Clinton confirma que Arias mediará en la crisis en Honduras

[flamingdem]

Article in Spanish - don't know how reliable the website it but this news is being repeated on Twitter


Clinton confirms that Arias will mediate the crisis in Honduras


http://www.soitu.es/soitu/2009/07/07/info/1246990451_520449.html

[Bacchus39]

1. good news. A Central American country and a logical choice.

although according to magbana, Costa Rica is the most hated country by Central America.


but back to rational thought: with Arias previous mediation in the 90s with Guatemala and El Salvador I believe, its actually an obvious choice. I was waiting for someone to step up from Central America. Obviously someone like Hugo is incapable of mediation efforts, but Arias is certainly capable and the natural "choice".

[rabs]

2. AP version

(Arias will mediate what, exactly? My initial impression is that the golpistas have been given breathing room for now, at least until the external economic sanctions and the work stoppages within Honduras cripple the economy.)

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Clinton: Costa Rican to mediate Honduras crisis
49 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is announcing that Costa Rican President Oscar Arias will serve as international mediator in the Honduran political crisis.

Clinton made the announcement Tuesday at the State Department after meeting privately with ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya.

She said Zelaya as well as the politician who took over as defacto Honduran leader, Roberto Micheletti, agreed to the Arias role as mediator. She said Arias would work on the problem from Costa Rica, not in Honduras.

Clinton also called on all parties to refrain from further violence in an effort to resolve the political crisis.


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