Showing posts with label Zelaya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zelaya. Show all posts

Friday, December 11, 2009

HONDURAS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE


More at The Real News


President Obama’s speech at the Nobel Prize ceremony:

“…We will bear witness to the quiet dignity of reformers like Aung Sang Suu Kyi (what about reformers like Zelaya?); to the bravery of Zimbabweans who cast their ballots in the face of beatings (and the bravery of the honduran people?); to the hundreds of thousands who have marched silently through the streets of Iran (what about the thousands who have marched through the streets of Honduras?), …"It is telling that the leaders of these governments fear the aspirations of their own people more than the power of any other nation (Is he referring to Pepe Lobo?.. I hope so). And it is the responsibility of all free people and free nations to make clear to these movements that hope and history are on their side…"

Friday, November 27, 2009

Brazil will not recognize Honduren elections

"A coup is not acceptable as a means for political change," Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said on Thursday on the sidelines of a climate summit between Amazon basin countries and France, reported Xinhua.

Brazil has called for Zelaya's return to power. The ousted president is still holed up in the Brazilian embassy in Honduran capital Tegucigalpa.