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| Argentina insists on reinstatement of Zelaya |
| 2009-11-06 |
| BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Argentine government said Thursday that it would urge the international community to apply pressure on Honduras to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power. This petition would be presented at the meetings of Foreign Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean on Integration and Development and the Rio Group, which is being held in Jamaica on Nov. 4-6, according to a communique of the foreign ministry. Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana will talk about the need to keep applying pressure on the de facto Honduran government led by Roberto Micheletti. "We are achieving the goal we set together with the entire international community: to avoid the coup to continue against the constitutional government of President Zelaya," Taiana declared before leaving for Jamaica. "Since the first moment, Argentina and the rest of the international community agreed on requesting Zelaya's restitution, returning to full institutional normality and leaving the coup without effect," Taiana added. Despite mounting international pressure, Zelaya's immediate restitution was discarded Wednesday by the Verification Commission of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Agreement, reached by Zelaya and Micheletti to solve the political crisis. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #8 Computer glitch on last posting. "El conductor nace, no se hace!" "The leader is born and not made!" |
| Posted by: borgboy 2009-11-06 14:39 |
| #7 Fascinating Peron quote: se hac"El conductor nace, no e!" "The leader is born, not made!" |
| Posted by: borgboy 2009-11-06 14:35 |
| #6 "I'd like to seen an experiment in the appointment of dead men as heads of state" If dead men can vote (Illinois), why shouldn't they be able to get elected? |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-11-06 14:35 |
| #5 I don't think this will worry Honduras at all. If the US will recognize the new elections then the Euros will and if the Euros will then most of the OAS will and if Argentina doesn't, well so what. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-11-06 12:09 |
| #4 borgboy, I'd like to seen an experiment in the appointment of dead men as heads of state. It's not like they can do anything, being dead and all. A totally nonfunctional head of state seems to be a good motion towards minimal governance. Although I think the symbolism of a pumpkin or a turnip would be less misconstruable. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-11-06 11:15 |
| #3 Ah, media restrictions. Tyranny hates a free press. Not that I'm drawing any comparisons to Obama vs Fox News, mind you. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-11-06 09:35 |
| #2 Kirchners are Peron/Chavez wannabes. She's pushing for media restrictions as well. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-11-06 08:44 |
| #1 Mebbe the Hondurans should insist on reinstating Peron in Argentina? |
| Posted by: borgboy 2009-11-06 03:02 |