OAS MTG. (Honduras) June 2-3. Live Webcast

[magbana]

Here's the URL for the OAS website in case you are interested in watching proceedings of OAS meeting starting tomorrow. At this site you can also see draft agendas, etc. This URL will take you to the English part of the site, but once there you can change over to Spanish or Portuguese.

Supposedly Insulza and Ramdin held a press conference at noon today in Honduras. If you check the site out, you will probably stumble across it.

http://www.oas.org/39ag/english/#

[magbana]

1. Hillary is there.

Today's session is just starting. See the link in the original post if interested in checking it out. Question is who isn't there?

[Judi Lynn]

3. Doesn't look as if she's all atwitter to be there, either!

Just got in, in time to hear Zelaya discussing non-intervention in the internal affairs of other countries. Good idea!

[magbana]

2. Ortega just showed up n/t

[magbana]

4. Pres. Zelaya of Honduras ended his remarks with a call for rescinding the 1962

OAS resolution excluding Cuba. Before that he said it's time to get over this democracy/socialism struggle and that many countries, including the US have used elements of socialism to achieve specific goals. Throughout, Hillary sat impassive and eyes close to fluttering towards sleep.

[Judi Lynn]

6. Maybe being so close to the new axis of evil gave her the vapors! n/t

[Judi Lynn]

5. Good to see they've invited Rigoberta Menchu. Correa you can spot a mile away!

With Zelaya's heavy emphasis upon moving toward a non-violent Latin America, it should come through to American corporatists that they are NOT interested in hosting any more bloodbaths for their working classes and very poor any longer.

I got to the link just as they wound down their inaugural ceremony. Will be using checking this link later.

Thank you for sharing it, magbana.

[La Gringa]

7. Not true

"With Zelaya's heavy emphasis upon moving toward a non-violent Latin America"

I just ran across this forum and out of curiosity searched for discussions about Honduras, where I have lived for almost 8 years now. If I didn't already know how little information actually gets out in the world press about Honduras, I would be amazed at the misinformation about what actually goes on here.

Zelaya has placed NO importance on crime, security, non-violence. None, nada, zilch. Crime, along with the murder rate have sky-rocketed. Kidnappings, drive-by killings, you name is way up. Though Wikipedia 2008 statistics are not updated for all countries, it puts Honduras second only to Irak. We had 57.9 homicides per 100,000 population compared to a worldwide average of 8. US average (I think, from memory) was 5.5. And factor in that people "disappear" in this country or the ones who just get buried with no police report. Crime is the number one issue among the people, rich and poor. Narcotraffickers, gang members, and money launderers are in control of the country, the government and the police.

While Zelaya could find 3,000 police and military to "keep order" for the OAS representatives, none can be found for the rest of us.

It's all talk. Everything that comes out of his mouth is talk with no action, at best. At worst, it is just the opposite of what is really going on here. The people know that.

UN statistics are a joke, too. The government passes a law that says children or the environment or whatever will be protected, and the UN reports that children or the environment or whatever are protected in Honduras. Zelaya says poverty is down 5% or education is up 5% and that is what the UN reports, even when they know it is not true. I guess that is politics or political correctness. The new transparency law which was supposed to help combat corruption actually is a very powerful law which PREVENTS transparency and protects corruptos, but the law is there, so everyone congratulates Honduras.

Incidentally, in an interview with the media, Zelaya admitted that he won the election through corruption. He laughed and said that everyone does it. It's the Honduran way.

Sorry for the rant on my first visit. I have no political leanings in any direction and I read all of the Honduras media on the big issues, as well as learning from Hondurans, so I feel very comfortable with what I am saying. Please don't believe everything you read.