Honduras turmoil goes local

Roskam, Schock want Obama to recognize Zelaya's ouster was for best
Suns Times

BY ABDON M PALLASCH Political Reporter apallasch@suntimes.com

Two Republican congressmen from Illinois are urging the Obama administration to change course on Honduras after a visit there a week ago.

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was shipped out of his country, then infiltrated his way back in and is now holed up at the Brazilian Embassy in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa.

He had been scheduled to leave office after the Nov. 29 presidential election. But because of his removal, the Obama administration now says it will not recognize the legitimacy of that election. It has cut off the $30 million-a-year foreign aid budget for Honduras.

U.S. Representatives Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton) and Aaron Schock (R-Peoria) say the administration should side with the rest of the Honduran government, which believes Zelaya's ouster was for the best. Read entire article