Editor hints at U.S. role in Honduran coup

President Obama "will have to make a major effort to clear suspicions about the intervention of [United States] institutions in the coup d'état in Honduras," said Rogelio Polanco Fuentes, editor of the newspaper Rebel Youth, on Cuban television Sunday..
Polanco said that "questions exist about the possible participation of circles of power in the U.S." in the ouster of Honduran President José Manuel Zelaya. He alluded to "fundamentalist groups [...] among them the annexationist mafia of Cuban origin." Polanco was not specific about his allegations, but pointed out that Hugo Llorens, who assumed the post of U.S. ambassador to Honduras in September 2008, was director of Andean affairs in the National Security Council during the George W. Bush administration.
"The U.S. ambassador in Honduras has been linked to actions and domestic contacts by Honduran entities that orchestrated the military coup," Polanco said, as reported by Cubavisión. As before, he did not furnish evidence of his allegation.
Polanco spoke on the TV program Mesa Redonda and his comments were published in the Granma and Cubavisión websites. So far, no high-ranking government officials have made statements linking the Obama administration to Zelaya's overthrow.
For continuing coverage of the situation in Honduras, read The Miami Herald.
---Renato Pérez Pizarro.