One of those friends, in addition to Venezuela's nutcase ruler Chavez, has decided to do what Zelaya tried to do--extend his term of office with questionable means:
Leftist President Daniel Ortega appears to have won the right to seek re-election in 2011, though opponents call the decision illegal and vow to fight it.
The constitutional commission of the Supreme Court on Monday overturned a ban on consecutive re-election and on serving more than two terms, and the head of the Nicaragua's electoral commission said the ruling is final.
Only members of Ortega's Sandinista party took part in the ruling by the heavily politicized court.
But the president of the Supreme Court, a member of the opposition Liberal Party, refused to recognize the decision on Tuesday.
Effing communists will stab you in the back every time. Voting is just a means to achieve power, and Ortega may find voting quieter than shooting to stay in office, but he'll make it just as permanent if he gets away with this.
This should be a lesson to the Hondurans--do not under any circumstances allow Zelaya back into the presidency no matter how "temporary" it is supposed to be.
