Zelaya: US Seeks to Whitewash
Honduras Coup
TEGUCIGALPA - Overthrown Honduran president
Manuel Zelaya accused the United States of
trying to whitewash the coup that removed
him from office in that small Central
American nation one year ago.
The coup was planned at the US military base
in Palmerola, Honduras by the US Southern
Command, Zelaya said in an exclusive
interview with the Telam news agency.
The former president emphasized that his
country's soldiers merely carried out the
violent aspect of the coup, and said the
former de facto president, Roberto
Micheletti, wasa figurehead.
In Zelaya's opinion, his violent overthrow
was a consequence of his government's
adoption of measures contrary to the
interests of the White House.
He mentioned modifications to monetary,
exchange and wage policies that contradicted
the policies promoted by the International
Monetary Fund (IMF), and the signing of
association treaties with Petrocaribe and
the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of
Our America (ALBA).
Zelaya reiterated that although the US
Department always denied its participation
in the coup, "time and U.S. public support
to the coup and its perpetrators finally
confirmed its participation." |
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