Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09MEXICO2339
2009-08-07 00:07:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Mexico
Cable title:  

ZELAYA ANGLES FOR MEETING WITH POTUS

Tags:  PREL PGOV PINR MX XK 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MEXICO 002339 

C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (PARAGRAPH MARKINGS 2,3,4)

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

STATE, PASS TO HONDURAN TASK FORCE, WHA/PD, WHA/CEN, AND
OPS.

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/06/2029
TAGS: PREL PGOV PINR MX XK
SUBJECT: ZELAYA ANGLES FOR MEETING WITH POTUS

REF: REFTEL: MEXICO 2309

Classified By: Confidential by Political Minister Counselor Charles Bar
clay.
Reason: 1.4 (b),(d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L MEXICO 002339

C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (PARAGRAPH MARKINGS 2,3,4)

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

STATE, PASS TO HONDURAN TASK FORCE, WHA/PD, WHA/CEN, AND
OPS.

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/06/2029
TAGS: PREL PGOV PINR MX XK
SUBJECT: ZELAYA ANGLES FOR MEETING WITH POTUS

REF: REFTEL: MEXICO 2309

Classified By: Confidential by Political Minister Counselor Charles Bar
clay.
Reason: 1.4 (b),(d).


1. (C) Rodolfo Pastor, the Honduran Minister of Culture under
President Zelaya, told Poloff August 6 that Mexican President
Calderon agreed to pass a letter from Zelaya to President
Obama at the upcomining Guadalajara Summit. The communique
requests a state visit in Washinton with POTUS. It may also
press for increased U.S. sanctions on Micheletti, as Zelaya
called for before the Mexican Congress and an August 5 press
conference.


2. (C) At the press conference, Zelaya referred to the current
U.S. reaction to the Honduran coup as "timid" and stressed
that the U.S. must levy sanctions to end the Hundran crisis.
When Polff asked Pastor for details on what additional
sanctions Zelaya sought, he noted that the Honduran Embassy
in DC passed a list of requests by the Zelaya government to
WHA/CEN August 4.


3. (C) Following Zelaya's trip to Brazil (Reftel),Pastor said
he intends to visit Argentina and Ecuador. Pastor suggested
that the dates of those trips were dependent on scheduling a
U.S. visit. Pastor stressed that Zelaya is pinning his hopes
on a meeting with POTUS, rather than less senior USG
officials.


4. (C) Comment: Though Minister Pastor spoke passionately about
the next steps the U.S. and international community must take
to reinstate to reinstate President Zelaya, it was apparent
he didn't think the odds were good. He had come into the
Embassy to apply for a J1 visa in order to teach Latin
American history at Harvard for six months, giving up his
high-level post in Zelaya's cabinet.

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