The supreme court of Honduras, which gained universal condemnation last year for the sin of ousting a president bent on becoming Latin America's latest caudillo, has agreed to hold hearings on the military officers who sent President Zelaya into exile in his pajamas. (One suspects that the US and like-minded governments were more offended by the pajamas than by what they labeled a 'coup'. Emperors have ever been afraid of being caught out without their clothes.) The offer was made by the country's joint chiefs of staff.
This is the act of a democratic nation, and heartening news in an era when democracy has been on the wane throughout the world. Can you imagine anything similar happening in Venezuela? Blue skies! -- Dan Ford
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