Zelaya's Coup By Tom Hayden September 3, 2009
Email Print Share Buzz up!Buzzflash del.icio.us Digg Facebook Mixx it! Reddit What is this? Take Action Write a Letter Subscribe Now Text Size A A A Reuters Photos Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya. The US announcement of an aid cutoff to Honduras is a "direct blow" against the strategy of the coup regime in Honduras, deposed President Manuel Zelaya declared in an interview with The Nation today. Share this article Related Also By Battle for Honduras--and the Region Honduras Greg Grandin: The coup has encouraged those who want to halt the advance of the Latin American left. Immigrants Sound Off on Honduras Honduras Marcos Meconi & Joseph Huff-Hannon: Honduran immigrants in New York City discuss their view of recent events that removed President Manuel Zelaya from office. > More Zelaya's Coup Honduras Tom Hayden: In an exclusive Nation interview, the ousted Honduran president calls the new State Department aid cutoff a "direct blow" against the regime that exiled him. Federal Judge Weakens Oversight of LAPD Law & Justice Tom Hayden: Newly implemented reforms don't do enough to reverse a massive increase in the frisking of minority youths in the Los Angeles community. Has Bratton's LAPD Really Reformed? Law & Justice Tom Hayden: The Alex Sanchez case raises troubling new questions about the war on gangs. After an afternoon meeting between Zelaya and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the US government announced the termination of hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance to Honduras and declared its refusal "for the moment" to support the Honduran elections scheduled for November. Zelaya said the "most significant" outcome of the meeting was the State Department's declaration that the elections will not be recognized, which "puts the United States in line with Latin America, because it was not said before." Zelaya announced that he is "prepared to return" to Honduras "independently of any US plans" and to "protect the population." The US declaration was a "great step forward" that puts intense pressure on the Micheletti regime in Honduras to commit to the peace proposals of former president Oscar Arias of Costa Rica. The aid termination will include $215 million in five-year Millennium Challenge grants, Zelaya said, in addition to $16 million in military aid already cut. Secretary Clinton chairs the Millennium Challenge Corporation, which meets this coming week. Asked if the American aid could be restored before the elections scheduled for November, Zelaya indicated that it could be, "when democracy is restored and President Zelaya returns." The Nation will post Tom Hayden's full interview with President Zelaya on September 4. About Tom Hayden Tom Hayden is a former California state senator and author of Street Wars (Verso, 2005). ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com