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United States United States U.S. treads carefully with Honduras crisis
United States United States U.S. treads carefully with Honduras crisis
| U.S. treads carefully with Honduras crisis |
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| Written by Heman Kothari |
| Tuesday, 30 June 2009 16:12 |
 After failing to stave off a military coup in Honduras, the Obama administration moved gingerly Monday to try to undo it, leaving key levers of U.S. influence untouched as it urged Hondurans and other countries in the region to seek a settlement.The administration's approach appeared designed to avoid damaging Washington's ties either to U.S.-allied backers of the coup that forcibly removed President Manuel Zelaya or the regional powers that have universally condemned it. President Obama expressed "great concerns" about the strife, and U.S. officials planned on attending a session of the Organization of American States in Washington today to address the situation. "We believe that the coup was not legal and that President Zelaya remains the president of Honduras, the democratically elected president there," Obama said after a meeting with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. "In that we have joined all the countries in the region, including Colombia, and the Organization of American States." But while condemning the overthrow, U.S. officials did not demand the reinstatement of Zelaya. The administration left its ambassador to Honduras in place, while several governments in the region recalled theirs. And despite control over millions of dollars in aid and massive economic clout, the administration did not threaten sanctions or penalties against Honduras for the formation of a new government the day after Zelaya was dragged from his bed and removed from the country Sunday. Before Sunday, Obama administration officials were aware of the deepening crisis and said they spoke to Honduran officials in the hope of resolving the dispute and averting a forced transfer of power. However, senior administration officials said the Honduran military ended those discussions Sunday and refused to take further calls. Now, as U.S. officials assessed the fallout from the first military overthrow in Central America in 16 years, they made it clear Monday that they were looking for a compromise that could restore democracy without risking further upheaval or destroying Honduras' fragile economy. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the political crisis "has evolved into a coup." But U.S. officials had not made a legal determination that the action actually constituted a coup, a finding that would trigger cutoffs of U.S. aid. |