Tom Shannon: Nave or
Fool?
Either Way He’s Not Fit
to Serve as
US Ambassador to
Brazil
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As Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere
Affairs, Bush hold-over Tomas Shannon was sent by President Obama to Honduras
to help end the four month long coup with a negotiated return of the
constitutional order. The OAS, UN, and European Union all demanded the return
to office of democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya as a condition to
recognize presidential elections scheduled for November 29.
Either Shannon defied President Obama’s instructions
and plotted with the coup regime to keep it in power, or he was fooled by
thuggish coup leader Roberto Micheletti into supporting a hoax that the coup
regime had no intention of honoring. After he returned to the US, Shannon gave
the green light for the coup regime to continue the brutal repression condemned
by human rights groups by saying the US would recognize the election, even if
Zelaya is not returned to office! Supporters of democracy in Honduras have said
they will boycott the election; so Shannon’s actions will perpetuate the
crisis and embolden anti-democracy elements in other Latin American countries.
Obama’s stated goal to improve relations with Latin America has been
dealt a serious blow.
Shannon’s actions prove him unfit to serve as US
ambassador to Brazil. How can Shannon effectively serve as US ambassador when
Brazil has been among the strongest voices demanding that the Age of Coups in
the Americas is over and that the Honduran coup cannot be allowed to
stand? Brazil has even sheltered President Zelaya in its Honduran
Embassy, a courageous act that has resulted in its embassy being surrounded by
Honduran military troops and assaulted day and night by high decibel noise and
bright lights in violation of international law.
Shannon should be punished, not rewarded for his perfidy
or naiveté. US relations with Brazil are too important to trust to a nave
or a fool.
The Senate could take up his
nomination at any moment so call today!
Alliance for Global
Justice, 1247 E St., SE, Washington, DC 20003
http://www.AFGJ.org
