Honduras Leaves OAS (1)
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ refusal to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya despite an appeal by the top envoy for the Americas has put the impoverished nation on a collision course with the world community that could lead to its isolation.
Honduras said it would no longer recognize the Organization of American States charter, claiming the diplomatic body attempted to impose “unilateral and indignant resolutions” on the new government, which took power a week ago in a military-backed coup and forced Zelaya into exile.
OAS chief Jose Miguel Insulza had demanded Zelaya be restored to office, and on Saturday the organization was to discuss suspending the Central American nation’s membership. But Honduras’ interim president, Roberto Micheletti, said “the OAS is a political organization, not a court, and it can’t judge us,” according to a note to Insulza read on Honduras’ television Friday night.
The move means Honduras, one of the poorest countries in the Americas, will leave the OAS and will not face sanctions by the organization, though it would not prevent other groups and countries from suspending aid and loans.
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7:33 am EDT, July 4th, 2009 — A ‘coup’ in Honduras? Nonsense.
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Mac Says:
It should be interesting to see where this ends up. The fact Chavez, Raul Castro and Ortego have all lined up with Zelaya tends to make me believe the coup was a good idea.
Posted on July 4th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
hynd Says:
Looks like the rule of law means nothing.
Posted on July 4th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Lindsay Says:
It wasn’t a coup; it was the rule of law. The ex-president was trying to over-ride Congress’s law; the courts said this was illegal; and the army obeyed it’s legally-given orders. Sounds like a pretty good democracy to me. A no-man-is-above-the-law type of thing.
Posted on July 4th, 2009 at 11:08 pm