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Give talks a chance, U.S. tells Honduras rivals
Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:01pm EDT
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - The United States and the Costa Rican mediator in Honduras' political crisis urged the rival sides on Tuesday to give talks a chance after the ousted president threatened to abandon dialogue if he was not reinstated quickly.
They were responding to a warning on Monday by deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, toppled in a June 28 coup, that he would quit talks mediated by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias unless Honduras' interim rulers agreed to restore him to office this weekend.
"All parties in the talks should give this process some time. Don't set any artificial deadlines," U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters in Washington.
Arias, who won the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in ending Central American conflicts, has called a fresh round of discussions for Saturday between representatives of Zelaya and envoys of interim Honduran President Roberto Micheletti.
But with both sides refusing to make concessions, Arias is struggling to keep alive hopes for a quick negotiated solution to Central America's worst political crisis since the Cold War. Two days of talks in Costa Rica last week between the rival Honduran delegations failed to achieve any real progress.
Honduras, which exports bananas, coffee and textiles, has a long history of coups, returning to democracy only in the 1980s after 20 years of mainly military rule in the impoverished Central American country.
Zelaya, bolstered by world condemnation of the coup, insists that his reinstatement is the only topic for any talks.
But Micheletti's interim government, installed by Honduras' Congress after the coup, is adamant Zelaya cannot return to power under any circumstances because it says he was trying to illegally extend his rule by seeking to lift presidential term limits. His removal was lawful, Micheletti says.
The debate over how to solve the Honduran crisis is also developing into a tussle for influence in Latin America between Venezuela's leftist president, Hugo Chavez, a fierce critic of Washington, and U.S. President Barack Obama, who is looking to improve strained U.S. relations with the region.
"Of course, I understand President Zelaya's desire to return and to be reinstated as president, as soon as possible," Arias told reporters in San Jose.
But he added: "Experience tells me that there must be patience. It's not easy to obtain results, it is through dialogue that President Zelaya should be reinstated," he said when asked about Zelaya's ultimatum.
VENEZUELA, U.S. DIFFER OVER MEDIATION
But most analysts see time being on the interim government's side, as it sits tight heading toward scheduled general elections in November, which Micheletti says will go ahead, or could even be brought forward.
The mediation efforts appeared badly bogged down, an analysts said. "For the moment, there doesn't seem to be any willingness to give an inch. If there isn't a change of attitude from both sides or from their negotiators, the talks will fail," said Efrain Diaz, a political analyst with the Honduran NGO Center for Human Development.
No foreign government has recognized Micheletti as president. The United States, the Organization of American States and the U.N. General Assembly have called for Zelaya to be restored to office. Continued...
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