There was a presidential election in Honduras, to elect a new president to replace the interim president, who was serving after the Honduran supreme court had to oust the former president to save the country from becoming a dictatorship.

Back in August, President Zelaya was attempting to change the constitution and basically appoint himself to third term and stay president. He was supported by Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, and by Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and also by the American president, Barack Obama.

The Honduran supreme court found him in violation of the law, and removed him from office and forced him to leave the country. He spent several months trying to create riots and get back into the country. Fortunately the Obama administration changed their public support, and helped calm the situation.

Zelaya and his supporters made many threats to protest the election and cause problems. The election went off with very little protesting due to a large military presence at the polling places. The Honduran people had the opportunity to show that they wanted to remain a democracy. Zelaya’s party lost the election decisively.

Hopefully the Obama administration will work to make sure that Zelaya lives up to the deal he made and stop trying to cause problems. The Honduran people can then go back to a democratic rule and not end up like Venezuela.

Chavez has said he will overthrow the new government. Castro has condemned it, and so has Hillary Clinton. Yesterday Hillary accused Honduras of violating “the precepts of the Inter American Democratic Charter” and said it “should be condemned by all.”

The fight is far from over. There is hope that the American government will support the democracy of Honduras. The Honduran people have the right to be free, and govern their country the way they see fit.

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He speaks as if moved by a higher purpose, guided by a divine light. His vision far exceeds the vision of most other politicians on the world stage today. He spoke about a world tolerant of other races, other beliefs, about politicians who have the courage to break the mould by inviting their enemies to enter into dialogue. Above all he made it clear that, although wars are inevitable, the route to peace does not always have to be military. He did not start the two wars America is presently involved in, but he is committed to seeing them through. For the future, he envisions more stringent pressures being applied by a global marketplace, where each country depends economically on every other, with effective, honed, fiscal incentives and punishments in place to deter rogue states from misbehaving. Not a single life need be lost.

As always with Obama, there is the moral undercurrent, which tentatively suggests we ought to take responsibility for our own actions before throwing stones at someone else’s glass house. The political cliche is “get your own house in order first” before you can be a model for the rest of the world. Some may interpret this softer, more inward looking approach as indicative of a crisis of confidence for the once supreme superpower, but although this is a break from the jingoism of America’s imperial past, macho posturing these days is not cool, and nowhere near as important as it once was. In some ways the financial crisis has done us all a favour by opening up our minds to new possibilities. What people want now from government is concern not coercion; concern for the environment, concern for the impoverished, concern for each other. Americans have always been good Christians; perhaps it’s time for a little Christian tolerance. Nation states, no less than individuals, have a duty to forgive and repent, in other words to let go of the past and dream of a better future.

Obama gives the impression that he fully understands that, which is what makes him the perfect recipient of this award in the first place. And who knows, once the “enemy” realises that the threat of nuclear obliteration at the hands of “greedy Americans” has at last gone away, the rallying cry from terrorists will go away too. This is foreign policy based on wisdom not aggression, and a beacon for the rest of the world to follow.

Milton Johanides is a retired businessman, church elder, writer and artist. He has been featured on BBC TVs Songs of Praise, owned numerous art galleries and once ran an award winning picture framing business in Scotland. The views expressed in these articles are his own. email: miltonjohanides@yahoo.co.uk

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