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(June 29) An extraordinary summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA) concluded today in Managua, Nicaragua, with the approval of a declaration that urges the world to condemn Sunday’s coup d’état against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and to isolate the de facto regime that have seized power in that Central American country.
The text, which was described as clear during the Cuban radio-TV program Round Table, ratifies that Manuel Zelaya is the constitutional President of Honduras.
The nine members of ALBA - Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Ecuador, Honduras and Nicaragua – decided to withdraw their ambassadors from Tegucigalpa and urged all international organizations and other regional blocs to close ranks against the coup supporters.
The declaration warns of violations being committed against the human rights of the Honduran people, the increase of military repression and the detention of hundreds of people in the Central American nation.
According to press reports, a demonstrator was killed and dozens have been wounded while more than 700 social activists and demonstrators have been arrested. Images broadcast by Telesur television channel show police and military forces charging against demonstrators and firing tear gas and water cannons.
The ALBA declaration reiterates its support of the Honduran people and their Constitution, which provides in one of its articles that the citizens of this country have the right to rebel against those who usurp power.
The document adds that the coup supporters should be brought to justice.
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