[WSF-Discuss] Fwd: Obama’s First Coup D’Etat ? - Please circulate

[Sukla Sen]

Here are reactions from some countries.

Sukla

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8123434.stm

World reaction: Honduran crisis
News that Honduran President Manuel Zelaya had been deposed by the
army and forced out of the country drew strong condemnation from
within Latin America and expressions of concern furrther abroad.

VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ

If our embassy were attacked, for example, if our ambassador were
kidnapped or beaten, well that military junta of a government that is
there, even though it doesn't show its face, would be entering a state
of war, a de facto state of war. We would have to act, even
militarily, we are obligated to do so. I couldn't sit here with my
arms crossed, knowing by phone that they are massacring my ambassador
or entering the Venezuelan Embassy. No. I have put the armed forces of
Venezuela on alert.

BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT EVO MORALES

To allow people to participate and decide the future of their country
through their vote, it is not possible that some groups ignore this,
including the military. This is a discredit to the armed forces, who
democratically participate in the decisions that the people of each
country take. We no longer live under dictatorships. Those will
continue to fail. What is currently happening in Honduras is an
adventure of a group of the military who have assaulted democracy.
Thus they will fail.

ECUADOREAN FOREIGN MINISTRY

[Ecuador] will not recognise any government that is not that of
President Manuel Zelaya.

ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CRISTINA FERNANDEZ

I'm deeply worried about the situation in Honduras. It reminds us of
the worst years in Latin America's history. We will demand that the
OAS [Organization of American States] fully comply with the democratic
charter that requires unconditional respect for democracy and, above
all, the restoration of the Honduran president. I do not hesitate to
call this a return to barbarity. All countries of the continent and
the entire international community should demand the return of the
democratically elected president.

US SECRETARY OF STATE HILARY CLINTON

The action taken against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya violates the
precepts of the Inter-American Democratic Charter and thus should be
condemned by all. We call on all parties in Honduras to respect the
constitutional order and the rule of law, to reaffirm their democratic
vocation and to commit themselves to resolve political disputes
peacefully and through dialogue.

SPANISH PRIME MINISTER JOSE LUIS RODRUIGEZ ZAPATERO (THROUGH HIS OFFICE)

The head of the government expressed his strongest condemnation for
the illegal detention and expulsion of the constitutional president of
the republic of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya. The solution to any dispute
must always be found through dialogue and respect for democratic
rules. There is not, neither can there ever be, a solution to the
Honduran crisis outside the country's constitutional framework.

EUROPEAN UNION STATEMENT

The EU strongly condemns the arrest of the constitutional president of
the Republic of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, by the armed forces. This is
[an] unacceptable violation of constitutional order in Honduras. The
EU calls for the urgent release of President Zelaya and a swift return
to constitutional normality.

On 6/29/09, OpenSpace <use.info at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/6/29 Jai Sen <jai.sen at cacim.net>
>
>> Monday, June 29, 2009
>>
>> The question :
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>> *OBAMA’S FIRST COUP D’ETAT ?***
>>
>>             Thanks, Edwin.
>>
>>             JS
>>
>> fwd
>>
>
>  Obama has consciously modeled himself on J F Kennedy.
> This is his bay of pigs.
> Edwin
>