Micheletti is a psychopath, yet the international media still listens to what he has to say

Honduras sets 10-day deadline on embassy standoff

By MARK STEVENSON (AP) – 46 minutes ago

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' interim government gave Brazil a 10-day ultimatum on Sunday to decide what to do with ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who took refuge in the Brazilian Embassy after sneaking back into this Central American nation.
A spokesman for interim President Roberto Micheletti warned Brazilian authorities to "immediately take measures to ensure that Mr. Zelaya stops using the protection offered by the diplomatic mission to instigate violence in Honduras."
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva immediately rejected the missive, saying his government "doesn't accept ultimatums from coup-plotters."
Micheletti didn't specify what he would do after 10 days. He has said previously that he plans to arrest Zelaya, who was deposed in a June 28 coup. Zelaya faces treason and abuse of authority charges for ignoring court orders to drop plans for a referendum on rewriting the constitution.
But Micheletti has also said he has no plans to raid the embassy and that Zelaya could leave if Brazil offers him political asylum.
Zelaya, who surprised the world by sneaking back into Honduras last week, called on his followers nationwide to mark Monday's three-month anniversary of the coup with a mass march in the capital to demand his reinstatement.
Brazil — like the rest of the international community — recognizes Zelaya as Honduras' legitimate president, and says it wants to protect him.
But Brazil said previously that Zelaya's arrival took embassy officials by surprise, and Silva asked Zelaya "to take care to give no pretext to the coup leaders to engage in violence."
On Tuesday, the day after Zelaya's return, baton-wielding soldiers used tear gas and water cannons to chase away thousands of his supporters outside the embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras' capital.
Since then, the mission has been surrounded by police and soldiers. Zelaya and about 65 supporters inside accused authorities of temporarily cutting off water and electricity early in the week, and later said the government released an unidentified gas that caused headaches, nosebleeds and nausea.
Brazilian Charge d'Affaires Francisco Catunda confirmed that Saturday: "Yes, it was released," he said in a rare interview outside the building. "One of our officials felt it, felt symptoms." Catunda added that some people had throat problems, but did not give details.
The U.N. Security Council has issued a statement that "called upon the de facto government of Honduras to cease harassing the Brazilian Embassy."
A Honduran rights group, the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, said Saturday that independent medical personnel entered the embassy and confirmed there were some symptoms. But Zelaya was in good health, they said.
Zelaya accused Micheletti's government Sunday of bombarding the embassy with "electromagnetic radiation." In a statement broadcast by Channel 36 television, Zelaya did not offer any other details, nor specify whether the alleged radiation had hurt anyone.
New talks to resolve the dispute began after Zelaya reappeared in Honduras following what he described as a secret, 15-hour journey. Many nations have announced they would send diplomatic representatives back to Honduras to support negotiations.
But the Honduran government said Sunday it would not automatically accept ambassadors back from some nations that withdrew their envoys.
Countries such as Spain, Mexico, Argentina and Venezuela would have to negotiate re-establishing diplomatic relations with the foreign ministry and reaccredit their diplomatic representatives, the government said.
A leader of Zelaya's National Front Against the Coup said a protester died Saturday from complications due to inhaling tear gas when soldiers and police broke up Tuesday's demonstration. Local media reported the woman had asthma.
Protesters say 10 people have been killed since the coup, while the government puts the toll at three.

 Reuters: Let me tell you that the President has repeatedly ttold Hondurans to protest peacefully he has repeated this to death in the anti-coup media, and this is how they have done it.. There has been no incitation to violence from the President neither from protesters, so why the fuck are you listening to Micheletti's lies as if demonstrations are violent?? THE MILITARY ARE VIOLENT YOU FUCKING IDIOTS, they are no riots, they live under military BRUTALITY.

Brazil says won't comply with Honduras ultimatum
Sun Sep 27, 2009 2:11pm EDT



PORLAMAR, Venezuela (Reuters) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Sunday his nation would not comply with a demand from Honduras' de facto government to decide the status of ousted President Manuel Zelaya in 10 days.

Lula, speaking to reporters during a summit in Venezuela, said international law protects Brazil's embassy, where Zelaya has been staying since returning to Honduras earlier this month. He demanded an apology from Honduras' de facto leader, Roberto Micheletti.

(Reporting by Frank Jack Daniel; Writing by Andrew Cawthorne; Editing by Bill Trott)

	Honduras warns Brazil over Zelaya
	Zelaya has been holed up in the Brazilian embassy in Honduras' capital since Monday [AFP]   Honduras' government has given Brazil 10 days to decide on the status of Manuel Zelaya, the ousted president, who took refuge in the Brazilian embassy last week after sneaking back into the country. The interim government said in a statement on Saturday: "We urge the Brazilian government to define the status of Mr Zelaya in a period of no more than 10 days. "If not, we will be obliged to take additional measures under international law," the statement said. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian president, responded on Sunday by telling reporters at a summit in Venezuela that Brazil would not agree to the demands by Roberto Micheletti, Honduras' interim leader. "Brazil will not comply with an ultimatum from a government of coup-mongers," Lula said, adding that international law protects Brazil's embassy. Lula also demanded an apology from Micheletti. Mariana Sanchez, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Tegucigalpa, said: "This [ultimatum] puts Brazil in a very difficult position ... because it seems that Zelaya is staging what looks like the beginning of a parallel government. "It's difficult to see how much support [Zelaya] has. He has been here a week now, and on the first day there were a few thousand people who came to greet him. Since then, the interim government has managed to keep people out of the picture around the embassy and in the streets." 'Under siege' The de facto government's statement did not give details on what measures it may take if Brazil failed to meet their deadline, but said Brazil must guarantee the diplomatic mission is not used by Zelaya to "incite violence". Since Monday, hundreds of soldiers and riot police have surrounded the embassy where protesters have held almost daily marches to demand Zelaya be reinstated. The United Nations Security Council had condemned the purported harassment of the Brazilian embassy on Friday, after Brazilian officials complained it was "under siege". Officials said food and supplies had only occasionally been allowed in and troops had blasted the building with high-frequency sounds. Zelaya, a logging magnate, upset conservative elites by allying himself with Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's socialist president. The interim government took control of Honduras after Zelaya was removed from power in late June at the height of a dispute over his plans to change the constitution. Micheletti wants to arrest Zelaya for violating the constitution. Election resolution Zelaya demands to be restored to power, but the interim government says that elections in November will resolve the crisis. Soldiers toppled Zelaya's government at gunpoint and sent him into exile in his pyjamas after the supreme court ordered his arrest. His critics say his push for consitutional amendments were paving the way for a change in presidential term limits, in order to extend his rule. Zelaya denies wanting to stay in power. His return stoked tensions in Honduras, a coffee- and textile-producing nation. One man was shot and killed in a clash between police and Zelaya supporters last week as pressure mounted to let him return to power. The United States, the European Union and the Organisation of American States have urged dialogue to bring Zelaya back to office. But the interim government insists that he must face justice at home.