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Posted on 11/11/2009 6:34:25 AM PST by La Lydia
WASHINGTON — Under fire from allies in Latin America and on Capitol Hill, the Obama administration moved Tuesday to try to salvage the American-brokered agreement that had been billed as paving the way for a peaceful end to the coup in Honduras. Instead, the accord seems to have provided the country’s de facto government with a way to stay in power until a presidential election scheduled for the end of this month. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Craig Kelly (traveled) to Honduras on Tuesday for meetings with Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted from power four months ago, and with the head of the de facto government, Roberto Micheletti.
Senior administration officials said Mr. Kelly would try to get both men to abide by the terms of an Oct. 30 agreement that called on them to form a coalition government to run the country while the Honduran Congress prepares for a vote on whether to return Mr. Zelaya to power.
The deal began to unravel last week when the Congress announced it would postpone a vote on Mr. Zelaya’s return to power until after the election. In protest, Mr. Zelaya then refused to submit names for the coalition government. And the United States, breaking with its allies in Latin America, announced it would recognize the results of the coming presidential election, even if Mr. Zelaya were not reinstated....
While the announcement was celebrated by Republicans as a “reversal” of administration policy, it ignited a storm of criticism from Mr. Obama’s allies at home and across Latin America....
Frederick Jones, spokesman for Senator John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the senator believed that the State Department’s “abrupt change” of policy toward Honduras “caused the collapse of an accord it helped negotiate.”...
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That should have read: Instead, the accord seems to have provided the country’s CONSTITUTIONAL government with a way to stay in power until a presidential election scheduled for the end of this month.
Don’t we ever learn ?
Obama “itch slapped” by Honduran government. LOL!
Damn, bammy and his crew are totally incompentent. They can’t get their way even when they have every advantage short of the truth! Wow, if Honduras plays this admin for a fool, guess what Iran, N. Korea, Russia, China, et.al. will do? Shoosh, I knew we were in for trouble, but did not expect it to be this bad this fast. I giving a shout-out to bammy, you go girl.
BO’s squad of university professors are obviously no match for Honduran military men. That is a lesson we can profit from in this country.
“BO’s squad of university professors are obviously no match for Honduran military men. That is a lesson we can profit from in this country.”
Very good point!
B U M P
OhBlahme talks bold but he does so easily fold! And though his words are smooth and shine like gold the deeds he weaves just leaves one cold. The promises made with thunderous flash lead to smoldering embers on a heep of ash. So don’t put faith in the Zero called One unless you wish to see good dreams undone!
Mitcheletti has smoked Obama like a cheap dime-store seegar.
Loved to see it.
Double thumbs up to Honduran interim president Micheletti.
Here’s a man who respects his national constitution and seeks not to twist it unlike the deranged leftists like Zelaya imitating that disgusting pig thug Hugo Chavez.
Hallelujah!! Obama's New Socialist Imperialism gets kicked in the A$$!! Perfect!! The Bamster thinks that because Hondurans tend to be darker-colored, he can dictate to them how their constitution ought to read.
God bless the brave (and smart!) Hondurans for facing down Leftist Manipulation.
Yes, Viva! Honduras Viva! Micheletti
Go away Zelaya and US State Department.
Sucks to be the State Department when you are both wrong, AND INCOMPETENT.
The military had little if anything to do with it. The Congress voted to remove him from office. The Supreme Court upheld his removal. The military’s roll was to gather him up and send him to Costa Rica. This WAS NOT A MILITARY COUP, and the Hondurans who have outwitted our State Department are civilians.
IF (as is not the case) the State Department really were concerned about even-handedness, the election at the end of November would be perfectly sufficient to resolve the situation. The grousing we’re hearing is largely from progressives disappointed that Chavez, Ortega, and Zelaya aren’t going to be able to force another left-wing government onto the people of Honduras.
Someday, when the de facto 0ba-Mao regime is history, and the press starts reporting again, we are going to start hearing stories from countries around the world saying “WTF?”
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