Micheletti should resign. Zelaya should renounce his desire to be restored to power
Wall street journal
By LANNY J. DAVIS
This past July, the United States, the Organization of American States, and the European Union came together to persuade the divided forces of Honduras to reach a solution on the controversy over the removal of former President Manuel Zelaya. The mediation process was led by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias and was encouraged by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
But that process, dubbed the "San Jose Accord" by Mr. Arias, did not result in any accord at all. One view, supported by the U.S., the OAS, and the EU—as well as Mr. Zelaya and his supporters—is that Mr. Zelaya was illegally ousted without a fair trial. According to this camp, the only solution is to restore him to the presidency. Read entire article
Talks yield signs of hope on Honduras stalemate
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Signs of progress have emerged from two days of talks and Honduras' rival factions plan to resume after a weekend break trying to resolve the bitter divide over the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya. Read entire article...
Honduras President Roberto Micheletti blasted OAS in new round of crisis talks
Yesterday, Honduran President Roberto Micheletti took advantage of his first opportunity to address representatives of member nations of the Organization of American States in a public forum to make an impassioned defense of his country. In frank and eloquent remarks that made his OAS nations’ guests uncomfortable at times, he chided them for never bothering to listen to his Administration’s side before condemning it. President Micheletti’s speech explained the constitutional grounds for the position of the current Honduran government. Read entire article...
Ros-Lehtinen embarks on second Honduras trip by GOP lawmakers
The Hill
By Jordan Fabian
Several days after Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) lead a controversial congressional delegation trip to Honduras, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) on Monday departed on a similar journey.
The ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is opposed to the Obama administration's support of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. She announced the trip late last week.
Ros-Lehtinen tweeted that she would meet with Americans and officials ahead of the tumultuous nation's November 29 elections:
Off to Honduras to meet w/Americans in Honduras as well Honduran officials so that upcoming elections are free, fair and transparent.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) last week nearly blocked DeMint, along with GOP Reps. Peter Roskam Ill.), Aaron Schock (Ill.), and Doug Lamborn (Colo.), from traveling to Honduras last Friday. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) intervened to approve the trip late Thursday night. Read entire article
By Jordan Fabian
Several days after Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) lead a controversial congressional delegation trip to Honduras, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) on Monday departed on a similar journey.
The ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is opposed to the Obama administration's support of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. She announced the trip late last week.
Ros-Lehtinen tweeted that she would meet with Americans and officials ahead of the tumultuous nation's November 29 elections:
Off to Honduras to meet w/Americans in Honduras as well Honduran officials so that upcoming elections are free, fair and transparent.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) last week nearly blocked DeMint, along with GOP Reps. Peter Roskam Ill.), Aaron Schock (Ill.), and Doug Lamborn (Colo.), from traveling to Honduras last Friday. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) intervened to approve the trip late Thursday night. Read entire article
Honduras to restore civil rights as of Tuesday
The Associated Press
Monday, October 5, 2009; 9:55 AM
Monday, October 5, 2009; 9:55 AM
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- The interim president of Honduras says an emergency decree that limited civil rights in the troubled Central American country will be repealed as of Tuesday. Read entire article...
Revolutionary Anti-Semitism
Wall Street Journal
by Mary Anastasi O'Grady
Sometimes I ask myself if Hitler wasn't right when he wanted to finish with that race, through the famous holocaust, because if there are people that are harmful to this country, they are the Jews, the Israelites.
David Romero Ellner
Executive Director
Radio Globo, Honduras, Sept. 25, 2009
Meet one of Honduras's most vocal advocates for the return of deposed president Manuel Zelaya to office. He's not your average radio jock. He started in Honduran politics as a radical activist and was one of the founders of the hard-left People's Revolutionary Union, which had links to Honduran terrorists in 1980s. A few years ago he was convicted and served time in prison for raping his own daughter.
Today Mr. Romero Ellner is pure zelayista, hungry for power and not ashamed to say so. This explains why he has joined Venezuela's Hugo Chávez and Mr. Zelaya in targeting Jews. Mr. Chávez has allied himself with Iran to further his ability to rule unchecked in the hemisphere. He hosts Hezbollah terrorists and seeks Iranian help to become a nuclear power. He and his acolytes cement their ties to Iranian dictator Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by echoing his anti-Semitic rants.
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by Mary Anastasi O'Grady
Sometimes I ask myself if Hitler wasn't right when he wanted to finish with that race, through the famous holocaust, because if there are people that are harmful to this country, they are the Jews, the Israelites.
David Romero Ellner
Executive Director
Radio Globo, Honduras, Sept. 25, 2009
Meet one of Honduras's most vocal advocates for the return of deposed president Manuel Zelaya to office. He's not your average radio jock. He started in Honduran politics as a radical activist and was one of the founders of the hard-left People's Revolutionary Union, which had links to Honduran terrorists in 1980s. A few years ago he was convicted and served time in prison for raping his own daughter.
Today Mr. Romero Ellner is pure zelayista, hungry for power and not ashamed to say so. This explains why he has joined Venezuela's Hugo Chávez and Mr. Zelaya in targeting Jews. Mr. Chávez has allied himself with Iran to further his ability to rule unchecked in the hemisphere. He hosts Hezbollah terrorists and seeks Iranian help to become a nuclear power. He and his acolytes cement their ties to Iranian dictator Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by echoing his anti-Semitic rants.
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