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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accuses US of backing Honduras coup leaders

Monday, 6 July 2009

Honduran army prevents ousted President Manuel Zelaya from landing

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said that he believes the generals and politicians now ruling Honduras have US backing, even if not from President Barack Obama.

Mr Chavez said Honduras' military junta and political leaders "have Yankee support".

He added in remarks to the TV channel Telesur that he's "not saying they have the support of Obama" and that he hopes the US president takes a stronger stance against the coup leaders.

He called it a "cowardly government" in Honduras after a Venezuelan plane carrying ousted President Manuel Zelaya was kept from landing by troops who blocked the runway.

Mr Chavez said earlier at a Venezuelan independence day parade that he hopes for an "awakening" by Honduran troops to restore Mr Zelaya.

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The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism published an article that exposed the fact that 6 months before the referendum in Venezuela, Smartmatic was able to access the servers in an election in the Philippines. The election was on August 2008 and Smartmatic accessed the servers ON ELECTION DAY to "unblock" data.

Was this the same method used by Smartmatic to ensure the victory of Hugo Chavez?

Posted by Goodbye Garci | 08.07.09, 03:38 GMT