Posted on 09/25/2009 6:42:45 AM PDT by Ebenezer
(English-language translation)
Sao Paulo - High-level officials with the Brazilian government are accusing Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez of "orchestrating" the plan for the return of deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya, who is sheltered at the Brazilian Embassy, the local press reports.
Advisors to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the Foreign Ministry interviewed by Sao Paulo newspaper O Estado pointed out that the "infrastructure, the logistics, and the advice to specifically seek the Brazilian Embassy" for Zelaya's clandestine return were prepared by Chávez.
Zelaya's unexpected bursting into Brazil's diplomatic legation has caused an unprecedented and hard-to-resolve conflict, since there is technically no asylum or refuge situation and the embassy, whose ambassador was recalled since the beginning of the political crisis in that Central American country, has ended up at the center of the conflict.
The advisors maintain the information that Zelaya was advised by Chávez to seek refuge specifically at the Brazilian Embassy since it was the "safest" place, so President Lula "is at the forefront of the pressure to reinstate the deposed president to power."
Brazil, the United States, and Chile, among other countries, demand that the de facto government under Roberto Micheletti negotiate with Zelaya, acting in the effort as mediator for Costa Rican President Oscar Arias.
It is estimated that 100 people, Zelaya relatives and sympathizers among these, are inside the Brazilian Embassy.
On Wednesday, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies approved sending a parliamentary mission to Honduras, which consists of congressmen from the allied base and the opposition, who agree that the matter should be dealt with delicately.
The trip, however, faces difficulties due to the closing of the Honduran airports because of the eruption of violence and the need for the Honduran Congress to grant the mission safeconduct, given that Brazil unilaterally severed diplomatic relations with that country.
The newspaper pointed out that the Brazilian Foreign Ministry "officially" asked Zelaya to abstain from making politically-provoking statements while he remains in the diplomatic venue.
In New York, where he is participating in the United Nations General Assembly, Lula asked during the meeting's opening speech for Zelaya's reinstatement to power.
Really? What a shock.
And the poor Brazilians are now also subject to poison hallucinatory gas and radiation, not to mention encirclement by Israeli mercenaries.
Turns out Zelaya is not just a “President for Life” dictator wannabe. He is also freekin’ nuts.
There seems to be some disagreement in Brazil over this. I read Portuguese and the tweets I am seeing are convinced that Lula knew full well; Chavez has occasionally accused him of not being 100% behind the “Bolivarian Revolution,” and this may have been his way of proving his bona fides.
Lula took advantage of the fact that there was no ambassador and nobody in charge, so Zelaya - smuggled in by whom? - could literally walk in and Lula could simultaneously claim that he hadn’t approved it and at the same time curry favor with Chavez by letting it happen by default.
Many people are convinced that the only way Zelaya could have gotten back is with US help, btw.
So, why is he in the Brazilian embassy? Don’t they have one for Venezuela?
So, they have this hot potatoE who is insisting the jjjjjooooosssssss are torturing him while he’s in the Brazilian Embassy.
E at the end of potatoE to honor Dan Quayle.
So, if Brazil does not have a diplomatic presence in Honduras anymore, what stops Honduras from taking over the embassy and arresting Zelaya?
“Accuse”. Hmmmmm.
I agree it’s hard to believe that Lula had nothing to do with Zelaya finding refuge at the embassy. If the Brazilians were telling the truth, they would have given Zelaya over to the Honduran authorities and voiced protests not at Honduras but at Venezuela.
In fact, Brazil broke diplomatic ties with the wrong country.
Does this article state that Brazil has severed relations with Honduras? If so then why hasn’t Honduras expelled all the Brazilian diplomats?
“Brazil accuses Chavez...?” HUH? So Brazil is annoyed that this thug is living in it’s embassy? THAT DO bring up a pretty friggin’ OBVIOUS question, don’t it??!!
Brazil is sort of between a rock and a hard place, I think. Lula is a radical leftist, but his policies have not been as leftist as expected mainly because they simply wouldn’t fly with Brazilians. However, he’s desperate to be part of Chavez’ special gang of lefty states. What’s a Commie to do?
Exactly. I would think this gives Honduras the excuse it needs to apply the pressure needed to get Zalaya to leave or caught and imprisoned.
I thought Brazil should have been responsible for removing all of its diplomatic staff and their families from Honduras once relations were severed. I’m sure Honduras, in turn, would not have interfered with the removal.
One thing I don’t know is when Brazil decided to break relations, either before or after Zelaya invited himself to the embassy.
If that is the case, then Lula has more sense than his counterpart in the U.S.
Need to look for a common link between the Embassy, Cuba and the Brazillian oil industry.
Or a Russian, Chinese or Iranian embassy. Those three countries would certainly benefit if Honduras was taken out.
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