FROM HONDURAS - AT 8:58 A.M. ET:  With all that's been happening domestically, we forget that there's an ongoing crisis in Honduras.  An ousted president, thrown out using full constitutional mechanisms, wants his old job back.  He's an ally of Castro, Ortega and Chavez, that Communist vaudeville act.  Incredibly, the Obama administration is backing this bad dude's claim to his old office. 

Hunter Schultz is a friend of Urgent Agenda in Panama.  He's also the man who introduced us to the wonderful Renee Nielsen, who sent us those superb dispatches during the terror attack in Mumbai, India.  Today Hunter gives us a letter he just received from a friend, Rodger Harrison, who runs the charity, "Paramedics for Children," in Honduras:

Wow, are events changing fast in Honduras. With all the economical
troubles stateside, and other big events like the death of Michael
Jackson, the breaking news of little Honduras is just a byline in most
newspapers. But, believe me when I tell you that there is some real
trouble brewing in Honduras for our children.  Deposed President Zelaya will seek to openly return to Honduras in total defiance of the
new government if mediation talks on Saturday (tomorrow) fail to
reinstate him. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says toppled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya will return to Honduras, with his full support, and he said there will be a "bloody civil war."

The facts:

Right now Zelaya is in Nicaragua which is only a small skip and jump from Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. Rumors run as numerous as opinions, but one thing is for sure:  The poor of Honduras are going to suffer, and I personally believe there will be real bloodshed. From what sources I have acquired over my last 12 years in Honduras,  I firmly believe that civil war in Honduras is a real possibility. I pray that this is not so, but, as a good friend once told me, "Pray for the best and plan for the worst." 

Like that famous song by the Beatles....'Talk about a revolution'
....what perfect timing for a revolution in Honduras, a revolution
that will end in either a democracy or "something else."  Facts...the
USA is pretty much on the skids with the recession and really can't
afford to get involved. Honduras is on the bottom of the food chain
when it comes to current news, and right now our donors and supporters have their financial backs against the wall. The USA has cut off all aid to Honduras, as have most all of the other world powers including the World Bank.  Honduras is in a "third world" of big trouble.

I cannot tell you what others will do, but I can tell you what Paramedics for Children will do. I am leaving for Honduras this Sunday, July 19, to return to Copan Ruinas for the express purpose of showing solidarity with our fellow Americans (Central Americans) in Honduras.  By whatever means, we will maintain a presence in Honduras. We will keep our clinic open, we will treat patients, we will save lives, and we will do our very best to keep the programs of PFC in full operation. We will not run, and we will not give up.

Incredible times call for incredible measures by incredible people
like you. As always, thanks for your support. Help us if you can, and
please take the time to tell others.

God Bless,

Rodger Harrison
Paramedics For Children

There will be action in Honduras in the next few days as this self-styled Napoleon, Mel Zelaya, tries to return to the cheers of his "followers," who, like the "followers" of Hugo Chavez, don't realize what's being done to them.

July 18, 2009