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| Brazil names new ambassador to Honduras |
| 2009-10-03 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 30, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Brazil's Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that the country will have a new ambassador in Honduras soon. The new ambassador, Mario Roiter, will replace Brian Michael Fraser Neele, who will be relocated to Antigua and Barbuda. Roiter previously served in the Brazilian embassy in Kuwait. The ministry said the change is not related to the recent crisis in Honduras, but is due to the expiry of Ambassador Neele's tenure. Neele was on vacation in Brazil when Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was deposed in late June, and did not return to his post since then. Brazil and Honduras have been locked in a political impasse since Sept. 21, when Zelaya began taking refuge in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa after returning to Honduras. Since then, the de facto government of Roberto Micheletti has been pressuring Brazil into handing out Zelaya. The embassy's phone lines were cut, as were power and water supplies. The embassy building is under siege. Brazil opposed the coup in Honduras since the beginning. Besides pulling out its ambassador, the Brazilian government also suspended the visa waiver agreement and several cooperation programs with Honduras. The Foreign Ministry said Ambassador Roiter will not take office until the Honduran crisis is solved since sending back an ambassador could give the wrong impression that Brazil recognizes the current Honduran government. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 "Senator Kerry, Fixed that for ya', Frank. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-10-03 22:43 |
| #4 are you saying Senator Kerry, D-MA, might not be acting in America's best interests? I'd say observable evidence says you're right |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-10-03 21:53 |
| #3 It bothers me more than most of the other stuff. I've been in that country ... much of it is truly dirt poor, but there is pride in their democratic system and they have been good allies of the US, which is why we have military bases there. If you get to Tegucigalpa, go to the small national historical museum there and read how they see their history from the Spanish colonial days until now. What the Dems and the EU have done is indefensible, stroking their own sense of purity at the expense of these people and their liberty. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-10-03 21:17 |
| #2 Viva Honduras! You know, it's weird but coming down on the wrong side of this issue bothers me as much as all the other obaminable stuff Dear Leader has done. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-10-03 20:22 |
| #1 And I'm sure ambassador Roiter will be welcome as soon as the embassy's current resident clears out. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-10-03 17:00 |