U.S. Department of State's bullying Honduras: I WISH YOU WOULD STOP LYING

MR. KELLY: Yes. Let me give you an update on where we are on some of these initiatives. We understand the de facto regime’s foreign minister, Carlos Lopez Contreras, publicly invited a representative group of foreign ministers from the OAS – from OAS countries to come to Tegucigalpa and help promote a dialogue. We welcome that announcement, and we look forward to supporting that initiative.

"Carlos Lopez Contreras, publicly invited a representative group of foreign ministers from the OAS – from OAS countries to come to Tegucigalpa?????????????????????????????????????

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT???


OK. Flashback:

Insulza postpones trip to Honduras because of Micheletti closing airports

22 de septiembre de 2009, 07:28 AM September 22, 2009, 07:28 AM

Santiago de Chile, 22 sep (EFE) .- The OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza, said today that due to the closure of airports ordered by the Honduran government de facto has had to postpone his trip to that country.

  Speaking to Radio Cooperativa in Chile, Insulza, who was scheduled to travel to Honduras today, said "there are no flights to Tegucigalpa" and reiterated its intention to contribute to the pursuit of dialogue between the coup and deposed President Manuel Zelaya, who from Monday, is the headquarters of the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa.

http://espanol.news.yahoo.com/s/22092009/54/n-world-insulza-aplaza-viaje-honduras-cierre.html

International Flights Cancelled, military checkpoints set up

La Prensa reports on facebook that Alfredo SanMartín, director of Aviation, has cancelled all international flights until further notice. This, presumably, is in response to José Miguel Insulza's announcement that he would travel to Honduras tomorrow. Last time, he came on a US Airforce jet that landed at Toncontin airport.

Callers to Radio Globo report that the military has set up checkpoints at the entrances to the city, and is blocking access to all buses but currently letting cars through.

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Micheletti defends response to Zelaya's return to Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (CNN) -- The de facto president of Honduras denied Wednesday that his government turned off the power at the embassy where deposed President Jose Manual Zelaya surprisingly reappeared this week, and said that the people inside were free to come and go.

A soldier takes a picture Wednesday of the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

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Honduran forces also will not enter the Brazilian embassy, where Zelaya has been housed since Monday, de facto President Roberto Micheletti said in an interview with CNN en Español.
But these developments do not spare Zelaya, who was ousted in a June 28 coup, from being arrested and facing charges for violating the constitution if he leaves the safe haven of the embassy, Micheletti said.
"President Zelaya should present himself before the tribunals of justice in our country where he has charges against him," Micheletti said.
The de facto president challenged versions of events surrounding Zelaya's return.
Despite local reports citing police officials that authorities turned off the power to the embassy and surrounding area ostensibly to discourage looting, Micheletti said that a congregation of pro-Zelaya protesters at the embassy short-circuited the power themselves.
As of Wednesday, power was restored to the building, Micheletti said.
A nationwide curfew was lifted Wednesday, but a security cordon remained in the area around the embassy.
Micheletti said that the police were there because the people inside the embassy requested the protection, and said, "We are not impeding the exit nor the entrance of absolutely anybody."
Zelaya's announced return has re-ignited a stand-off between the two disputed leaders of Honduras. Brazil now finds itself involved because of its embassy.
Brazil wants an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the situation, the official Brazilian news agency reported.

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In another development, Micheletti said he is willing to meet anywhere with ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya as long as Zelaya agrees to abide by presidential elections scheduled for November 29. But the de facto leader said in a statement read by his foreign minister Tuesday that his offer to talk with Zelaya does not nullify an arrest warrant issued against the ousted president by the nation's Supreme Court.
"I think that what the whole world should understand about this country is that there is no immunity for anyone -- for anyone," Micheletti told CNN en Español. "And, no one can be above the law."
Micheletti's willingness to engage Zelaya seemed to be a reversal of his position. On Tuesday, he had said in an interview with local network Televicentro that Zelaya's sudden appearance would not revive negotiations to have him return to power.
The United States and Brazil have said they support dialogue between the two sides, centered on the San Jose Accord, an agreement negotiated by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. That deal calls for Zelaya to be restored to power.
The Brazilian request for a Security Council meeting came after the Honduran government isolated the embassy by cutting water, power and phone lines to the building, U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly confirmed to reporters Tuesday in Washington.
This was the same action that Micheletti denied Wednesday.
Micheletti said that other nations have not given his government a fair hearing of its position.
"This is what we Hondurans want: to be heard, for them to read our constitution, to read our laws, and to see what happened before June 28," Micheletti said.
The de facto government argues that Zelaya was not removed in a coup, but in a constitutional transfer of power.
Zelaya, a centrist whose politics took a strong turn to the left once in office, was ousted in a June 28 military-backed coup. Despite increasing political, diplomatic and economic isolation, Micheletti has steadfastly resisted pressure to allow Zelaya to return to power and Micheletti thwarted two very public attempts by Zelaya to return to his homeland.
"Yes, we are alone, but we are surviving," Micheletti said. "Two months ago, people didn't think we would withstand all this time, but here we are almost three months later."
Amnesty International issued a statement Wednesday in which the human rights group "denounced a sharp rise in police beatings, mass arrests of demonstrators and intimidation of human rights defenders in Honduras since the June coup d'état and warned that fundamental rights and the rule of law in the Central American nation are in grave jeopardy."
The organization said police fired tear gas Tuesday at a building housing a prominent human rights organization. Around 100 people, including women and children, were inside, Amnesty International said. Many were there to denounce what they said were police abuse while breaking up the demonstration outside the Brazilian Embassy, the rights group said.
"The situation in Honduras can only be described as alarming," said Susan Lee, Americas director at Amnesty International. "The attacks against human rights defenders, suspension of news outlets, beating of demonstrators by the police and ever increasing reports of mass arrests indicate that human rights and the rule of law in Honduras are at grave risk."

It was still not publicly known Wednesday how Zelaya got into the country and he declined to provide details, only telling CNN en Español on Tuesday that it was a 15- to 16-hour trip he took "with the help of Hondurans."

Take a look at how Mr. Kelly ridicules President Lula da Silva's request to the United Nations Security Council to protect President Zelaya, stating that THEY(the U.S.) have the presidency of the UN Council this month: 

QUESTION: A follow-up on Honduras. Do you – are you aware of any multilateral initiatives which involve the OAS or the United Nations, or the bilateral level, which has to do with --

MR. KELLY: Yes.

QUESTION: -- the President of Costa Rica?

MR. KELLY: Yes. Let me give you an update on where we are on some of these initiatives. We understand the de facto regime’s foreign minister, Carlos Lopez Contreras, publicly invited a representative group of foreign ministers from the OAS – from OAS countries to come to Tegucigalpa and help promote a dialogue. We welcome that announcement, and we look forward to supporting that initiative.
In addition, the Brazilian Government has formally requested that the UN Security Council convene to discuss the safety and security of President Zelaya and Brazilian facilities and personnel in Honduras. And as we are the – we have the presidency of the Security Council this month, and in our capacity as the president of the Security Council, we’re working on this request.

In general, we continue to work with our partners in the UN and the OAS to come up with means to promote a dialogue and defuse the tensions, of course with the ultimate goal of resolving the crisis. And we’re continuing our consultations with our partners in the region, and enlisting wherever we can their assistance in this process. I want to say that President Arias has done an outstanding job as a mediator, and we hope that his services can continue to facilitate the crisis.

And finally, on the 22^nd, the OAS met yesterday. The OAS Permanent Council met and issued a statement calling for the immediate signing of the San Jose Accord and the restoration of President Zelaya to office.

QUESTION: Do you know when is this team of the OAS going to Honduras?

MR. KELLY: It’s – like I say, we welcome the openness of the de facto regime to receive this team, and even as we speak, this is all being worked out: who exactly will go and what the context will be for dialogue.
Yes, in the back.

 Arias Warns  about things getting worse(probably more military repression, blocking food from Hondurans) if the U.S. backed San José Accord, which grants amnesty to both sides, except that one side is a dictator and a genocide criminal and no-one ever granted amnesty to Hitler:

Oscar Arias: "Maybe things have to get worse in order for them to get better"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osVflqbWe0U&feature=sub

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, OSCAR ARIAS, HILLARY CLINTON, AND IAN KELLY(as well as CNN, Goebbels media):

GO FUCK YOURSELVES, FUCKING NAZIS