Please, Stop Trying to 'Fix' Honduras: Letter to the Los Angeles Times http://upsidedownworld.org/main/honduras-archives-46/3086-please-stop-trying-to-fix-honduras-letter-to-the-la-times

A response to the recent Op-Ed entitled “Fixing Honduras” by Noah Feldman, David Landau and Brian Sheppard that was published in the L.A. Times. This op-ed by US-based constitutional lawyers completely misidentifies the real crisis in Honduras.Foreign pens already had their chance to define democracy for Hondurans. The current constitution was written in the early 1980s under US-backed military dictatorship with the participation of the US Embassy.

For thirty years, Hondurans have waited for this imposed system to show progress in resolving their problems. Today, most Hondurans are arguably worse off, and their territory is notably lacking much of the gold, forests, local businesses, and campesino cooperatives that they once had. How much longer do Hondurans have to wait to decide for themselves what democracy means to them?

[ALSO SEE..Statement of SOA Watch Delegation to US Embassy in Honduras http://www.soaw.org/component/content/article/78/3692-statement-of-soa-watch-delegation-to-us-embassy-in-honduras U.S. military and police aid grants by country HONDURAS-U.S. Aid to Honduras, All Programs, 2007-2012 http://justf.org/Country?country=Honduras 2010 -58,408,679/   --------------------------------- 2011- 72,574,67/ 2012 - 72,606,679/ Call to Denounce Military/Police Aid to Honduras http://www.rightsaction.org/articles/Contact_%20StateDep_Honduran_Aid_102110.html The role of USAID in the New Selloff of Honduras http://thenakedfacts.blogspot.com/2011/05/role-of-usaid-in-new-selloff-of.html