Honduras: U.S. Urges Support of Neighbors for New Leader [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Source: New York Times

Honduras: U.S. Urges Support of Neighbors for New Leader
By GINGER THOMPSON
Published: December 4, 2009

The United States urged members of the Organization of American States to put the coup in Honduras behind them and support the efforts of the newly elected president to heal the politically divided country. At a meeting on Friday in Washington, Ambassador Carmen Lomellín told her counterparts that the presidential election Sunday showed that Hondurans “wish to move forward and re-establish democratic normality.” Most other countries were not convinced, saying they would not recognize elections held by an illegitimate government. “In our judgment, Honduras is not free,” Ambassador José E. Pinelo of Bolivia said. “In our countries leaders govern, not puppets.”

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