The Honduran President propaganda order

Well there have been some interesting things going on in regards to the President of Honduras. In the last couple of weeks he has flown a jet over the city, told the media to stop reporting on the violent crimes and now has ORDERED the radio and TV stations to air 2 hours of propaganda for 10 days starting on Monday the 28th.

Here is one link for the propaganda story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6690217.stm


The press fought against his "request" to stop reporting the news and they are asking that he rescind this order also. It will be interesting to see where all of this leads. Keep in mind that Mel is a friend of President Chavez of Venezuela, who just recently pulled a TV station off the air for opposing him.

As for the jet flying, it did cost about $5,000 US in fuel, but it also produced one of the best quotes.

Ex-commander of the Honduran Air Force Roberto Mendoza Garay said that Mel put himself, the jet, and any other air traffic in the vicinity in danger. The commander said, "We can replace the president, we can't replace this jet because it's too expensive."

Please keep the government situation in your prayers. This has been a pretty stable country, but things like this make people nervous.

---Alan