There are people who are active in leftist groups that have somewhat quirky and chauvinistic ideas .

And there are people in these groups who claim to defend the interests of workers who are haunted with these ideas.

It is customary that on Workers’ Day, some of these people engage in painting bizarre graffiti slogans on fast foods’ facilities.

Today I saw in Dunkin Donuts downtown this legend: “Long live baleadas! Transnationals Out!”

This ideology is very poorly designed. To destroy private enterprise can not benefit workers, just the opposite.

If people want to eat baleadas, nothing prevents them. No need to ban fast food franchises from abroad.

It is true the tax exemption of such franchises in Honduras is wrong. But to suspend these privileges is not easy, because that would result in millions in lawsuits and a bad image for Honduras, which is thought to have no “legal security”.

Moreover, yesterday I received a comment from a supporter of the fourth ballot box, which appears to favor a dictatorship of Mel which would ban fast food franchises, soap operas and bilingual schools.

The stuff of bilingual schools appear to be a gross manifestation of anti-Americanism. Apparently they hate bilingual schools because they are thought to bring the pernicious gringo culture. I find this rather pathetic.

Instead of attacking international franchises I suggest to focus on helping small business entrepreneurs who want to establish food enterprises.

There is nothing wrong in learning English, on the contrary, it is an advantage in these times of globalization, and to master this language does not mean to become unconditional admirers of American culture, with all the vices it may have.