Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Foreign Ministry Statement
The following is excerpted from a June 28, 2009, statement by the Foreign Ministry of Venezuela. The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela condemns the coup d’état that the Honduran oligarchy seeks to impose, against the constitutional government of President Manuel Zelaya Rosales and against the people of Honduras. President Manuel Zelaya Rosales was abducted, snatched from his residence by force, held incommunicado for several hours, and violently expelled from his country by a group of unpatriotic military men engaged in the coup. Masked soldiers abducted Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas and attacked the ambassadors of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela…
