Venezuela: Chavez Calls for Continent-Wide Protests against Honduran Coup

[Joanne98]

Caracas, June 29th 2009 (Venezuelanalysis.com) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for all Latin American governments to organize demonstrations in solidarity with the people of Honduras at an emergency meeting of the nine member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for Our Americas (ALBA) in Mangaua, Nicaragua, Sunday night.

"It's not enough to just say that we condemn it; we demand demonstrations in solidarity with the people of Honduras and with President Manuel Zelaya," he said. Chavez characterized the military coup against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya as "a coup against all of us."

"It's not possible to negotiate with these coup plotters. They must step down. It's necessary to be as firm as a rock, in the face of coup plotters, to whom it's necessary to say hand over the government to Manuel Zelaya without conditions," Chavez declared.

The Venezuelan head of state also denied reports circulating in the international media alleging Venezuelan troops plan to enter Honduras. "We would never do that because of our sacrosanct respect for Honduran sovereignty," he emphasized.

However, he did say on arrival in Managua, "If the oligarchs of this continent break the rules of the game, as they have in the past few days, the peoples have the right to resist and fight back, and us with them. This is a warning for the oligarchs of this continent."

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[David__77]

1. They should use all means to support Honduran popular resistance.

There cannot be a repeat of 1954. The fascist oligarchy must be definitively smashed. The balance of forces is surely different than even 20 years ago, but central America is a tough area with a lot of fascist resistance. I wish that Zelaya had managed to garner more military support. Hopefully there is a counter coup be patriotic-minded junior officers. There must also be maximum pressure on Obama and his administration to withdraw support to the Honduran state, and hopefully withdraw its ambassador as well.