Master manipulator is at it again

One of the area’s master manipulator of information, the man who serves (or served) the U.S.’ three letter agency in Spain, Carlos Alberto Montaner is at it again. An intelligent man, which he is, and knowing that most people read little (also true), Montaner has written a column blaming Honduras President Manuel Zelaya for all of his country’s woes.

Montaner states that Zelaya is “stubborn” and blames him for an “unconstitutional insistence in dragging his country into the so-called ‘21st-century socialism’ advocated by Hugo Chavez…” He blames Zelaya for Oscar Arias’ inability to mediate the situation between the Honduran president and the current dictator in residence Roberto Micheletti. That in a nutshell is what this master liar is telling his willing readers. It’s shameful, really!

Don’t take it from me. On Sunday night, in our Latest News section, I published an excerpt that appeared in The New York Times detailing the reasons why the Honduran negotiations had fallen apart. Below, I have quotes from that article that seem to say the total opposite of what Montaner writes. You be the judge:

“Negotiations to end the standoff in Honduras collapsed Sunday when the de facto government that ousted President Manuel Zelaya refused to accept his return, even though he had agreed to limits on his power.

“A delegation representing the de facto government, led by Roberto Micheletti, rejected a seven-point plan presented by President Óscar Arias of Costa Rica, who is mediating the talks in that country’s capital, San José.

“The plan would have restored Mr. Zelaya as president over a unity government, curtailed his powers and moved up the election for his successor by one month, to October. It also included a general amnesty for all political crimes, a tacit recognition that the country could not move forward unless the events surrounding the June 28 coup were pushed aside.

“Mr. Zelaya’s delegation accepted all seven points, Mr. Arias said.”

As I’ve written before, the guy (Montaner) is a master liar.

Alvaro F. Fernandez