02/07/09
Ambassador Samuel Moncada responds to British newspaper, The Independent, about its support to the coup in Honduras

On Tuesday 30th of June 2009, British newspaper The Independent published an editorial titled “Guns and Democracy” which clearly highlighted that The Independent is in support of the coup d’etat in Honduras.

Ambassador Samuel Moncada responded to this article by writing the following letter which was published by The Independent on Thursday 2nd of July 2009.

Your editorial "Guns and Democracy" (30 June) claims that the Honduran army "might have actually done Honduran democracy a service" by kidnapping and forcing into exile the Honduran President, Manuel Zelaya, against any current legislation.

According to your editorial, the army knows better than the people and brutal force is better than the rule of law. Is this the political doctrine you are going to espouse for the whole world from now on? Or is it only valid for countries whose governments you do not approve of?

Samuel Moncada
Ambassador, Embassy of Venezuela, London SW7