SANTO DOMINGO.- President Leonel Fernandez flies to Managua, Nicaragua today to participate in the emergency meeting of the Member States of the Central America and Caribbean Integration System (SICA), to analyze the political crisis in Honduras after the overthrow of president Manuel Zelaya.
Fernandez will leave the country at 11 a.m. on private flight from San Isidro Airbase, said the Presidency’s Web site.
The SICA nations’ chief executives will meet in Managua, at the request of presidents of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez and of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, who yesterday called on the organism to analyze the situation in Honduras after the civic-military coup against Zelaya’s government.
Zelaya was also invited to the meeting, even though he was flown to Costa Rica after the overthrow, rebuked by the international community.
From: United States
Leonel must be sweating bricks right about now. This is the same crap legislation Leonel is trying to pass in the Dominican Congress. Venezuela has passed that legislation regarding re-elections but what the hell Chavez is a dictator which has already destroyed Venezuelas finacial system.
Written by: Escott, 29 Jun 2009 11:41 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Cabrera and Sosua a few days a month
One piece of crap down, now the other countries should do the same thing starting with Venezuela, then Nicaragua, Cuba, Dominican Republic and then Ecuador
From: United States
"Be patient don't worry about it...... see what is happening in Iran today. Venezuela will be next pretty soon, and Venezuelans will bring done El Chavez & his tired old act."
Honduras who's next?.......Like I said above, now just ride the wave people.
From: Dominican Republic, la Romana
JimHarrington ....I agree but the diffference is that Leonel is not going to submit the changes to the people by way of referendum....at least in Honduras they were going to have a referendum later in the year .
Yes Chauvez is a leftist dictator but his position seems to have made legitimate by elections
From: Dominican Republic, la Romana
I wonder if we are going to wake up one day and find the army in control in santo domingo because some politician has agreed to give them more pay
From: Dominican Republic, la Romana
I have now read all the many comments from the people in Honduras that are in BBC news and it seems that close to 100 % support the ousting as the ousted President thumbed his nose at the Supreme Court and the Congress too often and acted as a socialist dictator
Written by: juanb, 29 Jun 2009 12:23 PM
From: Dominican Republic
A socialist dictator. Our guy is kissing the feet of the worst socialist dictator. What's next for us?
Written by: Juango, 29 Jun 2009 12:35 PM
From: United States, far S. Florida (formerly Santo Domingo)
Chavez is still supported by the majority. Zelaya is/was not. You are right ricardolito, the Fuerzas Armadas Dominicanas can be bought in the DR.....It could happen, one day when LF is out of town on one of his famous trecks aboard his GV....could be interesting for someone with lots of money and backing from the correct empresarios. Who could those be????? hummmm??? Dont we have some powerful (who happen to also be very rich) anti-Chavez venezuelans living in the DR???
From: Dominican Republic, Parque Colon statue of Anacaona
of course anybody who can read or write does not support these commies his constituents were the same as Chavez the dirt poor and destitute that can be promised pie in the sky for their vote and instead get Commie Soup....they will be sorry ....these guys cannot allow truly frre elections anymore and the Castros never did
From: United States, Washington, D.C.
Here's what you guys don't understand, Zelaya was not a dictator, he was an anti-institutionalist. Like Chavez, Zelaya was a democratically elected leader who sought to weaken the "checks & Balance" institutions and lead by seemingly directly consulting the public. As long as these types of presidents kept the majority "happy," then they could stay in power.
So, please don't call Zelaya or Chavez dictators, which they are not. What they are is anti-institutionalists.
on another note, I was against Zelaya's efforts to go against the Congress and the Supreme Court, but it is clear that the congress and the military acted wrongly, and that what happened yesterday is an old-fashion coup. So bring him back, so that he can be voted out of power in November!!!
Written by: Juango, 29 Jun 2009 12:45 PM
From: United States, far S. Florida (formerly Santo Domingo)
I am afraid that the Refidomsa aquisition (49%) by PDVSA, is just a ploy to get Chavez involved in Dominican Politics thru the backdoor. He can buy an election in the DR with a leftist/socialist candidate. Sound crazy, but stranger things have happened in history. Chavez thinks of himself as the reincarnation of Simon Bolivar and wishes to "LIBERATE LA once again, from the claws of the Yankee Imperialist". Sound familiar... Someone thinks of himself as the reincarnation of Juan Bosch...hahaha...couldn't help it !! sorry
From: Dominican Republic, Parque Colon statue of Anacaona
Baldy hi long time....Let us pray what you say is true but I think he was on the slippery slope to totalitarianism just like nutty hugo
From: Dominican Republic, Parque Colon statue of Anacaona
I just cant wait to see the referendum results for PR statehood next time 75/20/5
From: United States, Washington, D.C.
Yeah, I've been keeping away b/c too many reactionaries on DT.
Wish people could moderate themselves or at least think/read before they wrote.
cheers,
From: United States, Richmond, Texas
For all of you who say that Chavez is not a dictator, how is it he can announce on television that he is going to jail Manual Rosales for suspicion and the judiciary acts on it? How can a head of state do that and the police and courts follow blindly without investigating first???? That is absoult control or is it called a dictator.
From: United States, Richmond, Texas
Photo Caption- Does this photo make me look like a thief?
From: United States, Washington, D.C.
actually tex, that's just a democratically elected president who has weakened other institutions to such an extent that he can govern with WAY TOO MUCH POWER. But he's not a dictator. As long as people legitamately vote him into office, he's not a dictator. You can call him an athoritarian president, but not a dictator.
Anyhow, we're splitting hairs. He's a defacto athoritarian ruler who is buying support by instituting a whole range of social programs for the poor and giving out jobs like our leaders give out money. Wish he would do the social programs and progressive tax code, without feeling the need to weaken other institutions, or persucuting the opposition.
From: Dominican Republic, Parque Colon statue of Anacaona
or exporting the same to other countries ....you cannot say he is innocent of that
From: United States, Richmond, Texas
Baldy,
You are correct on a number of issues but on the area of jobs I believe you are mistaken. I just came back from Venezuela (on the 25th.) and things are indeed dismal there. There are restaurants in Caracas that open the -LOCKED WITH A KEY door to let you in or out because of the height of insecurity. We will see how things pan out with Chavez but I do not see him or his party fairing well in the next elections. Having been to a couple of key petroleum areas I can also see some massive shut downs or catastrophic things take place because of the lack of maintenance. Very scary.
From: Dominican Republic, Parque Colon statue of Anacaona
tex you are breaking all these lefties hearts with this talk of how bad it is come now you are just being negative ABC cannot believe his hero would lie to him.....he is going there to work on solar bicycles
Written by: BASTA, 30 Jun 2009 6:39 AM
From: Dominican Republic, = Ghetto-SPM-Barrio Blanco
I have a Lie-onelly Fergiez doll with lots of pins in it. God bless you Fernandez may you be next!
From: Denmark
Hi you guys
Just an input - havent been to Venezuela for ages - cant tell how it is now - whoever rules.
But,
just read about Nigeria and all the great oil(spill)companies with huge concern about corruption, environmental issues and the wellbeing of the said country's inhabitants since they are making money from that country.
An Exxon Valdez spill every year for the last 50 years without doing anything about it whatsoever.
Shell being the worst - lets say 3xHurray for free enterprise.
The oilcompanies will of course say like Gøring - we just have done what we have been allowed by the Nigerian government (or not) - what kind of rulers in Nigeria?
Same difference?
From: United States, Richmond, Texas
Hey Scandi,
Long time no hear. I believe that you failed to mention that- Locals blow up the pipelines, locals punch holes in them to steal the gasoline, crude or whatever is in them. There is also a major insurgent group hell bent on keeping things that way. Sort of a different story, no?
From: Denmark
Hi Tex,
You wouldnt expect them to sit still and await handouts from anyone involved in stealing the resources - they would be long gone - 6feet - from starvation - waiting in vain. But what the heck its only Nigerians - dont matter at all.
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Honduras who's next?.......Like I said above, now just ride the wave people.
Yes Chauvez is a leftist dictator but his position seems to have made legitimate by elections
So, please don't call Zelaya or Chavez dictators, which they are not. What they are is anti-institutionalists.
on another note, I was against Zelaya's efforts to go against the Congress and the Supreme Court, but it is clear that the congress and the military acted wrongly, and that what happened yesterday is an old-fashion coup. So bring him back, so that he can be voted out of power in November!!!
Wish people could moderate themselves or at least think/read before they wrote.
cheers,
Anyhow, we're splitting hairs. He's a defacto athoritarian ruler who is buying support by instituting a whole range of social programs for the poor and giving out jobs like our leaders give out money. Wish he would do the social programs and progressive tax code, without feeling the need to weaken other institutions, or persucuting the opposition.
You are correct on a number of issues but on the area of jobs I believe you are mistaken. I just came back from Venezuela (on the 25th.) and things are indeed dismal there. There are restaurants in Caracas that open the -LOCKED WITH A KEY door to let you in or out because of the height of insecurity. We will see how things pan out with Chavez but I do not see him or his party fairing well in the next elections. Having been to a couple of key petroleum areas I can also see some massive shut downs or catastrophic things take place because of the lack of maintenance. Very scary.
Just an input - havent been to Venezuela for ages - cant tell how it is now - whoever rules.
But,
just read about Nigeria and all the great oil(spill)companies with huge concern about corruption, environmental issues and the wellbeing of the said country's inhabitants since they are making money from that country.
An Exxon Valdez spill every year for the last 50 years without doing anything about it whatsoever.
Shell being the worst - lets say 3xHurray for free enterprise.
The oilcompanies will of course say like Gøring - we just have done what we have been allowed by the Nigerian government (or not) - what kind of rulers in Nigeria?
Same difference?
Long time no hear. I believe that you failed to mention that- Locals blow up the pipelines, locals punch holes in them to steal the gasoline, crude or whatever is in them. There is also a major insurgent group hell bent on keeping things that way. Sort of a different story, no?
You wouldnt expect them to sit still and await handouts from anyone involved in stealing the resources - they would be long gone - 6feet - from starvation - waiting in vain. But what the heck its only Nigerians - dont matter at all.