"Diplomats gather in Honduras to urge return of deposed leader; Deal sought before November election" by Ben Fox, Associated Press | October 8, 2009
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Diplomats from around the hemisphere flew into Honduras yesterday and told the coup- imposed government to reinstate President Manuel Zelaya and restore democracy to the impoverished Central American country....
Yeah, and.... where is the action?
The proposal is certain to anger the interim government....
So what? They are coup-plotters that overthrew an elected president, right?
Who cares about their feelings?
See: Obama Risks a Domestic Military Intervention
Remember the easy treatment these guys are getting, 'kay, readers?
Jose Miguel Insulza, the secretary general of the Organization of American States, presented a proposed agreement that would restore Zelaya as head of a unity government and offer amnesty to both the coup leaders and the deposed president....
The proposal, which also requires Zelaya to abandon any ambitions to change the constitution, is similar to one proposed months ago by President Oscar Arias of Costa Rica and rejected by the interim government.
So we have BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE!!
Also see: The Boston Globe's Honduran S*** Sandwich
The REJECTED their OWN PROPOSAL?
That takes some PRETTY BIG BALLS, huh?
Delegates from the United States, Canada, and eight Latin American countries were mediating negotiations between representatives of Zelaya and the interim president, Roberto Micheletti, who has the support of Honduras’s Congress and Supreme Court but has faced intense international pressure to allow his predecessor’s return.
Canada’s minister of state for the Americas, Peter Kent, said it was imperative for an deal to be reached before the November elections, which many countries in the Americas have warned would not be recognized if Zelaya remains out of the power. “I sense that everybody involved understands that we are nearly out of time and this crisis needs to be resolved now,’’ Kent said....
Yeah, right. If it was so urgent, it would have by now. Everyone with a thinking brain knows the West supported the coup.
The one-sided, distorted press coverage has proved that.
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Pictures speak louder than print, especially when they receive NO MENTION in the body of the article that accompanies them (a pattern with the BG, readers).
Supporters of ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya demonstrated outside the hotel where agents representing Zelaya and the interim government met with diplomats in Tegucigalpa (Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press)
Yeah, they have been there the WHOLE TIME although the Globe has done its best to miss and minimize them.
"Honduran leaders find allies in GOP; Lobby lawmakers to support coup" by Mary Beth Sheridan, The Washington Post | October 9, 2009
WASHINGTON - .... Powerful Hondurans launched a lobbying campaign in Washington, arguing that the leftist leader had been a menace to their country. The Honduran government and its allies have spent at least half a million dollars on public-relations specialists and lobbyists from both parties, including Lanny Davis, a lawyer who worked in President Clinton’s White House.
See: Bill Clinton Zionist Chicken Hawk Lanny Davis
Shame on Lanny Davis for his chauvinism toward Vanden Heuval
That's what controlled-opposition outfits like the Nation are there for: to be a punching bag.
Although the Hondurans haven’t succeeded in reversing US policy, their arguments have found favor with some Republicans.
That is the CLINTON MAN holding hands with REPUGLICANS, 'eh?
And Bill is George H.W.'s son he never had.
GOP lawmakers have blocked two of Obama’s key nominations for Latin America, weakening his diplomatic team. In the past week, two Republican delegations have traveled to Honduras to meet with the de facto government, which is not recognized internationally. Those actions have complicated the strategy of the Obama administration, which has been seeking to impress a growing crop of leftist Latin American leaders with its prodemocracy credentials....
After SUPPORTING this COUP?
Republicans say the issue goes beyond Honduras. They maintain they are trying to prevent the spread of a leftist, anti-American ideology promoted by Venezuela’s leader, Hugo Chávez - a close ally of Zelaya’s.
“We’ve seen these power-hungry leaders of South and Central America take command and never let go. It’s a worrisome trend,’’ said Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida. She is a longtime critic of Chávez, but other Republicans who have attacked the US policy have little or no experience in the region. Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina, for example, is an outspoken Obama foe who had never been to Latin America before leading a delegation to Honduras on Oct. 2.
Related: Chief Petty Officer John Kerry
Skeptics say at least some lawmakers are playing politics.
“It’s about the Republicans using what they can to attack the administration,’’ said Julia Sweig, a Latin American specialist at the Council on Foreign Relations. “It’s definitely bigger than Latin America.’’
Can't get any more globalist than that crowd, can you?
Oh, I didn't get the link? Awwww, too bad, Globe.
