۬I ukuketulwa kwezempi okwaketula owayengumongameli waseHonduras, uManuel Zelaya, ulethe ukulahlwa komhlaba wonke ngazwilinye. Kodwa ezinye izimpendulo zezwe ziye zaba manqika kakhulu kunamanye, futhi ukungaboni ngaso linye kweWashington sekuqalile ukuphakamisa izinsolo mayelana nokuthi yini uhulumeni wase-US azama ukuyifeza kulesi simo.
The isitatimende sokuqala esivela ku-White House ekuphenduleni ukuketulwa umbuso kwaba buthaka futhi bengazibophezeli. Alizange likugxeke ukuketulwa kombuso kodwa licele “bonke abadlali bezepolitiki nezenhlalo Honduras ukuhlonipha imikhuba yentando yeningi, umthetho kanye nezimiso ze-Inter-American Democratic Charter".
Lokhu kuphambene nezitatimende zabanye omongameli enkabeni yezwe, abafana noLula da Silva waseBrazil noCristina Fernandez wase-Argentina, abagxeke ukuketula umbuso futhi wacela ukuba uZelaya abuyiselwe esikhundleni. I-EU ikhiphe impendulo efanayo, engacacile futhi esheshayo.
Kamuva ngosuku, njengoba impendulo yezinye izizwe iba sobala, unobhala wezwe laseMelika Hillary Clinton ukhiphe isitatimende esiqinile esigxeka ukuketulwa umbuso - ngaphandle kokukubiza ngokuthi ukuketula umbuso. Kodwa namanje ayikasho lutho ngokubuyela kukaZelaya esikhundleni sikamongameli.
Inhlangano Yamazwe aseMelika, iRio Group (iningi laseLatin America) kanye nomhlangano jikelele we-UN bonke bacele "ukubuya okusheshayo nokungenamibandela"kaZelaya.
Ukuma okuqinile okuvela eningizimu kulethe izitatimende ezivela ezikhulwini zomnyango wezwe ezingaziwa ebeziseka kakhulu ukubuya kukaZelaya. Futhi ngoMsombuluko ntambama uMongameli Barack Obama ekugcineni wathi: "Sikholelwa ukuthi ukuketula umbuso kwakungekho emthethweni nokuthi uMongameli uZelaya usengumongameli waseHonduras."
Kodwa esithangamini nabezindaba kamuva ngalolo suku, uClinton wabuzwa ukuthi "ukubuyisela umyalelo womthethosisekelo" eHonduras kwakusho ukubuyisela uZelaya ngokwakhe. Wayengeke avume.
Kungani ukunqikaza okunjalo ukubiza ngokukhululekile ukubuya okusheshayo nokungenamibandela komongameli okhethiwe, njengoba yonke i-hemisphere ne-UN yenze? Okunye okusobala ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi iWashington ayihlanganyeli ngale migomo.
Abaholi bombhikisho abanalo ukwesekwa kwamazwe ngamazwe, kodwa basengaphumelela ngokuphela isikhathi - uZelaya usalelwe isikhathi esingaphansi kwezinyanga eziyisithupha ngesikhathi sakhe. Ingabe i Ukuphatha u-Obama ukweseka unswinyo olubhekiswe kuhulumeni wobumbano ukuze kunqandwe lokhu? Ohulumeni abangomakhelwane baseGuatemala, Nicaragua nase-El Salvador sebevele badubule isixwayiso ngokumemezela. ukunqanyulwa kwamahora angama-48 ekuhwebeni.
Ngokuphambene, esinye sezizathu zokuthi uClinton anqikaze ukubiza ukuketulwa kombuso yingoba i-US Foreign Assistance Act iyakwenqabela ukuthi izimali ziye kohulumeni lapho inhloko yezwe ikhishwe esikhundleni ngokuketulwa kwezempi.
Elingenamibandela nalo liyigama elingukhiye lapha: abaphathi baka-Obama bangase bafune ukukhipha izimvume kuZelaya njengengxenye yesivumelwano sokubuyela kwakhe esikhundleni. Kodwa lena akuyona indlela intando yeningi esebenza ngayo. Uma uZelaya efuna ukuxoxisana nabamelene naye bezombusazwe ngemva kokubuya, leyo ngenye indaba. Kodwa akekho onelungelo lokuthola imvume yezepolitiki kuye ekudingisweni, ngombhobho wesibhamu.
Azikho izaba zalokhu kuketula umbuso. Inkinga yomthethosisekelo yashuba lapho uZelaya eyala amasosha ukuthi asabalalise izinsiza zenhlolovo engabopheli ezobanjwa ngeSonto eledlule. I-referendum icele izakhamizi ukuthi zivotele ukuthi ziyavumelana yini lokuthi kufakwe isiphakamiso sokuthi kube lebandla elibusayo, ukuze kuhlelwe kabusha isisekelo sombuso, ngokuvota ngoLwezi. Inhloko yezempi, uJenene Romeo Vasquez, wenqabile ukwenza imiyalo kamongameli. Umongameli, njengomkhuzi oyinhloko wamasosha, wabe esexosha uVasquez, ungqongqoshe wezokuvikela wasula. Inkantolo ephakeme yabe isikhipha isinqumo sokuthi ukuxosha kukamongameli uVasquez kwakungekho emthethweni, futhi iningi leCongress liphambene noZelaya.
Abasekeli bokuketula umbuso bathi umongameli wephule umthetho ngokuzama ukuqhubeka nenhlolovo ngemuva kokuthi inkantolo ephakeme ikhiphe isinqumo esiphikisana nayo. Lona umbuzo wezomthetho. Kungase kube yiqiniso, noma kungenzeka ukuthi inkantolo ephakeme yayingenaso isisekelo esingokomthetho sesinqumo sayo. Kodwa akunamsebenzi kulokho okwenzekile. Amasosha akuwona umxazululi wengxabano yomthethosisekelo phakathi kwezinhlaka ezahlukene zikahulumeni.
Lokhu kuyiqiniso ikakhulukazi kuleli cala, ngoba inhlolovo ehlongozwayo beyiwukuxoxisana okungabophi futhi kuwukuxoxisana nje. Bekungeke kuguqule noma yimuphi umthetho noma kuthinte ukwakheka kwamandla. Bekuyinhlolovo nje yabavoti.
Ngakho-ke, amasosha awakwazi ukusho ukuthi asebenze ukuze avimbele noma yikuphi ukulimala okungalungiseki. Lokhu ukuketulwa kwamasosha okwenziwa ngezinhloso zezepolitiki.
Kunezinye izindaba lapho uhulumeni wethu ethule ngendlela exakile. Imibiko yengcindezelo yezombangazwe, ukuvalwa kweziteshi ze-TV nemisakazo, ukuboshwa kwezintatheli, ukuboshwa nokuhlukunyezwa ngokomzimba kosomaqhinga kanye nalokho iKomidi Lokuvikela Izintatheli elikubize “ngokucisha abezindaba” ayikakhuzi kakhulu iWashington. Ngokulawula ulwazi kanye nokucindezela ukuphikisa, uhulumeni waseHonduran futhi ubeka inkundla yokhetho olungenabulungiswa ngoNovemba. 

Miningi imibiko yabezindaba enayo kuqhathaniswa Ukwenqaba kwabaphathi baka-Obama ukuketula umbuso waseHonduran ngokusekela kwasekuqaleni kwabaphathi bakaBush ekuketulweni kwamasosha ngo-2002 okwaketula uMengameli kafushane. Hugo Chávez in Venezuela. Kodwa empeleni kukhona ukufana okuningi kunomehluko phakathi kwempendulo yase-US kulezi zenzakalo ezimbili.
Kungakapheli nosuku, abaphathi bakaBush bahoxisa isikhundla sabo esisemthethweni mayelana nokuketulwa umbuso kweVenezuela, ngoba ingxenye enkulu yenkabazwe yayimemezele ukuthi ngeke iwuvume uhulumeni wokuketula umbuso. Ngokufanayo, kulesi simo, abaphathi baka-Obama balandela yonke indawo, bezama ukuthi bangabi ngumuntu ongavamile kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo bangahlanganyeli ukuzibophezela kwabo kuntando yeningi.
Kwaze kwaba ngemva kwezinyanga ezithile kuketulwa umbuso waseVenezuela lapho umnyango wezwe ivumile ukuthi inikeze uxhaso lwezimali nokunye "kubantu ngabanye kanye nezinhlangano okuqondwe ukuthi zibambe iqhaza ekukhishweni kafushane kukahulumeni waseChávez."
Ekuketulweni kombuso waseHonduran, abaphathi baka-Obama bathi bazama ukudikibalisa amasosha aseHonduran ukuthi athathe lesi sinyathelo. Kungajabulisa ukwazi ukuthi zazinjani lezi zingxoxo. Ingabe izikhulu zezokuphatha zathi, "Uyazi ukuthi kuzofanele sisho ukuthi siyaphikisana nesinyathelo esinjalo uma usenza, ngoba wonke umuntu uyokwenza?" Noma kwakufana nokuthi, "Ungakwenzi, ngoba sizokwenza konke okusemandleni ethu ukuhlehlisa noma yikuphi ukuketula umbuso"? Izenzo zabaphathi kusukela ngesikhathi kuketulwa umbuso zikhomba okuthile okufana nokwakuqala, uma kungekubi kakhulu.
Impi phakathi kukaZelaya nabamelene naye ihlanganisa umongameli wezinguquko osekelwa yizinyunyana zabasebenzi nezinhlangano zezenhlalakahle ngokumelene neqembu lezombusazwe elifana ne-mafia, eligcwele izidakamizwa, elikhohlakele elijwayele ukukhetha inkantolo ephakeme kanye neCongress kuphela, kodwa futhi umongameli. Kuyindaba ephindaphindayo e-Latin America, futhi i-US cishe ihlale icheme nabakhethekile.
Kulokhu, iWashington inobudlelwane obuseduze kakhulu nebutho laseHonduran, elibuyela emuva emashumini eminyaka. Phakathi neminyaka yawo-1980, i-US yasebenzisa izisekelo eHonduras ukuqeqesha nokuhlomisa ama-Contras, ama-paramilitary aseNicaragua ayaziwa ngonya lwawo empini yawo nohulumeni wamaSandinista eNicaragua engumakhelwane.
Izwe selishintshe kakhulu kusukela ekuketulweni umbuso kweVenezuela ngo-Ephreli ka-2002, njengoba sekuqokwe ohulumeni abangu-11 ngaphezulu. Isethi yonke yezinkambiso, izikhungo kanye nobudlelwano bamandla phakathi kweningizimu nenyakatho ku-hemisphere kushintshiwe. Ukuphatha kuka-Obama namuhla kubhekene nomakhelwane ababumbene kakhulu futhi abazimisele kangako ukuyekethisa emibuzweni eyisisekelo yentando yeningi.
Ngakho-ke uClinton cishe ngeke abe naso isikhala esingaka sokuqondisa. Noma kunjalo, ukungaboni ngaso linye kwabaphathi kuzoqashelwa eHonduras futhi kungenzeka kukhuthaze uhulumeni weqiniso lapho ukuthi azame ukubambelela emandleni. Lokho kungalimaza kakhulu.
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