House Republican Says U.S. Involvement In Honduras Is Harmful
By Leah Valencia – University of New Mexico/Talk Radio News Service
Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) said Wednesday that U.S. intervention in the Honduran elections is punishing American commercial and economic interests in the region.
“During my recent visit to Honduras I was struck by the harmful effect U.S. policy is having on American interests and citizens in that country,” Ros-Lehtinen said.
Conflict began in Honduras earlier this summer when President Manuel Zelaya was ousted and removed from the country on June 28 after he defied a ruling of the Supreme Court to cancel a constitutional change that was deemed illegal.
Following Zelaya’s ouster, Interim President Roberto Micheletti took over, causing conflict with those who supported Zelaya and perceived his removal to be a military coup.
U.S. officials and other countries have said that they will not recognize the results of the upcoming Nov. 29 elections in Honduras until the conflict is resolved and Zelaya is returned to power.
However, Rep. Ros-Lehtinen said that the elections are imperative to improving the country’s conditions.
“Since when does the U.S. not support free, fair, transparent and constitutionally mandated elections?” Ros-Lehtinen said in a statement last week. “It makes no sense that the U.S. would side with Manuel Zelaya and his ALBA buddies at the expense of Democracy.”
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent three top U.S. delegates to Honduras Wednesday to attempt to negotiate a solution to the political crisis ahead of elections.
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October 30th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
I think the statement of Ros-Lehtinen is so true: “Since when does the U.S. not support free, fair, transparent and constitutionally mandated elections?” How can a country have a democracy without elections?
http://innovation-politics.blogspot.com/2009/10/fighting-attempted-chavez-takeover-of.html
It is Chavez that wants to appoint the president of Honduras. It is Chavez that wants to use him as a puppet. It is Chavez that wants to take over South and Central America. It is Chavez that spews anti-Semetic rhetoric. In many ways, Chavez is closer to Hitler than Stalin.