HUGO CHAVEZ says HILLARY CLINTON'S Proposal to Zelaya is a Trap for Democracy

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Hillary Clinton´s Proposal to Zelaya is a trap for Democracy, says Hugo
Chavez


HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 10 (acn) Venezuela´s Hugo Chavez urged US President
Barack Obama to correct what he dubbed as a trap against democracy,
embedded in US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s proposal to the
Honduran conflict.

In a press conference at the Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Chavez
discredited Clinton’s invitation for a mediation meeting between
Honduras President Manuel Zelya and de facto ruler Roberto Micheletti.

After describing last June 28 military coup against Zelaya as a
challenge to the US president, the Venezuelan head of State wondered why
the White House has not imposed economic and political sanctions against
the de facto regime in Tegucigalpa, instead of proposing dialogue.

“We are even giving them the benefit of good faith” in the face of
this “serious mistake” that “became a trap for democracy and a very
dangerous and serious precedent” which is that of speaking with “an
usurper” (Micheletti) who should have been apprehended yesterday in
Costa Rica, he stressed.

Chavez said that the Honduran coup perpetrators are trying to wash their
hands, and added that thankfully Zelaya rapidily escaped “the quicksand.”

President Oscar Arias, from Costa Rica, expected to sit Zelaya and
Micheletti at the same table, said Chavez, and later he pointed out that
even Honduran Foreign Affairs Minister Patricia Rodas left Costa Rica.

Chavez urged Washington to, along with a correction of its position, do
something else like a freezing of visas, properties and bank accounts
belonging to the coup perpetrators. The Venezuelan president also
denounced plans to carry out coups in Guatemala, Nicaragua and El
Salvador.

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[EFerrari]

1. And of course, he's right.

If someone tried to depose Obama, I doubt he'd agree to sit down with them while they hold our country hostage. :shrug:

[flamingdem]

2. Hillary attempted to unload the mess onto Arias Senor Nobel Prize fergetaboutit nt