Tuesday November 24, 2009 14:52
SAN PABLO, 24 (UPI) - The United States rejected a proposal by Brazil to postpone for two weeks Honduras presidential election next Sunday to press for the return to power of ousted president Manuel Zelaya, stay at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, reported local press today.
The offer was made on Tuesday October 17 by the Under Secretary for Political Affairs of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, Vera Machado, his American colleague, Richard Burns, in Washington, reported on its front page newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo.
"The idea of the Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim was postponing the elections for which supporters of President Zelaya and de facto, Roberto Michelleti, reached an agreement to reinstate Zelaya in power. The United States did nothing about it because not considered viable option, "wrote the paper based on diplomatic sources.
Moreover, the paper highlights a "Brazilian anger because of the position of Peru and Colombia to recognize Sunday's elections in Honduras.
U.S. sources quoted by the newspaper show that in the event that Mexico recognize the election as U.S. pushes "there will be a great divide in the region."
On the one hand, the source said, would the United States, Colombia, Peru, Canada and Mexico recognize the elections. Washington defended the conduct of elections in Honduras on Monday at a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS). (ANSA). MRZ
The offer was made on Tuesday October 17 by the Under Secretary for Political Affairs of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, Vera Machado, his American colleague, Richard Burns, in Washington, reported on its front page newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo.
"The idea of the Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim was postponing the elections for which supporters of President Zelaya and de facto, Roberto Michelleti, reached an agreement to reinstate Zelaya in power. The United States did nothing about it because not considered viable option, "wrote the paper based on diplomatic sources.
Moreover, the paper highlights a "Brazilian anger because of the position of Peru and Colombia to recognize Sunday's elections in Honduras.
U.S. sources quoted by the newspaper show that in the event that Mexico recognize the election as U.S. pushes "there will be a great divide in the region."
On the one hand, the source said, would the United States, Colombia, Peru, Canada and Mexico recognize the elections. Washington defended the conduct of elections in Honduras on Monday at a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS). (ANSA). MRZ
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