Notas à Crise Política de Honduras: Relações com o Brasil e o Caso Zelaya

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to briefly comment the recent Honduran political crisis, analyzing the country’s foreign policy concerning the “Zelaya case”. To do so, we will make a brief reconstruction of the country’s historical process, marking the most important facts for a broader understanding and culminating with a report of the 2009 events within the context of the political crisis involving President Manuel Zelaya Rosales, whose outcome precipitated the end of his government. Then we will analyze the Brazilian performance in the set scenario and compare it with the performance of President Hugo Chavez from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, commenting on the previous and current Honduran government, both internally and internationally. Also, we will underline the reasoning to the analysis based on the Critical International Relations Theory and on reflections on the state of emergency, according to Italian jurist Giorgio Agambem. We then propose an interpretative approach of the crisis’ elements, inviting further analyses, conceptual reflections, and debates on Honduras.