Reply #6: ALBA leaders voice support for ousted Honduran president

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ALBA leaders voice support for ousted Honduran president, oppose U.S. military base in L. America
2009-10-18 20:32:02 - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/18/content_12264237.htm


LIMA, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- The seventh Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) summit concluded on Saturday in Cochabamba, Bolivia, with resolute support for ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya and opposition to U.S. military bases in Latin America .... the leaders and representatives from nine participating countries called for the reinstatement of Zelaya, and asserted that they would reject any government elected by the presidential election next month .... that no election held under the coup-installed government nor the authorities that emerge from it will be recognized by the international community.

The statement said the U.S military bases in Latin America and the Caribbean raised suspicion among people in the region, calling it a threat to regional peace and democracy.

Latin America and the Caribbean were a peaceful region and would not allow foreign military forces and bases to exist, it added.

.... The summit also decided that the next ALBA summit be held in Cuba in December. ........