CARACAS, Monday June 29, 2009 | Update
Western Hemisphere
The opposition Unified Panel on Monday issued a press communiqué "strongly" rejecting the events that took place in the last few days in Honduras, both the disregard of the Honduran Constitution by ousted President Manuel Zelaya and the military coup.
"No one, regardless of his political and social position, can be above the Constitution. In this regard, we reprove both the attitude of President Zelaya, who, acting as a caudillo, violated the Honduran rule of law, and the military actions carried out as of the early hours of yesterday (Sunday) that led to the breaking of the constitutional thread," read the press release.
Likewise, the opposition panel requested action from the Organization of American States (OAS) and the international community in order to find a solution for Honduras.
"We demand that freedom of expression and information be fully restored, as well as right to life and other human rights for all the Honduran people, especially for those who, exerting their right to demonstrate in the streets, express their rejection of what is happening there," said the Unified Panel.
04:17 PM. Western Hemisphere. "Damned empire; I curse you one thousand times; some day you will be finished off and wrecked. I curse you one thousand times, empire." This is the least that President Hugo Chávez has uttered to refer to the US government. In urging the Bolivarian Armed Forces to prepare for war, he said that a US raid on Venezuela through Colombia would trigger and spread over the region "the 100-year war."