Brazil Demands Zelaya Be Reinstated in Honduras or It Won't Recognize Elections

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Brazzil Magazine

Brazil Demands Zelaya Be Reinstated in Honduras or It Won't Recognize Elections
Written by Newsroom
Thursday, 05 November 2009

The Brazilian government is demanding that Manuel Zelaya, the deposed Honduran president be reinstated in his post before the scheduled presidential election of November 29. Brazil threatens to not recognize new administration if this doesn't happen.

"We've always stated that we will not recognize the vote without the return to office of President Zelaya," said a "high source from Brazilian diplomacy," according to the Brazilian daily O Estado de S. Paulo.

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Another Brazilian diplomatic source quoted by the media recalled that "reinstatement of Zelaya is a pre-condition to lift Honduras suspension from OAS."

The Brazilian ambassador at the OAS, Ruy Casares, said that he fears "the government of Micheletti is not acting on good faith," which hampers the whole process.



Read more: http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/11391/

[TupperHappy]

1. Yet the U.S. is now willing to recognize elections without Zelaya

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_honduras_coup

In a letter sent to the U.S. State Department on Wednesday, Zelaya asked Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton "to clarify to the Honduran people if the position condemning the coup d'etat has been changed or modified."

His request came after Washington's top envoy to Latin America, Thomas Shannon, told CNN en Espanol that Washington will recognize the Nov. 29 elections even if the Honduran Congress decides against returning Zelaya to power. (emphasis added)

Miscommunication?

Personally I think we should have stayed out of it.

[EFerrari]

2. Stayed out of it? The plane the golpistas used to kidnap him

fueled up at our base. We've been in it from "go".

[Braulio]

3. I guess Hondurans won't be going to Brazil

They'll miss the beaches, and the World Cup.