World Leaders Want Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya Reinstated, Roberto Micheletti Would Like To Disagree
29 June 2009, 4:12 PM. By Alex Alvarez
Roberto Micheletti, the new Congressionally-appointed Honduran president following the arrest of former leader Manuel Zelaya this weekend, has vowed to resist pressure to step down from other leaders.
Hugo Chavez has already, perhaps predictably, blamed the CIA for Zelaya’s removal. He has vowed to overthrow Micheletti, who responded by saying, ”Nobody scares us.”
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez held a news conference in Havana to denounce what he called the “criminal, brutal” action undertaken by the Honduran military and to demand that Zelaya be placed back in power.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said his nation will not recognize a Honduran government without Zelaya as president as he was, Lula said, democratically elected.
Nine leftist countries, including Venezuela, have pulled their ambassadors from Honduras following what they are referring to a “coup d’état” against Zelaya and his politics.
United States President Barack Obama has called for the reinstatement of Zelaya and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States would be working for towards establishing “democratic order” in Honduras.
The reactions of Honduran citizens seems to be more mixed. A quick glance at comments from our previous story on Zelaya shows that some are supportive of the action taken by Hondura’s military and Congress. Micheletti himself has stated that “80 to 90 percent” of the Honduran people are supportive of Zelaya’s ousting. His statement comes as protesters and demonstrators burn tires outside the presidential palace.
If that is indeed the case, it will be interesting to see how other countries’ (like the U.S.’s) support of democracy among Hondurans will factor into the country’s support for Micheletti.
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No matter the outcome of this ordeal I hope that the world knows about the illegal actions taken on by Mel Zelaya and his true intentions. More importantly I hope his plans have been stopped for good!
No matter the outcome, i hope next time Honduras can spring for a presidential picture that doesn’t come from the Kmart photographer’s studio.
haha I completely agree Cindy.
Hey money is tight! Zelaya as of saturday had not aproved a national budget. All the money was going to his activities, most ministries are broke
ZELAYA IS THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE SOVEREIGN REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS.
You estupidos, stop being a banana repulican, oquei?
yes, he was elected by the people who believed his promises and didn’t know that once elected, he was going to “sacar las unas” and bring to surface his real agenda…or Hugo chavez’s???
quien es el estupido aqui?
enuff said…
the coup leaders were members of the death squad factory
http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/06/honduran-coup-shines-spotlight-on-controversial-us-training-school-in-georgia.html
btw, US President Obama is against this coup….
put that in your pipe and smoke it
My pipe is only for rocks.
And in the post right up there ( ^^^^^^^ ) you’ll see that I do in fact mention Obama wants Zelaya reinstated.
you “crack” me up, and I am a man…
what does having to be a man have anything to do with it!! and yes alex does indeed mention how the United States feel about the situation in Honduras
http://www.alternet.org/world/141026/honduran_leader%27s_populism_is_what_provoked_military_violence/
Contrary to most media accounts, President Manuel Zelaya wasn’t seeking to abolish term limits.Honduran Leader’s Populism Is What Provoked Military Violence
By Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet. Posted July 1, 2009.