 Day 17
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US Advises Honduran Micheletti
Washington - The head of the Honduran de
facto government Roberto Micheletti had US
advisory for talks in Costa Rica, a meeting
meant to put an end to the situation that
country is undergoing, The New York Times
said on Monday.
Each proposal presented by Micheletti's
group was written by a US citizen, member of
the negotiating team, said officials quoted
in an article published by the daily.
Ginger Thompson, a journalist of The New
York Times, said the comment referred to
Bennett Ratcliff, who was in San Jose last
week, during the talks between the pro-coup
faction members and representatives of
Honduran constitutional President Manuel
Zelaya.
Ratcliff is an expert in public relations
who worked for President William Clinton
(1993-2001), the journalist said.
Thompson asserted that Micheletti is
involved in a media offensive, in which
there is an increasing hiring of US
high-profile lawyers, closely related to US
power circles.
One of those that joined is Lanny Davis,
known for serving as Clinton's personal
lawyer and member of his campaign, she said.
The journalist of the influential newspaper
commented on the measures adopted by Barack
Obama's administration against the coup
regime, although she said that Washington's
ambassador has stayed in Tegucigalpa, in
contrast to the withdrawal of diplomats by
most of the governments in the hemisphere. |
