Ousted Honduras leader gives talks until midnight

[rabs]

Only thing left to do now is to wait to see what happens, or does not, in San Jose.

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"If at that time, there is no resolution to that end, I will consider the negotiations in Costa Rica a failure," Zelaya said at a news conference Friday night at the Honduran embassy in Nicaragua. "I am going back to Honduras, but I am not going to give you the date, hour or place, or say if I'm going to enter through land, air or sea."



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090718/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_honduras_coup

[Judi Lynn]

1. Hope he will be safe going home, and afterward. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

2. Great LTTE from Canadian paper: "for Latin America or same old?"

New era for Latin America or same old?

Jul 18, 2009 04:30 AM
Re:The slow boil of Honduran coup, July 13

It is a shame that the media coverage of the military coup d'état in Honduras is degenerating into referencing the usual red herring, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Even ignoring the well-known fact that Chavez has been democratically re-elected and that his government is promoting grassroots democracy throughout Venezuela, recurring to the "authoritarian leftist wave" myth in discussing the context of the Honduran coup is shoddy journalism.

In fact, such coverage sadly reflects the current illegal Honduran government's official line, which makes no mention of the Honduran elite's staunch opposition to the Zelaya government's redistributive policies.

Fortunately, all nations in Latin America, the European Union, the UN General Assembly, and many others around the world steadfastly refuse to legitimate the coup and continue to insist on the immediate and unconditional reinstatement of Honduras' constitutional president and cabinet.

http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/668145

[IndianaGreen]

3. Zelaya gives coup leaders ultimatum (Morning Star UK)

Zelaya gives coup leaders ultimatum

Friday 17 July 2009

The mediator in Honduras's political crisis is looking increasingly discredited after proposing further talks between the ousted president and the leader of the right-wing coup.

Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has scheduled the further talks to take place tomorrow.

Negotiations to end the standoff over the June military-backed coup have increasingly come under fire, with President Manuel Zelaya's supporters saying that they will declare them failed if he is not reinstated tomorrow and Cuba's Fidel Castro and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez criticising them as a US-backed trap.

With fears of conflict rising, Mr Arias acknowledged the urgency of getting a deal quickly, saying that "we must remember that time is gold.

"I am going to propose various ideas. For example, installing a government of national reconciliation, a coalition of key ministers such as of finance, security, the interior or government. I'll see if we can talk of amnesties and for whom," Mr Arias said.

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Ousted Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas reinforced this position, saying that Mr Zelaya's delegation has nothing to negotiate.

According to Ms Rodas, delegates will simply demand that the "illegal regime surrender peacefully" and, if it doesn't, Mr Zelaya's side will declare the mediation to have failed.

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/world/zelaya_gives_coup_leaders_ultimatum

[Judi Lynn]

4. All those people waiting in the streets support their elected President.

If they were o.k. with this violent coup they would stay home.

Use your head, Arias.