Brazil
President Asks For Zelaya's Return to Honduran Presidency
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
called on Wednesday for the return of
Honduras' deposed President Manuel Zelaya to
his position.
In an applauded speech in the UN General
Assembly, the Brazilian president said that
the international community demands Zelaya's
return to the Honduran Presidency. He also
alerted that the Brazilian embassy in
Tegucigalpa, where the deposed president is
staying since Monday, is inviolable.
The Brazilian government alleged that its
willingness to receive Zelaya was an
attitude that any democratic government
would take. They stressed that they did not
take part in any efforts to get Zelaya back
to Honduras, and that the deposed President
arrived in Tegucigalpa through his own
means.
In an act of retaliation, the current
Honduran government, presided by Roberto
Micheletti, cut the electricity and water
supply in the Brazilian embassy, as well as
the phone lines. On Tuesday, there was a
confrontation between the police and a
pro-Zelaya group in front of the building.
Brazil's Foreign Relations Minister Celso
Amorim said on Monday that Zelaya's return
to Honduras, almost three moths after the
military coup which took him from the
presidency, represented a new step on the
political negotiations between him and the
current administration.
However, both parts seem unwilling to
compromise. It is not know how the conflict
will affect the upcoming presidential
elections, which are to take place in
November; if Zelaya does not return to the
Honduran Presidency until the, the election
may not be recognized by other countries,
including Brazil.
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