[R-G] Zelaya holds US responsible if putschists continue in power in Honduras

[Sid Shniad]

CANTV: Zelaya holds US responsible if putschists continue in power 

This is the only site where I saw it reported that President Zelaya is holding 
the Obama administration responsible if the country continues under military 
siege. 

His comments can be heard here as well. It is astounding that he was unable to 
land at the US air base, 50 miles north-west of Tegucigalpa. That base is a 
guest of the Honduran government, of which Zelaya is the constitutional head. 

http://cantv.radiomundial.com.ve/yvke/noticia.php?27969 

As Zelaya headed for Managua, after failing to land at the Toncontin airport in 
Tegucigalpa, he spoke with TeleSur by phone. The president indicated that he 
would meet with the rest of the presidents of the OAS to se what solution they 
devise in view of the fact that obstacles were placed on the runway, and that he 
will have to seek other ways of entering the country beginning tomorrow, Monday. 

"Beginning tomorrow, the responsibility for this falls on the superpowers, 
especially on the United States," he said. "It must take immediate action. I 
have received calls today from diverse world figures, and in the coming minutes, 
we will give information about our next moves." 

"This is a barbarity, I condemn it before the international community. Someone 
has to bring order when an armed group assaults the government of a country, as 
these putschists did in Honduras." He added that "The United Nations or another 
organization has to have sufficient capacity [to respond] when a people is 
trampled." 

He regretted that the people were not able to break the military encirclement, 
because if they had, they would have removed the obstacles from the runway. 

Indicó que se reunirán con el resto de los presidentes de la OEA para ver qué 
solución se toman en vista de que colocaron obstáculos en la pista, y que tendrá 
que buscar otras formas de entrar al país a partir de mañana lunes. 

"A partir de mañana, la responsabilidad de esto recae sobre las potencias, 
especialmente sobre los Estados Unidos", indicó. "Debe tomar acciones 
inmediatas. He recibido llamadas hoy de diversas personalidades del mundo, y el 
los próximos minutos informaremos de las próximas acciones". 

"Esto es una barbarie, lo denuncio ante la Comunidad Internacional. Alguien 
tiene que poner orden cuando un grupo armado asalte el gobierno de un país, como 
lo hicieron estos golpistas en Honduras". Aseveró que "las Naciones Unidas u 
otra organización tiene que tener suficiente capacidad cuando un pueblo es 
atropellado". 

Lamentó que la gente no hubiera podido romper el círculo militar, porque de 
haberlo hecho, ellos hubieran quitado los obstáculos de la pista. 
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