U.S. Embassy Commercial Attaché Christopher Lambert, Craig A. Kelly, President Fernandez.
Santo Domingo.- President Leonel Fernandez met Thursday with Undersecretary of the Western Hemispheric Affairs Office Craig A. Kelly, with whom discussed several regional topics.
After the meeting Kelly said also addressed with the Head of State the problems of Honduras and the aspects on South America. “We are very happy with this cooperation by President Fernandez and by many leaders of the region.”
The U.S. official told reporters who cover the National Palace that among other topics of national interest discussed with Fernandez were his country’s relation with Dominican Republic, implementation of the San José Agreement and baseball.
Kelly stressed that also discussed in the meeting with Fernandez are the effort of the countries in the region to solve their problems. “We spoke about the regional effort that is very positive.”
He added that the Hondurans have a crisis and it’s a problem which they “have to solve and are advancing.”
He also stated his satisfaction with the process the country conducts with the United States-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement.
From: United States
Political whitewash by Leonels mouth pieces.
His own country the DR going into ruins yet he brags about Honduras.
Lets see if Spain with its loss of credit worthiness is still willing to lend money for the Metro and other wasted projects.
From: United States, Reality Check
This is an example of political showmanship that goes on while youth in my Santiago barrio are being introduced to drugs to make the addicts (good customers) before they have a chance to finish their education and pursue their dreams to rise up from poverty...
All the while, the US DEA allow these middlemen & micro-traffickers to operate along with the local police & DNCD who take bribes to allow drug houses and points of sale on school routes to continue to make money.
If any average Joe who knows the truth then "dog & pony show" meetings like this one will make you sick to your stomach!
The trade agreement is good on paper, but merchants still are price gouging all Dominicans. When will the price of cars come down to reality and on-par with the US?
Sec. Clinton is a good leader with a good heart and I am 100% certain that her direct reports are NOT giving her the real story but instead reporting Prez Lionel's version of reality.
juan_de_eeuu@hotmail.com
From: United States, Brooklyn
In laymen's term: Stop messing around with our foreign policy in Latin America Mr. Fernandez...
Maybe the US should take its own advice
What say you Mr. Sky??? Let me guess allow the US to do whatever it wants on grounds that they stopped the nazi's??? Am i correct?
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
Total Hog wash .........he will do as he is told .....It does not matter how many freebies hugo gives him ..... He will dance to his Uncles tune
Written by: Atabey, 11 Dec 2009 1:32 PM
From: United States, NYC
Agree.
Fernandez is just looking to see how much more he can get to get back into the fold. If we see the announcement of a meeting with Lobo it'll signify that whatever Fernandez got was sufficient. But the Chavez line will never be as attractive as the US line, and he knows better than anyone what crossing Washington means for his plans. So the "New Man" program of Chavez will have to wait awhile in the DR.
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
I regard this article as most inoffensive..rather in contrast to some of the comments . There is no indication that any country wishes to interfere with the sovereignty of the DR and there is no indication that Leonel is doing no more than trying to have good relations with most countries . I do not agree with his view on Honduras but it seems,that as the USA ,Costa Rica ,Mexico and most of Europe are happy with the process of the recent election in Honduras, that country will now have international support.
Written by: josean, 11 Dec 2009 6:30 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Caption:
What was that Manuel Noriega did again, that pissed you guys off?
From: United States, Brooklyn
Ricardolito... If there were a true democracy he would have been beaten at the polls... And if he had cheated in order to win, the the coup would have been more acceptable... That is not democracy what is happening now, its a shame and its dangerous for the WHOLE REGION!
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
I am not sure who you mean by he ..but it still seems to me that the crisis is over and the people of Honduras can move on
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
Josean the great " Cara de Pina " is a different Latin movie than " Bed Time for Nutty Hugo "
From: United States, Brooklyn
Ricardo thanks for confirming what i already suspected... You're an IDIOT!
Written by: Atabey, 12 Dec 2009 12:23 AM
From: United States, NYC
Anyone who thinks that Hugo Chavez is on the right track needs to have their head checked out. Either they have not read the last 100 years of history or in reading this history they fell asleep. President Chavez plan for a "New Man" project in Venezuela. Remarkably, Chavez believes he can so transform human nature as well as El Che and Fidel in Cuba.
Hugo Chavez has decided to direct his socialist crusade at some politically correct targets. He wants Venezuelans to emulate his New Man ideal, a socialist revolutionary ascetic, and he's using tax policy to force them to do so. Taxes on art, cars, tobacco, and liquor aim to price sin out of reach for most of his countrymen:
* Don't douse food with too much hot sauce. Apparently, the New Man has a wimpy tongue.
* Respect speed limits. The New Man does the double-nickel.
* Eat low-cholesterol foods. (Is Mike Bloomberg a New Man?)
* No Barbie dolls for Venezuelan girls. Also, no boob jobs for teenagers.
Written by: Atabey, 12 Dec 2009 12:46 AM
From: United States, NYC
"Well i am glad that you, at least, acknowledge that my island is a "Slave Economy" of uncle sam!
And since you understand that well, what is your problem with chavez whom doesn't want to be told what to do? Should he be a good slave? do as he's told? What gives you such rights You Imperialist PIG"
First, have I ever stated that the DR is not a dependent nation-state of the USA?
Second, while Presidente Chavez is free to act as foolishly as he wants, opinions vary as to the value and sanity of such actions for the nation of Venezuela. I, for example, do not believe his program will bring the desired better future that most Venezuelans seek. In fact, Chavez's actions are driving Venezuela into a period of severe hardship and perhaps civil war. While it's understandable that small nations want to speak and demand as much power as Super States, in real life, as in nature Power rules. And this relationship between Power and Control is not likely to change however ma
Written by: Atabey, 12 Dec 2009 1:01 AM
From: United States, NYC
many attempts at creating a "Nuevo Hombre" The attempt failed miserably in Cuba and will fail in Venezuela, too. And if ever a Dominican Fidel or Chavez should gain power and attempt such foolishness it will fail also. The fundamental reason is human nature. Given this state of nature and its influence on the international arena, small nations like the DR must seek to navigate the treacherous seas with much wisdom and clear planning. Disorganization and poor elite consensus will drive the small nation into a perpetual state of management from a Proconsul of the regional Power. An example of this is Haiti.
If you think I'm in error about the failure of the New Man in Cuba, just take a short trip to our Caribbean brothers and see for yourself the results. And if you think that Fidel and Cuba do not play the game of politics, even when so-called sacred revolutionary principles are at stake, you also slept through that history lesson.
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
Crlos Franco ..why do you say that ..because I do not agree with you or because you enjoy abusing other writers as evidenced in many of your postings ??
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
Ricky Ricardo ignore Carlito he is a well known low grade moron and a lightweight and only performs that way when over medicated he is similar to mirabollitas aka BN but with a mean streak
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
zelaya is really milking his 15 minutes but we are tiring of his BS soon he will be in the rocking chair hopefully not in the DR
Written by: pelaut, 12 Dec 2009 8:56 AM
From: United States
I can't find the headline in the article itself. This is BS. Two guys in pinstripes down to check out the brown legged girls (or boys), nothing else to see here.
Written by: Atabey, 12 Dec 2009 10:10 AM
From: United States, NYC
Well, it would appear Fernandez must have gotten enough because he is scheduled to host a meeting with Zelaya and Lobo in the DR. Monday is the tentative target date for the meeting.
BBC
"Ousted Honduras President Zelaya 'will meet successor'
Mr Zelaya is still currently holed up in the Brazilian embassy in Honduras
Ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya is due to meet his elected successor, Porfirio Lobo, in the Dominican Republic, its president says."
Mr Zelaya told AP he was "thankful" to President Fernandez for trying to arrange a meeting but also did not confirm if the meeting with Mr Lobo had actually been organised.
Our correspondent says it may be that the invitation from President Fernandez is more of an open challenge to all sides to find a compromise and not a genuine breakthrough."
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
he still will have to get permission to leave the country he is under indictment for many crimes
Written by: Atabey, 12 Dec 2009 10:27 AM
From: United States, NYC
I understand, and from the readings it's possible that this whole thing hinges on a gambit: force each side to back down and begin the process of political negotiation.
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
I hope Zelaya likes Mexican food
Written by: Atabey, 12 Dec 2009 10:40 AM
From: United States, NYC
No mangu on the schedule? I guess Zeyala's thanks to Fernandez is a: Yes, I'll meet with Lobo in
DR. Question is: How much power does Lobo have to force this meeting, if indeed he wants it? Andwhy wouldn't he; it's a win-win for him. First, he gets Zeyala out of Honduras. Second, he shows the international community that he was willing to sit down and try to work out the problems. If they can't decide to agree, well, he tried. And Zeyala will then have to seek out other accommodations.
I think the US is applying some pressure on the ruling elite in Honduras to get the ball rolling.
Written by: josean, 12 Dec 2009 3:38 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Written by: CarlosFranco, 11 Dec 2009 7:20 PM
From: United States, Brooklyn
Ricardolito... If there were a true democracy he would have been beaten at the polls... And if he had cheated in order to win, the the coup would have been more acceptable... That is not democracy what is happening now, its a shame and its dangerous for the WHOLE REGION!
Carlos I am impressed your a xenapobe with a brain. There maybe hope for you yet!
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
But why do you want leonel to be involved
From: United States
Hondurans stood up against the world and said "We will NOT let Manuel Zelaya keep his coup! We will NOT go quietly into the abyss! ---WE WILL HAVE OUR REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY!
The poor of Honduras are not fooled by charlatans and super-filthy-rich elites like the friends of Chavez who step on them on their way to totalitarian dictatorship. They're not fooled in Venezuela anymore, but it's too late for them. They had their say before, now they've lost it all, just like the unionized workers and unionized soldiers who helped the Bolsheviks to power and immediately lost all power.
--trutherator,
happily married to a lady who is proudly catracho (Honduran)
From: United States
And the only crisis has been the one caused by outsider's interference with Honduras' own defense of their own constitutional republic
--trutherator
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
trutherator .....Thanks for shining the light on the phony socialists .....pay attention Josean
Written by: josean, 13 Dec 2009 9:11 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Are you referring to the former "Commie" The Wolf-man?"
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
you are just pink josean
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
once a commie always a commie !
From: United States
Ricardolito... If there were a true democracy he would have been beaten at the polls... And if he had cheated in order to win, the the coup would have been more acceptable... That is not democracy what is happening now, its a shame and its dangerous for the WHOLE REGION!
__Well what do you know? Not? He DID cheat, he admitted it to Jorge Ramos in an interview, he got the question directly, and Zelaya's answer was that fraud is ALWAYS NORMAL in elections! Gotcha you lying dictator! It's on YouTube! ..You could have asked before opening your mouth!
And NO elected president ANYWHERE should be above the law!
And hey Blutarsky, you cannot trust a "commie", but once in awhile one of them gets his eyes cleaned up --like me-- and we are the worst nightmares for those lying thieves!
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www.trutherator.wordpress.com
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His own country the DR going into ruins yet he brags about Honduras.
Lets see if Spain with its loss of credit worthiness is still willing to lend money for the Metro and other wasted projects.
All the while, the US DEA allow these middlemen & micro-traffickers to operate along with the local police & DNCD who take bribes to allow drug houses and points of sale on school routes to continue to make money.
If any average Joe who knows the truth then "dog & pony show" meetings like this one will make you sick to your stomach!
The trade agreement is good on paper, but merchants still are price gouging all Dominicans. When will the price of cars come down to reality and on-par with the US?
Sec. Clinton is a good leader with a good heart and I am 100% certain that her direct reports are NOT giving her the real story but instead reporting Prez Lionel's version of reality.
juan_de_eeuu@hotmail.com
In laymen's term: Stop messing around with our foreign policy in Latin America Mr. Fernandez...
Maybe the US should take its own advice
What say you Mr. Sky??? Let me guess allow the US to do whatever it wants on grounds that they stopped the nazi's??? Am i correct?
Fernandez is just looking to see how much more he can get to get back into the fold. If we see the announcement of a meeting with Lobo it'll signify that whatever Fernandez got was sufficient. But the Chavez line will never be as attractive as the US line, and he knows better than anyone what crossing Washington means for his plans. So the "New Man" program of Chavez will have to wait awhile in the DR.
What was that Manuel Noriega did again, that pissed you guys off?
Ricardolito... If there were a true democracy he would have been beaten at the polls... And if he had cheated in order to win, the the coup would have been more acceptable... That is not democracy what is happening now, its a shame and its dangerous for the WHOLE REGION!
Ricardo thanks for confirming what i already suspected... You're an IDIOT!
Hugo Chavez has decided to direct his socialist crusade at some politically correct targets. He wants Venezuelans to emulate his New Man ideal, a socialist revolutionary ascetic, and he's using tax policy to force them to do so. Taxes on art, cars, tobacco, and liquor aim to price sin out of reach for most of his countrymen:
* Don't douse food with too much hot sauce. Apparently, the New Man has a wimpy tongue.
* Respect speed limits. The New Man does the double-nickel.
* Eat low-cholesterol foods. (Is Mike Bloomberg a New Man?)
* No Barbie dolls for Venezuelan girls. Also, no boob jobs for teenagers.
"Well i am glad that you, at least, acknowledge that my island is a "Slave Economy" of uncle sam!
And since you understand that well, what is your problem with chavez whom doesn't want to be told what to do? Should he be a good slave? do as he's told? What gives you such rights You Imperialist PIG"
First, have I ever stated that the DR is not a dependent nation-state of the USA?
Second, while Presidente Chavez is free to act as foolishly as he wants, opinions vary as to the value and sanity of such actions for the nation of Venezuela. I, for example, do not believe his program will bring the desired better future that most Venezuelans seek. In fact, Chavez's actions are driving Venezuela into a period of severe hardship and perhaps civil war. While it's understandable that small nations want to speak and demand as much power as Super States, in real life, as in nature Power rules. And this relationship between Power and Control is not likely to change however ma
If you think I'm in error about the failure of the New Man in Cuba, just take a short trip to our Caribbean brothers and see for yourself the results. And if you think that Fidel and Cuba do not play the game of politics, even when so-called sacred revolutionary principles are at stake, you also slept through that history lesson.
BBC
"Ousted Honduras President Zelaya 'will meet successor'
Mr Zelaya is still currently holed up in the Brazilian embassy in Honduras
Ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya is due to meet his elected successor, Porfirio Lobo, in the Dominican Republic, its president says."
Mr Zelaya told AP he was "thankful" to President Fernandez for trying to arrange a meeting but also did not confirm if the meeting with Mr Lobo had actually been organised.
Our correspondent says it may be that the invitation from President Fernandez is more of an open challenge to all sides to find a compromise and not a genuine breakthrough."
DR. Question is: How much power does Lobo have to force this meeting, if indeed he wants it? Andwhy wouldn't he; it's a win-win for him. First, he gets Zeyala out of Honduras. Second, he shows the international community that he was willing to sit down and try to work out the problems. If they can't decide to agree, well, he tried. And Zeyala will then have to seek out other accommodations.
I think the US is applying some pressure on the ruling elite in Honduras to get the ball rolling.
From: United States, Brooklyn
Ricardolito... If there were a true democracy he would have been beaten at the polls... And if he had cheated in order to win, the the coup would have been more acceptable... That is not democracy what is happening now, its a shame and its dangerous for the WHOLE REGION!
Carlos I am impressed your a xenapobe with a brain. There maybe hope for you yet!
The poor of Honduras are not fooled by charlatans and super-filthy-rich elites like the friends of Chavez who step on them on their way to totalitarian dictatorship. They're not fooled in Venezuela anymore, but it's too late for them. They had their say before, now they've lost it all, just like the unionized workers and unionized soldiers who helped the Bolsheviks to power and immediately lost all power.
--trutherator,
happily married to a lady who is proudly catracho (Honduran)
--trutherator
__Well what do you know? Not? He DID cheat, he admitted it to Jorge Ramos in an interview, he got the question directly, and Zelaya's answer was that fraud is ALWAYS NORMAL in elections! Gotcha you lying dictator! It's on YouTube! ..You could have asked before opening your mouth!
And NO elected president ANYWHERE should be above the law!
And hey Blutarsky, you cannot trust a "commie", but once in awhile one of them gets his eyes cleaned up --like me-- and we are the worst nightmares for those lying thieves!
See http://frontpagemag.com/.
trutherator,
www.trutherator.wordpress.com