MERCOSUR DOES NOT recognize new Honduran government

MERCOSUR unknown new Honduran government

Written by Carmen Esquivel Sarria

tuesday, 08 of 2009 of diciembre

08 of December 2009, 12:06  Montevideo, Dec 8 (Prensa Latina) The countries of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) today vigorously condemned the coup in Honduras and expressed  their not recognition of   elections under the de facto regime made on 29 November. See: Lula calls for the elimination of double taxation in MERCOSUR  MERCOSUR: presidents begin Uruguayan Summit Executive Tower "Venezuela outraged by situation in Honduras," Chavez A statement read by the president of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez, described as unacceptable the serious violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms committed against the people of Honduras. The text, issued following the summit, denounced the elections in Honduras were developed in an atmosphere of unconstitutionality and illegality, which is a blow to democratic values in Latin America and the Caribbean. The statement was signed by Presidents Cristina Fernandez of Argentina, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, Fernando Lugo of Paraguay, Tabaré Vázquez of Uruguay, Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, as a partner. Fernandez, who became president pro tempore of the bloc, claimed that the coup against President Manuel Zelaya sets a dangerous precedent in the region. In the same sense spoke the president of Paraguay, who warned that the Central American country "is in a coma" due to political instability following the coup. In Honduras, kidnaps a president, curtails the right of assembly and intimidate the population and then seeks to legalize blow through elections. This is something dangerous, said Lugo. Zelaya was abducted from his home by hooded soldiers on June 28 and taken by force to Costa Rica. On September 21 the legitimate president succeeded in a surprise return to the country and has since been found in the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa. "We can not accept anything to make up brutality. I appeal to dignity," said the MERCOSUR summit in the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez. The Brazilian government insisted it would not recognize the government of Porfirio Lobo, emerged from the elections in Honduras, because it is a process conducted under an illegitimate regime. While Zelaya declared that remain in the Brazilian embassy until the South American country will allow. "I'll be here as has the support of Brazil," said Zelaya told Radio Globo. lma / car

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