Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs: “I’m delighted to be talking to you all from Tegucigalpa. As I stated previously, our delegation here – Ambassador Craig Kelly, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and Dan Restrepo, the Special Assistant to the President for Western Hemisphere Affairs – were […]
The committees today signed the final agreement that seeks to end the political crisis. “The agreement is fully signed,” said the representative of the delegation for Zelaya, Rodil Rivera, without giving details on the timing of the restitution of Zelaya to power. Congress is in recess, therefore in order to rule on the re-institution of […]
The interim president of Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, called for “prudence” from the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Jose Miguel Insulza. Micheletti was disappointed in Insulza’s comments this morning at the OAS headquarters in the United States, where Insulza noted that there is a process of stagnation in the negotiations, in part by […]
The Organization of American States has said it will not convene a special session to review the proposal Micheletti’s side presented for Zelaya’s team yesterday. The adviser of the Secretary General of the OAS for Honduras, John Biehl, said that the body is confident Honduras can solve the political problem internally, although it is difficult. […]