Honduras puts off OAS delegation

[struggle4progress]

The Micheletti government in Honduras delays a visit by OAS foreign ministers. The U.N. Security Council warns against any violation of the Brazilian Embassy.

By Alex Renderos and Ken Ellingwood
September 26, 2009

Reporting from Mexico City and Tegucigalpa, Honduras -- Hopes for a breakthrough in Honduras' political crisis snagged Friday after the de facto government said it was not ready to receive a delegation of diplomats who were planning to help mediate.

Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, who has tried unsuccessfully to find common ground, said interim Honduran leaders told the Organization of American States not to send a delegation of foreign ministers.

In a statement issued late Thursday, Honduras' de facto rulers endorsed a proposed visit by Arias and Panama's vice president, Juan Carlos Varela, but said the OAS delegation would have to wait. Arias told Costa Rican radio Friday that he had no immediate plans to travel to Honduras, the Associated Press reported.

The OAS delegation was to have arrived Friday in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital. There was no immediate comment from the Washington-based organization ...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-honduras26-2009sep26,0,1678824.story

[Judi Lynn]

1. So unwise of them. Apparently they think there is enough slime in the world

who will support them after they declare their candidate a winner in their November elections that it eventually won't matter as the scum will surge forward to make some more money off the backs of the Honduran poor.

[Braulio]

2. Their candidate?

Do you think it makes any difference who wins? If so, could you PLEASE name the candidate they WONT like? As far as they're concerned, anybody will be fine, as long as he doesn't rock the boat.

The same way in the US it REALLY doesn't matter that much who wins. Do you think Obama will pull US troops out of Iraq or Afghanistan? Or stop backing the Israelis? Not start a war with Iran? Who runs the US? It's the same everywhere.

[Downwinder]

3. Not everywhere.

[Braulio]

7. Norway excepted, of course

I'll make an exception for Norway.

[Judi Lynn]

4. They would not accept César Ham.

César David Adolfo Ham Peña (born July 23, 1973) is a Honduran politician<1>. He is a leader of the socialist Democratic Unification Party and a member of Parliament. Also, he is the presidential candidate of his party for the 2009 elections. He supported President Manuel Zelaya's initiative to form a convention for reforming the Constitution, and was one of the main organizers of the controversial non-binding poll that was sheduled for June 28, 2009, but never took place because of the military coup on that day.<2><3>. On September 16 2009 he was the sole dissenter at a meeting of Honduran presidential candidates with the Costa Rican President Oscar Arias when he was the only candidate to support the San José Agreement's demand for the reinstatement of Manuel Zelaya.<4>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Ham

[Braulio]

6. So did Zelaya endorse this Ham?

So the question is, why doesn't Zelaya endorse the guy, rather than parading around all over the place? Sounds pretty selfish to me.

[EFerrari]

8. Yeah, he should just lie down and let these Iran Contra leftovers take Honduras

away from the voters. What an asshole, defending the democratic process.

[Braulio]

9. Defending the Democratic Process?

Seems to me he's defending his own angle. If the guy were truly worried about the country, then he would be working hard to get a good candidate elected in the forthcoming elections. I think the problem happens to be Zelaya, all he has done is lose thus far.

[Downwinder]

10. I would imagine that he does not want to remain a target.

He does have to go home, sooner or later.

[Judi Lynn]

5. They have attempted to destroy Carlos Reyes and keep him from running:

From an excellent article posted by Downwinder:

~snip~
Carlos Reyes, a member of the Bloque Popular, and a candidate for the November elections was recently targeted and assaulted by the police leading to his hospitalization and needing two surgeries.

http://www.grassrootsonline.org/news/articles/myths-and-facts-about-coup-honduras