Honduras post-coup mediation moves to Washington

[Judi Lynn]

Source: UPI

Honduras post-coup mediation moves to Washington
Published: Aug. 19, 2009 at 5:38 PM


International diplomatic moves to defuse the crisis in Honduras after a June 28 military coup that ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya have moved to the U.S. capital as Obama administration officials seek clarifications from the de facto regime.

A Honduran delegation that arrived in Washington for talks with the Organization of American States has also been meeting with senior administration officials.

State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters the talks had taken place and included acting Assistant Secretary of State Craig Kelly. "But it in no way -- I'd like to emphasize -- this in no way is meant to imply any kind of acceptance of the de facto regime in Tegucigalpa," he said.

He said the talks were to prepare for a fact-finding visit to the Honduran capital by ministers from the OAS member states.

Latin American sources told United Press International the lobbyists for coup leader Gen. Roberto Micheletti were continuing with their charm offensive, which began soon after the military catapulted Zelaya into exile, with no fixed itinerary or base for his continuing bid to return to power.


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[David__77]

1. It's so clear that the US is the center of all this.

Whether or not the coup was orchestrated by Washington, it serves its interests and it is a de facto accomplice.

[harmonicon]

3. sad but true

They should have been arrested under international law along with their US enablers.

[formercia]

7. Invite them to DC

and throw the golpistas in the can.

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[Wilms]

4. The reporting is editorial and repeats the coup's propaganda as fact.

More pertinent to the U.S. critics of Zelaya, Micheletti said Zelaya can't be trusted because he violated the Honduran Constitution by trying to hold a referendum so that he could secure re-election.

"He'd never keep his word," Micheletti said. "I know him. I helped him become president. He was a democrat. But he became a leftist with a plan to follow Ecuador and Venezuela. He wanted to become a dictator and emulate (Venezuelan President Hugo) Chavez."

The fact that Chavez has backed Zelaya while whipping up a campaign against Colombian-U.S. military cooperation has not won the ousted leader friends in the U.S. Congress.

[ronnie624]

5. UPI,

owned by Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church.

:puke:

[Judi Lynn]

6. Considering the coup people have been brutalizing Honduran protesters,

after they illegally violently kidnapped the elected President of Honduras, considering all other countries in the world have repudiated this filthy right-wing coup and the fact other countries ARE NOT buying the pathetic pack of lies they've constructed to defend their criminal actions, there is really nothing to discuss with these dirty, sleazy, greedy idiots.

The Obama administration cancelled their official visas. Wasn't that supposed to have any kind of meaning at ALL? If not, why go to all the trouble to leak it to the corporate media that the administration has taken strick measures against the coupsters, including cancelling their visas? :wtf: Why on earth are these racist a-holes coming here, then?

Someone should hire Blackwater types to go to their hotel, hold them all at gunpoint, threaten to shoot them, just as they did President Zelaya, and haul their soft, puffy white asses all the way back to Honduras, in their pajamas, in just the way they threw the elected President out of his own country, home of his own family going back hundreds of years.

http://blog.cleveland.com.nyud.net:8090/world_impact/2009/07/large_defacing-banner-of-roberto-micheletti-070409.jpg http://dominicanoshoy.com.nyud.net:8090/uploads/pics/Roberto_Micheletti_04.jpg http://images.huffingtonpost.com.nyud.net:8090/gen/91860/thumbs/s-ROBERTO-MICHELETTI-large.jpg

Bogus President of Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, guest of the U.S. government.

[Duende azul]

8. This is so disgusting.

Finally they will reach the election date with the coupsters in power.
They can thank Clinton.

[Judi Lynn]

9. Meanwhile, while the coup plotters are seeking an audience in Washington,

Report: Honduran leaders are arresting, abusing protesters
Amnesty International says Honduran interim authorities conducted mass arrests and beatings of those who support ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
By Sara Miller Llana | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

Mexico City - Amnesty International released a report today urging a solution to the political standoff in Honduras, warning that authorities there have resorted to mass arrests and beatings of those who support ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

"Mass arbitrary arrests and ill treatment of protesters are a serious and growing concern in Honduras today," said Esther Major, Central America researcher at Amnesty International, in the report.

"Detention and ill treatment of protesters are being employed as a form of punishment for those openly opposing the de facto government and also as a deterrent for those contemplating taking to the streets to peacefully show their discontent with the political turmoil the country is experiencing," Ms. Major said.

President Zelaya was arrested by the military June 28 and deposed, after going forward with plans to consider altering the Constitution, a move his critics feared was aimed at removing term limits for presidents. That same day, a new government led by Interim President Roberto Micheletti was sworn in. In the seven weeks since, Zelaya supporters, who include union workers, teachers, house wives, and students, have taken to the streets to demand his return.

More:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0819/p06s09-woam.html