STALLING CRISIS

Honduras rejects Insulza

08-10-2009 | AP

Panama Star HONDRUAS. Honduras' interim government announced Sunday that it was canceling a visit by foreign delegates aimed at resolving the country's political crisis because it could not accept the participation of a regional official who insists on reinstating the ousted president.

Interim President Roberto Micheletti is willing to reschedule the delegation's visit, previously planned for Tuesday — as long as Organization of American States chief Jose Miguel Insulza is excluded, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The OAS, a long-established hemispheric body promoting democracy, development and legal cooperation in the Americas, on Friday named the delegation comprising foreign ministers from Argentina, Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

Micheletti's government "is completely willing to consider a new date for the mission of foreign ministers.. excluding Mr. Insulza, who could be replaced by other OAS officials," the Foreign Ministry's statement said. Neither Insulza nor the OAS immediately commented.