Lula Slams Coup in Honduras
Brasilia - Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, assured that the
coup in Honduras is an unacceptable step
back in Latin America and which we should
unconditionally reject.
Talking in a lunch meeting offered by
Salvadorian president, Mauricio Funes, who
began his first official visit to Brazil,
Lula said he witnessed the will of
reconciliation that allowed a renewed
encounter of El Salvador and all of Central
America with stability and development.
He pointed out that Latin America learned
the hard lesson that only peace and progress
through dialogue, tolerance and much respect
for our differences can save our conquests.
For this reason, he emphasized "the coup in
Honduras is an unacceptable step back. We
must repudiate it unconditionally and demand
the return of President Manuel Zelaya to his
constitutional functions for which the
Honduran people elected him."
After pointing out that the authors of the
coup must understand that popular will is
sovereign in our continent. Lula added that,
as a result, Brazil took all measures of
condemnation of the coup; we withdrew our
ambassador, interrupted all projects of
collaboration and suspended exemption of
entry visas.
Brazil, MERCOSUR (Common Market of the
South) and OAS (Organization of American
States) are joined in this commitment,
stressed the Brazilian president.
"We do not recognize elections held by
forces of backwardness and rule," he assured
and added that it is also the determination
of the countries of the Central American
System of Integration (SICA).
He said that the "recent measures taken by
US President Barack Obama against the coup
are well received. It shows that the United
States joined the political, regional and
world consensus."
Last June 28 a coup not only removed Zelaya
from power but from the country.
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