By Mitch Cummins
There were 4 people in our delegation to Washington DC; Mitch Cummins, Paradise Computers, Russ Summerell, Flying Fish, Lloyd Davidson Macaw Mountain Bird Park, and Gary Chamer, Palmetto Bay Plantation.
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I been robbed! whines Honduras ousted president Zelaya to Hillary Clinton
Examiner.com
Apparently, things aren’t going Manuel Zelaya’s way in Honduras. The deposed president, holed up in the Brazilian embassy in the country’s capital of Tegucigalpa, thinks he’s being double-crossed by the Obama Administration. When he agreed last week to leave the matter of his reinstatement in the hands of Honduras’ National Congress he believed that there was an under-the-table pact to return him to office. At the time, he announced to the press that he expected to be back as president by this Thursday. Now he’s afraid that he’ll never restored.
On Monday, this writer reported that Thomas Shannon, the U.S. Undersecretary of State for Latin America had categorically denied the existence of any side agreements to pressure the National Congress to restore Zelaya. In effect, the United States is now locked into a position that requires recognition of the new president to be elected on November 29, whether or not Zelaya is allowed to complete his term by the Honduran Congress. Read entire article
Apparently, things aren’t going Manuel Zelaya’s way in Honduras. The deposed president, holed up in the Brazilian embassy in the country’s capital of Tegucigalpa, thinks he’s being double-crossed by the Obama Administration. When he agreed last week to leave the matter of his reinstatement in the hands of Honduras’ National Congress he believed that there was an under-the-table pact to return him to office. At the time, he announced to the press that he expected to be back as president by this Thursday. Now he’s afraid that he’ll never restored.
On Monday, this writer reported that Thomas Shannon, the U.S. Undersecretary of State for Latin America had categorically denied the existence of any side agreements to pressure the National Congress to restore Zelaya. In effect, the United States is now locked into a position that requires recognition of the new president to be elected on November 29, whether or not Zelaya is allowed to complete his term by the Honduran Congress. Read entire article
Zelaya's Hopes of Return Fade in Committee Vote
Wall Street Journal
By JOSé DE CóRDOBA
A Honduran legislative committee voted not to convene a special session of Congress to consider returning the country's ousted leader, in a move likely to dash chances of Manuel Zelaya's returning to power even temporarily under a deal brokered last week by the U.S.
On Tuesday, a committee of 13 legislators voted to not convene the special session, opting instead to wait until Congress receives nonbinding legal opinions on the issue from Honduras's Supreme Court, attorney general's office and other institutions. It set no deadline for when the reports had to be received.
The decision means a presidential election scheduled for Nov. 29 could take place before any vote on Mr. Zelaya.
Even if Mr. Zelaya pulls out of the U.S.-brokered deal, the interim government appears to have the upper hand. In announcing the deal, the U.S. made clear that it would respect any decision by the Honduran Congress, and would recognize the November elections even if Congress blocks Mr. Zelaya's return. Read entire article
By JOSé DE CóRDOBA
A Honduran legislative committee voted not to convene a special session of Congress to consider returning the country's ousted leader, in a move likely to dash chances of Manuel Zelaya's returning to power even temporarily under a deal brokered last week by the U.S.
On Tuesday, a committee of 13 legislators voted to not convene the special session, opting instead to wait until Congress receives nonbinding legal opinions on the issue from Honduras's Supreme Court, attorney general's office and other institutions. It set no deadline for when the reports had to be received.
The decision means a presidential election scheduled for Nov. 29 could take place before any vote on Mr. Zelaya.
Even if Mr. Zelaya pulls out of the U.S.-brokered deal, the interim government appears to have the upper hand. In announcing the deal, the U.S. made clear that it would respect any decision by the Honduran Congress, and would recognize the November elections even if Congress blocks Mr. Zelaya's return. Read entire article
Hillary's Honduran Exit Strategy
Honduras signs a deal that means international recognition of the November 29 elections.
Wall street journal
By MARY ANASTASIA O'GRADY
If there is one person in Honduras who is more despised these days than deposed president Manuel Zelaya it is a foreigner who goes by the name of Hugo. We refer here not to the Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez but to U.S. Ambassador Hugo Llorens.
Many Hondurans, including, rumor has it, President Roberto Micheletti, see Mr. Llorens as the principal architect of a U.S. policy that has caused enormous Honduran hardship.
There is a chance that the agreement signed late Thursday between the interim government and Mr. Zelaya will put an end to that suffering. Finally the U.S. and the Organization of American States (OAS) have agreed to step aside and allow Honduran institutions to decide if Mr. Zelaya is to be reinstated. Without international meddling, it is quite likely that Mr. Zelaya will be refused the presidency once more.
Yet many risks remain, starting with the fact that though the U.S. said it was going to butt out of Honduran affairs, old habits die hard. Referring to Mr. Zelaya's bid for reinstatement, Thomas Shannon, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for Western Hemispheric affairs, said last week, "That's the issue that's the most provocative and the one we will be watching most closely." Mr. Shannon should try watching the World Series instead. Read entire article
Wall street journal
By MARY ANASTASIA O'GRADY
If there is one person in Honduras who is more despised these days than deposed president Manuel Zelaya it is a foreigner who goes by the name of Hugo. We refer here not to the Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez but to U.S. Ambassador Hugo Llorens.
Many Hondurans, including, rumor has it, President Roberto Micheletti, see Mr. Llorens as the principal architect of a U.S. policy that has caused enormous Honduran hardship.
There is a chance that the agreement signed late Thursday between the interim government and Mr. Zelaya will put an end to that suffering. Finally the U.S. and the Organization of American States (OAS) have agreed to step aside and allow Honduran institutions to decide if Mr. Zelaya is to be reinstated. Without international meddling, it is quite likely that Mr. Zelaya will be refused the presidency once more.
Yet many risks remain, starting with the fact that though the U.S. said it was going to butt out of Honduran affairs, old habits die hard. Referring to Mr. Zelaya's bid for reinstatement, Thomas Shannon, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for Western Hemispheric affairs, said last week, "That's the issue that's the most provocative and the one we will be watching most closely." Mr. Shannon should try watching the World Series instead. Read entire article
