On Wednesday, the President will host the President of Honduras at the White House.
He has provided Brazils' embassy in Tegucigalpa to Mel Zelaya, the ousted president of Honduras, who was deposed late in June.
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In addition, Lula helped smuggle the deposed pro-Chavez former president of Honduras back into Tegucigalpa and shelter him there in the Brazilian Embassy.
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Thus, at the time of his arrest he was no longer-as a matter of law, as far as the Supreme Court was concerned-president of Honduras.
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For the time being Costa Rican President, Oscar Arias, is trying (so far unsuccessfully) to mediate between the current President of Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, and ousted Honduran President, Manuel Zelaya.
Thus, at the time of his arrest he knew, as well as everybody else, that he was no longer-as a matter of law, as far as the Supreme Court was concerned-president of Honduras.
The Obama Administration has made serious mistakes in its handling of the crisis in Honduras where it supports the return of the deposed president, Mel Zelaya.
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Thus, the OAS interfered in the internal affairs of Honduras in favor of a president with a despotic project.
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In other words, it sounds like in exchange for economic support and other types of agreements beneficial to Honduras, President Zelaya seems to have compromised his country's constitution and its democracy.
By now, we are all aware of the situation in Honduras where President Manuel Zelaya tried unsuccessfully to use the nation's institutions to illegally convoke a referendum in order to change the constitution and perpetuate himself in power.
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In Honduras, President Azcona nears the end of his term, disillusioned with the United States and fearing that his country will be left to face communist military strength alone.
Gen Aristides said recently he believed smuggling had surged since the US limited anti-drugs co-operation with Honduras in protest at the ousting of President Zelaya in June.
President Obama's alienating of Israel, Poland, the Czech Republic, Honduras and other allies in the vain hope of currying favor with their foes, and ours.
Honduras is a representative democracy, where the President is both head of state and head of government.
Meet one of Honduras's most vocal advocates for the return of deposed president Manuel Zelaya to office.
In Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Mr. McDonough will conduct meetings with President Porfirio Lobo, members of his cabinet, and civil society representatives to discuss citizen security, human rights and economic development efforts between the United States and Honduras.
The Spanish-American War was fought in full view of the world, and President Taft announced exactly what he was doing when he moved to overthrow the governments of Nicaragua and Honduras.
As regional partners, the President and I discussed the situation in Honduras and the need for continued cooperation to support the people of Haiti as they recover and they rebuild.
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Honduras is now in the fifth week of a constitutional crisis that was provoked when then-president Zelaya violated the Honduran constitution.
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In Honduras, meanwhile, the president declared a national holiday so the entire country could be in front of the television for kickoff.
Why the insistence on restoring a president that violated the rule of law and the Constitution in many instances and who's intent was to destabilize Honduras in order to instill a Chavista regime?
So it is that his administration has sided with ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, who, with the support of Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, sought to undermine Honduran democracy, against Honduras's lawful government and democratic defenders.
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