UNITED NATIONS: The president of the UN General Assembly, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, has strongly condemned the army coup that deposed President Manuel Zelaya in Honduras.
D'Escoto "firmly and categorically condemns the criminal action by the army in the Republic of Honduras that has broken the constitutional order by carrying out a coup d'etat against President Manuel Zelaya," his office said in a statement yesterday.
The Nicaraguan former foreign minister demanded that "the Honduran army immediately end its illegal action" and called on US President Barack Obama to condemn the coup.
Pointing to the new policy toward Latin America, which Obama announced at a Summit of the Americas in Trinidad last month, D'Escoto said: "Many are now asking if this coup is part of this new policy as it is well known that the army in Honduras has a history of total collaboration with the United States."
"In order to eliminate any doubt, it is absolutely necessary that President Obama immediately condemns the coup against President Zelaya," he added.
"In any case, it should be clear that neither the United States nor any other country should recognize the legitimacy of another head of state in Honduras."
Both Obama and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued statements on Honduras earlier in the day, with the US president saying he was "deeply concerned" by the news.
Jun 29, 2009
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