US describes Zelaya’s actions “irresponsible and foolish”

Tuesday, September 29th 2009 - 06:50 UTC

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A top US diplomat says deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was “irresponsible and foolish” to return before a settlement had been reached. Lewis Amselem, US ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), said Washington had asked Mr Zelaya not to return because of potential unrest. He called on him to urge his supporters to keep their protests peaceful. Read full article

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Ambassador Amselem's statements echo Hillary Clinton's previous pronouncements about President Zelaya's earlier efforts to return to his country when he briefly crossed the border from Nicaragua into Honduras. They betray exasperation that the Clintonista strategy of running out the clock until the November 28, 2009 elections and hoping that the whole Honduran political crisis would become a moot point have now been upset by Zelaya's return to Tegucigalpa. All this just underscores how the United States has been relegated to the sidelines. So much for the Obama administration arrogantly assuming it could just ignore Latin America and the Caribbean.
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