Cuba Tells US to Cut Honduras Aid

HAVANA TIMES, July 19 – Cuba renewed its call on Sunday for the Obama administration to “stop supporting” the de facto government in Honduras noting the tacit military support being giving the coup.

Speaking in Managua at a rally for the 30^th anniversary of the overthrow of dictator Anastasio Somoza, Cuban VP Esteban Lazo said the US “should remove the staff” from its military bases in Honduras, reported AFP.

Obama has publicly called for the restitution of the constitutional president Manuel Zelaya, deposed in a military coup on June 28, with unanimous repudiation around the globe.  However, at the same time, Cuban leaders have pointed out that the continued US military presence in Honduras says a lot in itself about the coup.