Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State San Jose, Costa Rica March 4, 2010
Unfortunately the Video seems to be in a form none of my brower's will play, or perhaps it hsa been removed.
So here is the full quote on that:
>And finally, on Central America, again, I don’t know what you’re referring
to, but the United States believes strongly in democracy and we are
supporting the return of constitutional democracy to Honduras. The election
which was held was by all observers found to be free, fair, and legitimate.
President Lobo has moved quickly to implement many of the recommendations
that first came from President Arias’s work on the San Jose accords and
then were incorporated into the Tegucigalpa Accord. He has a unity
government. He has a truth commission that will be stood up. He expedited
the safe departure of former President Zelaya. And we think that Honduras
has taken important and necessary steps that deserve the recognition and
the normalization of relations.
I have just sent a letter to the Congress of the United States notifying them that we will be restoring aid to Honduras. Other countries in the region say that they want to wait a while. I don’t know what they’re waiting for, but that’s their right, to wait. We believe that President Lobo and his administration have taken the steps necessary to restore democracy. And we share the condemnation of the coup that occurred, but we think it’s time to move forward and ensure that such disruptions of democracy do not and cannot happen in the future.
On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 8:46 PM, Gar Lipow <gar.lipow at gmail.com> wrote:
> A number of people, including our Doug Henwood have documented the role of
> Hillary Clinton in supporting the 2009 coup. However, there is a particular
> press conference I remember sometime in late 2009 or early 2010 that would
> I think capture that role nicely in 15 seconds. Shortly after the Nov 29
> 2009 rigged election which brought Lobo to power, Clinton as SOS was
> turning Latin American call on other states to recognize the coup
> government now that there had been a ""free and fair election" . But I
> especially remember her saying (I paraphrase from memory) "Honduran
> Democracy has been restored. There is no excuse not to recognize the
> Honduran government. So what are you waiting for?" As she said this, she
> gave this big wicked ggtcha grin, and more or less shook with laughter.
> She was gleeful and triumphant. I would love to track down that video or
> even the audio. (Her voice alone even without the picture conveys an almost
> demonic glee. ) With my various disabilities I'm having trouble finding it
> If anyone else is willing to put in the work it might be worth the effort.
> I''ll continue to look myself.
>
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