'NO!' to Honduran farce: Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Brazil, Spain, Venezuela, Guatemala,

[Peace Patriot]

Ecuador, Paraguay and Chile! (Also, quite likely, Uruguay and El Salvador--see below.)

At the summit of 22 Ibero-American countries yesterday in Portugal.

"Yea!" to farcical elections: Colombia, Peru, Panama, Costa Rica.
(no surprises there)

http://hondurasoye.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/iberoamerican-summit-cuba-demands-declaration-against-honduran-election-others-fear-getting-on-us-bad-side/

Anybody know what El Salvador has said about Honduras? El Salvador is a founding member of the Ibero-American Summit, and I see El Salvador's new leftist president, Mauricio Funes, in a photo at the current Summit in Portugal, here (2nd row of photos, fourth from the left)...

http://www.apimages.com/Search.aspx?st=det&sort=date&id=Portugal%20Ibero%20American%20Summit&showact=events&prds=10135&intv=3d&sh=10&kwstyle=and&adte=1259545375&pagez=20&cfasstyle=AND&

More importantly, El Salvador is adjacent to Honduras, and has suffered horrors from US-supported death squads entering El Salvador from Honduras in the 1980s. But I don't see El Salvador in this current list of countries opposed to the coup election. Odd that they would be excluded, if they had spoken out against it--since they could be so materially affected by this US-supported coup.

I don't have a full current list of the 22 participating Ibero-American Summit countries. The above-mentioned countries (con and pro) total 16 (including Uruguay and El Salvador). Portugal is not mentioned as having a position on it. That leaves six countries unaccounted for (on this issue).

Some may be the tiny countries that are members of the ALBA trade group, and ALBA has condemned, and will not recognize, this phony election in Honduras. Oh, there is also Haiti--a US puppet state. Don't know if a former French colony would be included in this Summit...

Ah! There is a full list of Summit attendees at the AP photo site: fourth row of photos, third photo from the right (move your cursor over the photo):

Add in the small Iberian Peninsula country of Andorro (sponsor of the Summer along with Portugal) to the total of 22 Summit members. Add the Dominican Republic. Add URUGUAY! Hadn't noticed it missing from the list of the anti-coup countries. URUGUAY is very likely in solidarity with the others against the coup election. (I would be astonished if it wasn't. I'm adding it to the list, above, of anti-coup election countries, along with El Salvador--until I hear otherwise.)

Andorra, Domincan Republic, Uruguay. There are still three missing from the list of Summit members. And the con vs pro position tallies: Anti-coup election, 12. Pro-coup election, 4. Unknown, 6. (--presuming Uruguay and El Salvador are anti-coup election.)

I believe there is 100% unanimity by this group on being anti-coup. The issue is the coup-run election. (Are they against this violent rightwing coup and its military running a farce of an election, in the midst of martial law and deaths and injuries to many leftists, with the ELECTED president of Honduras still ousted?)

OH GOD I FORGOT MEXICO! Anti-coup, for sure. Unknown on the coup election. (Right-wing corpo-fascist government, but with some notions of independence. Might bend over for the U.S.)

So, sentiment is running about 70% against the coup election, among Latin American countries.

Noteworthy: Zelaya's rep was the official Honduran rep at the Summit.

(Also noteworthy: Alan Garcia was hanging tight with the King of Spain, and the two of them laughing up a storm, during the Summit photos.)

[rabs]

1. Funes of El Salvador said "NO" couple of days before the "elections."

I read an article in Spanish that quoted Funes as saying "The elections will not resolve anything."

Ibero-American summit in Portugal was not able to come to a consensus today so will be on the lookout tomorrow. If there is no consensus on Honduras, each member country may issue its own declaration.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Love the photos, Peace Patriot! Was happy to see Zelaya's Foreign Minister,Patricia Rodas is there!

It's the third one from the left, bottom row. I'll bet you remember seeing her at the U.N., holding a cell phone to the microphone while the General Assembly listened to Zelaya's greeting, and clapping. THAT one! Good for her.

[DutchLiberal]

3. Is there video footage of that event?

I'd love to see that.

[Judi Lynn]

4. I found a short video clip. It's only 1 minute 49 sec. but good enough to show the event happened,

and the great support Zelaya has there:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk.nyud.net:8090/multimedia/archive/00620/Baca_620860a.jpg

Patricia Rodas, long-distance Zelaya!

Watch! Ousted Honduran President Mr. Manuel Zelaya address the United Nations General Assembly by mobile phone
http://ekawaaz.org/2009/09/30/watch-ousted-honduran-president-mr-manuel-zelaya-address-the-united-nations-general-assembly-by-mobile-phone/