A Conversation with Honduras President Zelaya

Sep 2, 2009

Center for Economic and Policy Research George Washington University | Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program

Deposed Honduran President Zelaya spoke about the political situation in Honduras and U.S.-backed efforts to negotiate a solution to the turmoil caused by a coup that had ousted him from power. He spoke about his plans to return and called on the United States to match its strong words of condemnation for the coup with actions. In his remarks .. Read More
Deposed Honduran President Zelaya spoke about the political situation in Honduras and U.S.-backed efforts to negotiate a solution to the turmoil caused by a coup that had ousted him from power. He spoke about his plans to return and called on the United States to match its strong words of condemnation for the coup with actions. In his remarks he urged the Obama administration to cut off tens of millions of dollars in assistance to the de facto government and freeze the visas and assets of those involved in plotting his overthrow. Following his speech he answered questions from the audience. In Spanish with vioceover translation.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:33 McClintock, CynthiaProfessor [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] WELCOME. WELCOME? IS THIS WORKING? WELCOME. I AM CYNTHIA, DIRECTOR OF LATIN...
00:05:23 Weisbrot, MarkCo-Director PUBLICATIONS ABOUT THE TRUE IN HONDURAS. MARK? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CYNTHIA FOR THAT INTRODUCTION...
00:12:10 Zelaya, Jose ManuelPresident [SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE] Translator: THANK YOU. I THINK YOU SINCERELY FOR HAVING EXTENDED THE INVITATION....
01:04:55 McClintock, CynthiaProfessor THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR OF A FEW QUESTIONS BEFORE THE...
01:05:39 Zelaya, Jose ManuelPresident WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ADMINISTRATION TAKE? [SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE] Translator: TOMORROW SOME...
01:09:45 McClintock, CynthiaProfessor NOW THE TEACHERS AND CAMPESINOS HAVE BEEN, HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING FOR GOOD THEY ARE ON STRIKE FOR 64...
01:10:49 Zelaya, Jose ManuelPresident FUTURE AT THAT TIME. [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING SPANISH] Translator: AS I WAS STATING BEFORE, THE...
01:14:38 McClintock, CynthiaProfessor WANTED TO ASK THE PEOPLE WHETHER THEY WANTED TO BE ASKED, WHETHER THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION....
01:15:18 Zelaya, Jose ManuelPresident OR WHAT EXACTLY? [SPEAKING SPANISH] [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] Translator: YES SIR THE I WAS THAT THE...
01:21:02 McClintock, CynthiaProfessor THE SOCIAL AGREEMENT TO CARRY OUT ELECTIONS ARE NOT A GOOD OUTCOME, BUT IT WILL BE A DEEPENING OF...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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