Honduras' Zelaya Calls for Central America
Unity
TEGUCIGALPA - Honduras' constitutional
President Manuel Zelaya called upon Central
American nations to act united and firmly to
overthrow the dictatorship in his country,
and avoid the return of coups in the region.
"In the past, we faced and solved great
conflicts together. Today, military violence
in our countries' civic life poses a serious
risk for peace and integration," he
affirmed.
Zelaya rated the June 28 coup in Honduras as
the greatest political crisis in the region
since the armed conflicts in the 1980s, and
denounced the coup maintains development and
integration processes deadlocked.
In a message to Central American presidents
issued today, Zelaya denounced that his
kidnapping and expatriation to Costa Rica
was a political military conspiracy to
hinder social transformations encouraged by
his government.
"We must act diligently to avoid the return
of the brutal history of wars, violence, and
coups we thought were over in Central
America," he affirmed.
Zelaya recalled the Honduran resistance
wages a peaceful, heroic fight, with great
sacrifice.
He denounced that in the six months of the
de facto regime, it has been reported over
4,200 human rights violations, 130
assassinations of rebel members, and the
massacre of five young people during
peaceful demonstrations, with over 3,000
arrests. |
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