Ousted Honduran FM
Complains
Inadequate U.S. Response
Managua - Ousted Honduran
Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas Thursday
urged Washington to do more to ensure the
reinstatement of deposed president Manuel
Zelaya.
The meeting between Zelaya and U.S.
ambassador to Honduras Hugo Llorens in
Managua, capital of Nicaragua, on Thursday
ended without any new proposals, said Rodas.
Rodas said Llorens had reaffirmed that the
United States wouldn't have any ties with
the interim Honduran government, and it only
recognizes the legitimate government of
Zelaya.
The U.S. State Department suspended the
visas of four interim-government officials
Tuesday as mediation efforts stalled over
Zelaya's return to the presidency.
"It is not enough to suspend the diplomat
visas; we consider that there is a
moderation on the U.S. answer for the
coup-plotters, obviously they will feel
there is a tactic support to their actions,"
Rodas said.
"We have told them that we are faced with a
historic extraordinary situation and while
we were talking, in Tegucigalpa, there was
repression and persecution against the
leaders of the people's resistance in
Honduras," Rodas said.
Rodas said Zelaya had expressed his concern
on the lack of sanctions on the authors of
the coup.
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