this point you'd be crazy not to notice. Thank you.

Your friend and compatriot,

Jon

Yes, Honduras is heading down the path of Cuba....It is the decision of Honduras and its citizens on what decisions to make regarding their own future....