The chancellors yesterday met with the former first lady, Xiomara Castro, with the former cabinet of Manuel Zelaya, with deputies who did not support the Zelaya’s ouster, and members of the national resistance.
In the evening the delegates listened to leaders of business organizations, nongovernmental organizations, anti-corruption advocates, the Democratic Civic Union and the National Congress. Later at night they met with authorities of the Judicial Power, Public Ministry, Electoral Supreme Court, and the office of the judge advocate general, then had dinner with ambassadors of cooperative countries.
The commission will today continue the meetings with several political sectors, and expect to have a press conference at noon where they will present the closing report for their visit.
Today’s OAS Agenda:
Meeting with the Evangelical Church Representative.
Meeting with the Episcopal Representatives
Meetins with each of the the six presidential candidates (separately)
Press conference
Leave Honduras at 2:00 p.m.
22 responses so far ↓
1 Wayne Duren // Aug 25, 2009 at 9:08 am
In the name of democracy and freedom and caring for the needy people of the world, for any president to repeatedly break his country’s constitution feeling he should impose himself on his people against their laws and will, is such a contradiction. And consider that a president and surround countries claiming to love the Honduras people are actually insulting their will, their laws and attempting to starve them and make them slaves if they do not bend to the man attempting to enslave them.
2 U.S. behind the coup, is trying to control Honduras natural resources // Aug 25, 2009 at 9:57 am
The location of U.S. bases in Colombia is an attempt to dominate all of South America in order to take possession of its natural reserves of gas and oil, vegetation and fresh water located in the Orinoco Belt in Venezuela, Amazonia and the Paraná Aquifer in the Southern Cone.
On August 14, the Colombian government announced the completion of negotiations over the U.S. use of seven bases in that country, within a cooperation agreement supposedly aimed at “combating drug trafficking and terrorism.”
In that context President Chávez affirmed on his regular Sunday Alo, Presidente program, “they say that they are not bases (but) they are converting the whole of Colombia into one large base, because details of the agreement have already begun to come out.” Fidel Castro knows this and has written letters about it.
The U.S. has bases in Honduras and throughout central america as well. These bases are not just for fighting against drugs. Note: Zelaya was taken to one of them before he was sent to Costa Rica, the day he was ousted.
These is serious Honduras! You need to secure your natural resources from the greed of Washington. The Obama Administration made it look like that they were not involved in the coup, but this is not the case! Those ruling Honduras now, are more corrupt than Zelaya. Special interest groups are influencing the Honduran government. If Obama wanted Zelaya back in, he would have did something long time, but apparently, this is something that the media are paid to conceal… and make Chavez and Castro as a scapegoat. It is all a war for profit! In history, the U.S. were behind coup and military interventions before… that’s why they are hated so much internationally. They did it to Iraq for oil… what makes you think they can’t do harm to Honduras. Zelaya wanted to socialized his country and redistribute the wealth to the poor… apparently, this was a threat to wealthy U.S. investors who had political-economic plans for Honduras.
People of Honduras… YOU CANNOT CLOSE YOUR EYES IN IGNORANCE. THE “EVILS” OF CAPITALISM ARE REAL. ARISE AND PROTEST FOR YOUR COUNTRY!
Peace
3 andy // Aug 25, 2009 at 10:06 am
So how is it possible that they came here with any spirit of dialogue and open-mindedness. After a weekend they start there day Monday morning traveling. After there arrival in Honduras in less than 30 hours they will hold 23 meetings and get some sleep. Except for <insulza who stays up all night on cocaine. They will then draft a final report and have all memebrs agreeing on the wording of such report and leave? Obviosuly, the report was written before they came andthey came here to shove the illogical Arias plan down our throat. The only difference is this time they pretend to talk to everybody. They are full of crap and wasting money and time instead of seeking and strengthening democracies. What a sad state the world is in. I am giving my passport back to the US embassy and heading to sea to look for an empty island to live out my life.
4 andy // Aug 25, 2009 at 10:09 am
http://tortugadigital.com/blog/letteraugust2009.pdf
letter to the world from Honduras foriegn minister
spread this letter around the world
I expect Hugo Chavez and his other Fidel puppets to act so irresponsibly but what is the problem with Obama,Calderon,Uribe and other so called Democratic leaders.
How do I teach my kids right and wrong when world leaders teach them that Presidents re above the law and can do whatever they want.
Hang tough Micheletti! We can eat beans and riceº and use cows and horses instead of oil.
5 sweet lips // Aug 25, 2009 at 10:15 am
Obama and the OAS
They are all in this! If the OAS can fool the evangelicals and Catholic Church in Honduras, they know they can fool the people of Honduras in the name of God
You wonder if they are really for the people or for money! It just makes me sick, and after everything is said and done, the poor people of Honduras will be the ones to suffer
When I heard that Zelaya was flown to a military base with over 500 U.S. soldiers before going to Costa Rica, it didn’t surprise me at all! There are big businesses and monopolies in the United States that have an influence on both parties: Republican and Democrats
It is very sad that the world looks out for profit more than for people. I want to cry for my people… and all I’m hearing from the media is what they are paid to braodcast
6 River – Florida // Aug 25, 2009 at 12:37 pm
RE: U.S. behind the coup, is trying to control Honduras natural resources.
You forgot to mention the space aliens and hidden space ships dude!
7 Richard R. Tryon // Aug 25, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I offer a new hope! The people of the U.S. did not expect change via Obama to mean confiscate the wealth needed to invest in new jobs that last and make more bureaucracy to redistribute it to perpetuate the power of the government. Like Honduras, our Constitution was designed to allow freedom for many investment decisions- some wrong, but far more right than is possible via government’s ideas for a planned economy that never works.
Hang on Honduras, Obama, the OAS and the failed Castros and oil barron Chavez will not save anyone with words and oil will be replaced in due course.
8 Al // Aug 25, 2009 at 1:22 pm
God bless Micheletti and the honduran people who stand so brabely before Castro-Chavismo in our continent.
9 andy // Aug 25, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Wow! Opinions are free, but, validate with some research..
USA is after Honduras resources? Lets see we have timber but it is not exported to the States because the USA and Canada have lots of timber. We have fruits and vegetables. Are they after the food? We have cheap labor but all you need to tap that is open factories here and it will benefit the people. Already, you have 1,000,000 Hondurans in the USA. Many of which are illegal. Many Americans want to kick them out. Make up your mind you want these resources or not? The OAS has been against the constitutionally installed governemet without getting the facts. They are trying to restore Zelaya. For the rest of the world this started June 28 but for those of us in honduras it has been going on for a long time. Zelaya was refusing to follow the laws and the constitution and he was rightfully ousted as a result.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maMA3PTYoZE
video of the story in Honduras
10 Al // Aug 25, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Thank you Andy. Let the Honduran government and the Honduran people be an example to the Chavez and the Castros who think they can get away with their totalitarian populist governments. Their time is coming too. One day Cubans, Venezuelans, Ecuatorians, Bolivians and Nicaraguans will revolt and make the Castro-Chavismo another horrible era of the past in Latin America like the one of the earlier right wing dictators. Zelaya, sorry, but you are a little late for history. Incidentally, that mariachi hat you wear does not suit you at all.
11 Ricardo // Aug 25, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Sounds one sided to me. Is anyone going outside the Capial and major Cities to speak to the people there? If so, no one is reporting on that.
Seems the OAS has their hands full, but have the people spoken? Hoduras’ population is close to 8 Million. The clips I see of people in protest top 10 thousand at most. Where is the voice of the other 7,990,000?
They need to be heard to make a true and not rash decision on this issue.
Honduras is at stake, and Honduras needs to be heard.
12 CarlosM // Aug 25, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Good comment, Ricardo. According to the world press, only Tegucigalpa and San Pedro exist here in Honduras.
When you consider that the total population of these cities is just over 1 million, you have to ask “What about the other 7 million?”
Out here in northern Honduras, we have seen few demonstrations or roadblocks and no killings or injuries.
I was in La Ceiba today and saw only one pro-Zelaya demonstration of about 100 people. No Army was present and there were about 5 police officers on scene – they looked totally bored with the whole thing!
13 Axel Reyes // Aug 25, 2009 at 4:15 pm
I understand how feelings and emotions can twart somebody’s vision and don’t let them see the truth, most damaging is the blindness when one brings it upon onself.
For Ricardo and US behind the Coup all I have to say is this, the main resource that Honduras has had traditionally is timber, Zelaya and his famili have been some of the major exporters of such, ilegally exploiting the forrest and refusing to plant new trees, and as it was pointed out earlier, we don’t even export that timber to the countries of the north, but mostly to countries of the Pacific rim.
Wake up people, all of you sound very confused, socialism is not the answer, fighting corruption is.
14 Axel Reyes // Aug 25, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Those 10 of thousands are way more than the few ones I see brandishing black and red flags and covering their faces with bandanas.
Wake up man, Zelaya was a whore, and it was not enough for him to sell himself but was also selling our land.
15 Wane Nelson // Aug 26, 2009 at 12:07 am
The problem we partially see, but the remedy?
May some little people, unknown people began to group and work toward sending relief to the Honduras people. They will make it; they know how to suffer, but they deserve some help presently. This is not a test for Honduras–this is a test for all freedom loving families who want to avoid their children being enslaved in debt, to dictators, to those who take the law in their own hands as has happened with the chief executive of Honduras–and Chavez his coach and who knows who else. So may we find ways to support those suffering because they are suffering for freedom–as Costa Rica and Arias–as he is guilty, as Mexico-as they are pressuring and the others there–including use to be good old USA, who have a traitor who it seems will follow the same way of the ex president of Honduras- a power lover and selling his country into slavery and debt as well as making the rest of the countries in the world bear that debt-including Honduras–as the dollar is not worth as much as it is suppose—-and the usa whoever it is giving away money on paper to anyone who will take it——–So unless some people–including us do not wake up—we will be behind dictators–knowing that not all of the cruel men who starve and torture have been born—this spirit we see in Honduras—-some caring about their power struggle and not the helpless ones in Honduras–and the rest of the world. Word just won’t express
16 Jeffrey Claus // Aug 26, 2009 at 8:03 am
I agreed with you Axel
But that the U.S. is behind the coup, I would not doubt that.
Fact: Zelaya was taken to a U.S. base before dropped off at Costa Rica! That is a fact!
There are more things that constitue wealth than timber to the U.S. Besides, military bases can be used for theft and corruption from another country. They used Guantanamo Cuba for there tortures. I am not surprise that they are using the bases!
I am not saying that Castro is absolutely right when he says that the bases are being used to take South Americas natural resources, and the OAS is deceived by these U.S. investors. I personally don’t have no concrete evidence of this, but I can tell you, there is always room for probabilities…
I smell rat adn will always smell it
17 Wayne // Aug 26, 2009 at 8:14 am
River – Florida:
Poor thing! You talk so much about space aliens, I wonder if they or the alien americans did something to your head?
18 Sandra // Aug 26, 2009 at 8:35 am
I read the comments here, and there are so many people who are ignorant
God bless Castro and Chavez! The news were paid to make them look bad, but the truth will prevail and “economic freedom and fairness” (not only mere freedom) will one day rein
Glory be to God!
19 naza reo // Aug 26, 2009 at 9:03 am
sandra go fly a kyte o barrilete mejor aun it is so funny that You say God bless …….. brainless people don’t know that castro and chavez do not believe in GOD
IMAGINE THAT……………………….HE HE HE HE
SO PLEASE BE CONGRUENT COMMNUNIST, LEFTWIN, PIRICUACUAS, CASTRO, CHAVEZ, ZELAYA, CORREA, MORALES, ORTEGA, OBAMA, CLINTON AND GOD DO NOT GET ALONG
20 Sandra // Aug 26, 2009 at 9:09 am
naza reo
But I and my american friends do believe in God, and believe God has allowed the critics of Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro to continue for a reason
So say all you want. The news people have really got you deceived. You want to know the truth?
I suggest, you follow where the money trail ends, because most of the trails are take you into United States
21 naza reo // Aug 26, 2009 at 6:27 pm
I AGREE WITH YOU WHERE THE MONEY TRAILS ENDS 100% still God and castro and chavez uhhmmmm bad combination it does not compute it is ilogical I am the news i do not have to read them acorn rings the bel……l he he he he
22 Axel Reyes // Aug 28, 2009 at 4:24 pm
I see myself in the need to clear this fact to many of you, the military base from where Zelaya was flown out of Honduras is not an American military base, it is actually a Honduran air base and even more to the point, it is where the academy for the Honduran Air Force is based, so it is no surprise that in the process of ensuring that a mission carried by the Honduran armed forces a Honduran military base was used.
It is true that for many years American Armed forces aircraft have used the same base, but it has never been designated an American Military Base. And to anybody that may ask, I will always rather have American Armed Forces in Honduras than those of any of the Leftist Goverments military forces.
Wether people like to admit it or not, American service men usually respect the locals more than any other military, this is a hard “truth pill” to swallow for many, but it still the truth.