The Big Winners in Honduras Are Lula and Brazil's New Moral Authority in LatAm
Written by Gregory Melus
Friday, 18 December 2009
Five months since the coup d'état and the situation in Honduras only complicates itself further. After the elections on November 27 there are now 3 President in Tegucigalpa: a deposed president, an interim president and a president elect. The U.S. and a few Latin American partners recognized the elections and negotiations now seem just a formality to the resolution of the crisis.
Even President Zelaya seems to accept the reality that he may never hold power in Honduras and will be lucky to live there. However the crisis ends, the most striking development is the emergence of an independent Latin America foreign policy. Led by Brazil, it is insistent on resolving its own issues with a moral authority that questions the U.S. role in the region.
The Obama doctrine made its first statement in Latin America. Despite assurances from the head of Southern Command Lt. General Douglas Fraser that U.S. forces stationed at the Palmerola air base were unaware that President Zelaya would be deported from the airbase, many in the region remain skeptical. Secretary of State Clinton did not dispel suspicions delaying to describe the events as a coup.
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