Honduras warning for Latin America

[Downwinder]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/27/honduras-latin-america-military-coup

[Judi Lynn]

1. This is a wonderful statement by these MP's. They support the good people of Honduras.

By the way, I put a rec. on this thread today, before I came back to check the link.

The DU troll decided it was necessary to stop in and remove the rec. How desperate IS someone who'd do that, anyway?

They can't communicate successfully because they have no truth to support them, that's why they have to get their revenge by stealing recs.

[Peace Patriot]

2. An impressive signatory list!

Honduras warning for Latin America

The Guardian, Friday 27 November 2009

Latin America faces the greatest threat to its democracy in decades (International, 7 November). The military coup that overthrew elected president Manual Zelaya and seized power in Honduras in June is now seeking to legitimise its illegal government through the international recognition of elections on 29 November. Such recognition would give a green light to opponents of democracy throughout the continent that military coups will be tolerated. Free and fair elections on November 29 are impossible. Human rights, freedom of assembly and of the press have all been under attack in Honduras. Repression under the coup regime has seen at least 20 people killed, more than 600 people injured and 3,500 people detained.

The legitimate Honduran president, Manual Zelaya, has called for supporters of democracy not to recognise the elections under the military coup regime. Nearly all of Latin America's governments have declared that they will not do so. Worryingly the US has indicated it will recognise these illegitimate elections. We call on all governments, including the Obama administration, to not recognise the elections on 29 November under the military coup regime.

Colin Burgon MP Chair, all-party parliamentary groups on Cuba and Venezuela, Jon Cruddas MP, Ken Livingstone, Baroness Gibson Chair APPG on Latin America, Brendan Barber General secretary, TUC, Jamie Hepburn MSP (SNP), Adam Price MP (Plaid Cymru), Caroline Lucas MEP Leader, Green party, Bruce Kent, David Hare, John Pilger, Lowkey (Musician), Brian Eno, Dr J Buxton Centre for International Co-operation and Security, University of Bradford

Tony Lloyd MP Chair, Parliamentary Labour Party

Ann Cryer MP

Colin Challen MP

Clare Short MP

Dave Anderson MP

David Chaytor MP

David Drew MP

David Martin MEP

David Taylor MP

Diane Abbott MP

Gordon Prentice MP

Harry Cohen MP

Hywel Williams MP

Ian Davidson MP

Jean Lambert MEP

John Battle MP

John Battle MP

John Hemming MP

John McDonnell MP

Lord Nic Rea

Mark Fisher MP

Martin Caton MP

Neil Gerrard MP

Nigel Griffiths MP

Paul Flynn MP

Paul Holmes MP

Rob Marris MP

Steve Pound MP

Tony Woodley and Derek Simpson Joint general secretaries, Unite the Union

Sally Hunt General secretary, UCU

Alan Ritchie General secretary, Ucatt

Luke Crawley Assistant general secretary, Bectu

Mick Shaw President, FBU

Matt Wrack General secretary, FBU

Gerry Doherty General secretary, TSSA

Bob Crow General secretary, RMT

Steve Hart Regional secretary, Unite

Chris McLaughlin Editor, Tribune

Sam Tarry National chair of Young Labour

Chris Weldon Labour party NEC

Kaveh Moussavi University of Oxford's Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Head of the Public Interest Law Programme

Professor Keith Ewing

Professor Mary Davis

Dr Steve Ludlam Department of politics, University of Sheffield

Diana Raby Senior fellow, Latin American studies, University of Liverpool

Barry Cannon Postdoctoral fellow, school of law and government, Dublin City University

Hazel Marsh School of politics, social & international studies, University of East Anglia

Dr Michael Derham School of arts and social sciences, Northumbria University

Rod Stoneman Director of the Huston school of film & digital media

Dr Stephen Wilkinson Director, Centre for Caribbean and Latin American research and consultancy, London Metropolitan University

Professor Ernesto Laclau University of Essex

[subsuelo]

3. could someone please list for me

the Latin American governments that *are* recognizing the election?

[Downwinder]

4. Panama, Colombia, USA n/t

[rabs]

5. Add Peru and Israel n/t

[Downwinder]

6. Add Costa Rica n/t

[Peace Patriot]

7. Do you know that for sure, Downwinder? Costa Rica? nt

[Downwinder]

8. "For sure", not hardly. From a media article.

It was from the same article which said Israel would recognize.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20091129/157026452.html

"The U.S., Peru, Panama and Costa Rica have so far announced they would to recognize the results."