OAS says to keep up pressure on Honduras

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

OAS says to keep up pressure on Honduras
Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:30pm EDT

By Tim Gaynor

WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - The Organization of American States said on Wednesday it would keep pressure on coup leaders that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya last month, while supporting dialogue to end the crisis.

Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza said the OAS would continue to apply "strong sanctions" on the interim government led by Roberto Micheletti and support mediation brokered by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias.

"It is important to keep calm," Insulza told a meeting of the OAS permanent council in Washington, adding the regional grouping did not "have to do much more ... than keep applying pressure and so allow the process to bear fruit."

Zelaya was ousted by the military on June 28 and Micheletti installed by the Honduran Congress, presenting Central America with its worst political crisis since the Cold War era.

The coup and impasse in the impoverished exporter of bananas, coffee and textiles has also complicated the foreign policy of U.S. President Barack Obama, who has sought to improve ties with Latin America.


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[Flaneur]

1. Hello, Secretary Clinton, are you there?

The US is talking the talk, but not walking the walk.

Does anybody really think Washington will exert its influence to return to power a left-populist who threatens current class relations?

I guess this is where Democrats and leftists follow different paths.

[USA_1]

2. Honduran Fascists Need To Go

... now!