Honduras takes dispute with Brazil to U.N. court

Honduras takes dispute with Brazil to U.N. court
Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:11pm GMT
By Aaron Gray-Block

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Honduras de facto government has started proceedings at the U.N. court in The Hague to stop Brazil giving refuge to ousted President Manuel Zelaya in its embassy in Tegucigalpa.

Brazil immediately disputed the move, saying that government had no standing to file it.

Zelaya has been in the embassy since last month following a military coup after he angered business leaders, the military and political rivals by moving Honduras closer to Venezuela's socialist president, Hugo Chavez.

In its application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to lodge a legal case against Brazil, the de facto Honduran government says Zelaya and others are using the embassy as a platform for political propaganda and threatening peace and public order.

Honduras requested the ICJ, or world court, declare that Brazil does not have the right to allow its embassy to be used to promote "manifestly illegal activities" by Honduran citizens.

More:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59S40P20091029?rpc=401

:rofl:

And that will be the end of that!

This is the rata that roared.

It is goriletti nonsense. World Court unrecognizes golpista regime.

Btw, cholusatsur showing cops beating up people as write this.

http://www.cholusatsur.com/

Thanks for the link. So good to see the station's up and running again.

Unbelievable.

Was hoping the police would have come to their senses by now, and walked away from terrorism of their Honduran neighbors.

Excellent book by Pierre Boulle, later made into a movie starring Peter Sellers.