Brazil Pans US and Clinton's Role in Honduras Coup d'État Crisis

[Judi Lynn]

Brazil Pans US and Clinton's Role in Honduras Coup d'État Crisis
Written by Newsroom
Wednesday, 22 July 2009

The Foreign Minister of Brazil, Celso Amorim called last weekend US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was in New Delhi, India, to "express concern" about the slow pace and handling of the negotiations for the reinstatement of the democratic order in Honduras, reports Brazilian daily Folha de S. Paulo.

According to the Brazilian Minister's press office, Amorim conveyed Brazil's criticism to Hillary regarding the way in which the mediation "on equal footing" was being carried out between the coup and deposed governments, under the leadership of Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias.

The Minister informed the Secretary of State - who sponsored the mediation by Arias - that Brazil did not approve of the possibility that the coup organizers could impose conditions for the return of President Zelaya, much less that of a coalition government of the two sides.

If such an agreement were sealed, according to the Brazilians' assessment, it will be characterized as a victory for the coup organizers, which would serve as an incentive for new coups in Latin America.

Even in the official version, the Brazilian Minister informed the United States that the mediation by the President of Costa Rica "has to be held within the framework of the OAS (Organization of American States) resolutions." In other words: with the unconditional return of the deposed Honduran leader to the presidency.

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