Zelaya Hondurans call for insurrection against coup Tegucigalpa, July 14. President Manuel Zelaya called on Tuesday to Honduras to the insurrection
to reinstate him in power, while the de facto government Roberto Micheletti rejected
threats and said he prefers to go to Costa Rica on Saturday to negotiate with the mediation of Oscar Arias.
The Honduran people have the right to insurrection and insurgency is a legitimate right (...) versus a usurper government and military coup
, Zelaya said at a news conference in Guatemala, where he arrived Tuesday in Nicaragua.
"The strike, the demonstration, the shots, civil disobedience" are, said Zelaya, a necessary process when violent democratic order in a country
, before calling on his countrymen to keep the fight
until the "coup out of the de facto regime they have established in our country. "
Zelaya Last Monday issued an ultimatum to the coup leaders to resolve the crisis in the next mediation meeting, convened on Saturday in San Jose, and reinstate him in power, because otherwise deemed unsuccessful negotiation
and proceed with other measures
.
patience loaded
However, these warnings do not seem to dent the de facto government Micheletti, who on Tuesday held the first council of ministers.
We do not threaten, because I think this is a government where there is social peace constituted
, Said Foreign Minister Carlos Lopez, who recalled that the government has complete control of the territory
.
Lopez said his government will go to San Jose on Saturday, but recommended load of patience in this kind of negotiations
.
Before, Micheletti had shown signs of good will and did not rule out meeting with Zelaya himself if he accepted.
He is a former president of the country, a former friend of mine and I would gladly hand at the right time if he so wishes
, Micheletti said, aware that time is on their behalf. So
Chancellor has understood Zelaya, Patricia Rhodes, for whom mediation is being used to give a respite to the right and the de facto regime . "
From Costa Rica, President Arias called for patience to the negotiators. Of course I understand the desire of President Zelaya (...) returned as soon as possible (to power in Honduras), but experience tells me that there should be a little patient
, told reporters in San Jose. If not through dialogue, what other way is to restore power to President Zelaya?
he said. For
Zelaya's ultimatum, the United States said today against artificial deadline set a
for mediation work by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. We believe all parties in the talks should give time to process
, said State Department spokesman, Ian Kelly. Washington
asked not to put artificial deadlines
to negotiations. "The parties should give time to this process. Do not put an artificial deadline. Do not say 'if such a thing does not happen at a certain time, then the dialogue is dead,' "said Kelly.
"boldly endorse this process and call on the parties, especially President Zelaya and the regime de facto, to work together to achieve a peaceful solution to restore the democratic order, "said Kelly.
The negotiations have been sponsored by the United States, whose president, Barack Obama has been critical of the coup and demanded the return of Zelaya as president.
The chief of all armed forces, General Romeo Vasquez, one of the protagonists of the political crisis in that country, said in an interview with AFP that Zelaya was deported on June 28 to prevent deaths in Honduras.
The analysis made is that state security was a risk that the president is taken to a prison
because would be cause of deaths and injuries and that was dangerous
if his supporters were trying to rescue him, Vasquez said.
However, the general, four days before the coup was overthrown by Zelaya, acknowledged that deportation to Costa Rica was not considered in the court orders that met the military.
Meanwhile, the so-called People's Block on Tuesday called for new demonstrations in support of Zelaya, while analyzing declare a national strike in protest of the de facto authorities .
is a provocation: Evo Morales
President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, who is visiting Uruguay, accused Command South U.S. of being behind the coup in Honduras, and said structure
rule remains in force despite the advent of Barack Obama.
what I mean last year was to spend in Bolivia, a civil coup, is now going on in Honduras. It is an aggression, a provocation of the empire
, Morales said at the end of his trip to Montevideo.
I have information that the rule first by the U.S. Southern Command, made the coup in Honduras
said.
For his part, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, today rejected the versions published by the Honduran press that Zelaya is involved in drug trafficking. Now Zelaya accused drug trafficker, they say it in one and 100 newspapers and present it as durable and as news. They say that since Zelaya was replaced, they say constitutionally left to reach the mysterious Venezuelan planes loaded with dollars and drugs. Entonses used for anything that ghost, to overthrow governments, to kill people
.
Meanwhile, Enrique Ortez Colindres, who had to resign as Chancellor after making a racist remark about U.S. President Barack Obama, resigned as Minister of Interior, for no harm to the government of our friend Roberto Micheletti
As stated in his letter of resignation.
Source: La Jornada (Mex)
