Mercosur presidents expressed their most “energetic condemnation” of the Honduran coup and “total and full rejection” of the November 29th elections which represent a strong blow to “the democratic values of Latinamerica and the Caribbean”.
The statement at the end of the Mercosur summit held Tuesday in Montevideo was signed by Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez de Kircher; Brazil’s Lula da Silva; Paraguay’s Fernando Lugo; Uruguay’s Tabare Vazquez and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez.
The five leaders also consider “unacceptable the grave violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms suffered by the Honduran people”.
Further on the statement says that “in light of failure to restore President Manuel Zelaya to the position for which he was democratically elected by the Honduran people, we want to express our total lack of recognition for the November 29th elections held by de facto government, which were undertaken in an unconstitutional, illegitimate and illegal atmosphere”.
http://en.mercopress.com/2009/12/09/mercosur-presidents-strongly-reject-honduras-november-elections
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