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Weisbrot in The Guardian ..

Zelaya’s return represents a partial reversal of that coup d’etat and Washington’s efforts to consolidate it .. And it is another demonstration of how the western hemisphere has changed: the agreement for Zelaya’s return was mediated through the governments of Venezuela and Colombia, with no US involvement or even lip-service support until it was over. Instead, the mediation process had the unanimous support of Latin America and the Caribbean, which endorsed it through their new organisation, Celac (the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States). Celac contains all the countries of the Organisation of American States (OAS) except the US and Canada. It was formed in February 2010, partly as a response to Washington’s manipulation of the OAS in the aftermath of the Honduran coup

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