Brazil, United States, OAS Flunked Honduras Test
Andres Oppenheimer
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Let's examine how the main international players behaved in the crisis triggered by the
-- The gold medal for political hypocrisy should go to
The trouble with that argument is that most of today's democracies in
But what makes the Brazilian position a showcase of political hypocrisy is that, only days before asking the world not to recognize Lobo's election in
In addition to defying
Besides, how can
Granted,
-- The gold medal for flip-flopping -- and keeping all of us scratching our heads -- should go to
At first, the Obama administration joined
More recently, it backtracked a little bit, suggesting that
To be sure, the Honduran crisis took place while the job of head of Latin American affairs at the
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What should all international players have done? Contrary to what right-wingers in
But there should be a distinction between political sanctions and economic sanctions. Holding
Furthermore, it makes no sense to call for imposing economic sanctions on
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