Posted on 11/04/2009 12:51:51 PM PST by La Lydia
TEGUCIGALPA — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya is asking the Obama Administration to explain why, after pressing for his reinstatement, U.S. officials say they will recognize upcoming Honduran elections even if he isn't returned to power first. In a letter sent to the U.S. State Department on Wednesday, Zelaya asked Secretary of State Hillary 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 the U.S. will recognize the Nov. 29 elections even if the Honduran Congress decides against returning Zelaya to power...
...the U.S.-brokered deal between Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti's interim government leaves reinstatement in the hands of Congress. Nonetheless, hours after shaking hands, Zelaya and others indicated a behind-the-scenes arrangement had been made with Congress to reinstate him.
"This signifies my return to power in the coming days, and peace for Honduras," he said.
His comments, and U.S. approval of the deal, left many believing Congress was ready to put him back in office...
Juan Carlos Hidalgo, project coordinator for Latin America at Washington-based Cato Institute, said he doesn't expect Hondurans to be swayed by U.S. pressure.
"If Congress doesn't reinstate Zelaya, it certainly will be a diplomatic embarrassment for the United States since they pressured so much for his reinstatement and even threatened to not recognize the election results," said Hidalgo. "But not recognizing a popular vote was a dead-end road for the U.S. and they knew it."
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Snookered ping
The Question Is Moot. < /SNL >
Here’s a suggestion.
Does Honduras Congress have an impeachment procedure?
They can reinstate him, swear him in, and IMMEDIATELY impeach him again.
That’s how they got rid of him to begin with. From now on, it is just a matter of playing out the clock until the Nov. 29 elections.
It was wrong, moron.
It couldn't be a Coup d'etat since YOU are not the State!
Napoleon might have gotten away with it, but you're no Napoleon. Suck it up.
As soon as you got arrogant enough to believe that you were, it was the right and the obligation of the Honduran people to throw your worthless butt out.
White House: “The Obama Administration will carefully consider all options all the table as well as the upcoming November elections and will prepare an official response to Mr. Zelaya in advance of Cinquo de Mayo in 2010.”
“Um, yeah...we’ll get back to you on whether we changed or modified our position on that whole coup d’etat thing, yeah.”
So it seems the Leftist, “Intellectual, Progressive” former President of Honduras is so freakin’ stupid he can’t look up and see the chassis of the bus over his head.
Yes, they should have an answer “in a few weeks”.
Someone who speaks Honduran should tell him that Hillary and the US have moved on. *snicker*
Hondurans speak Spanish. I would tell him, “Ni modo.”
Make room under the bus.
The Question Is Moot. < /SNL >
The Question Is Mute. < /Maxine Waters>
"Mel, baby, I tried. You're not worth going any further out on this shaky limb." - The Hildebus
As someone else pointed out, he already is under the bus, he just hasn’t realized it yet.
As Mel Zeleya goes, so goes Comrade Obama.
Re#14 I knew that-too cute by half on my part (harkening to 0bama’s someone who “speaks Austrian”). In any event, kinda funny the way this turned out.
Is that picture from Honduras, the Gaza Strip or SEIU members at a town hall meeting in Missouri? Without a landmark it’s hard to tell.
another clue to understanding this mess.
“Did Obama bribe Brazil with $2 billion to help put Honduras’s Zelaya back into power?”
Original Article>
http://islandturtle.blogspot.com/2009/09/did-obama-bribe-brazil-with-2-billion.html
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Note- reports are up to 10 Billion not 2 Billion.
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PALIN SLAMS OBAMA OVER FUNDING BRAZILIAN OFFSHORE OIL DEVELOPMENT
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2319646/posts
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FRED P. HOCHBERG SWORN-IN BY VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
(appointed by Obozo)
http://www.exim.gov/pressrelease.cfm/83F0B254-D8B4-8E17-6C4E93781B6988FA/
“Hochberg has more than 30 years of experience in business, government and philanthropy. From 2004 to 2008 he was dean of Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy. From 1998 through 2001 he served as deputy, then acting administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), where he helped to lead an enhancement of customer service and substantially increased lending to minority and women small-business owners.”
“Hochberg is dedicated to community service and philanthropic involvement in civil rights, education and the arts. He recently sat on the boards of the Citizens Budget Commission, FINCA International Micro Finance, and the Howard Gilman Foundation, and has served as an appointed representative to the New York State Financial Control Board. Hochberg also served on the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, having been appointed to the position in 2008 by Governor David A. Paterson.”
“Ex-Im Bank is the official export-credit agency of the United States.”
That's my understanding of what's going on. Wait long enough and the problem fixes itself. After all, is there anything Zero is better at than running out the clock?
Does that mean you don’t speak Austrian?
Uh, this was what I was replying to. I mis-copied some text from another thread. You may stop scratching your head now...lol..
Nope. I know a little Irish though. ;^)
What a coinky-dink! Me too!
Luuurrvvee Island Turtle.
The connection was first mentioned in Wall Street Journal, but shallow coverage.
Proving it, that is a big order, but by inference it looks direct.
He is so stupid that he doesn’t understand the agreement he signed.
See post number 10 on this thread.
if things pull out well, I think we could thank the Pentagon, because they ones that King HuGorilla I blamed for the “coup”. In fact a mexican newspaper, El Universal said that the Defense dept. and the Pentagon were the ones opposing to his restoration.
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