VHeadline News Editor Patrick J. O'Donoghue reports: Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) vice president, Archbishop Baltazar Porras has condemned what he calls the "double face" that international organisations are employing in the case of Honduras.

Speaking to Union Radio, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations are "a club of those that govern ... in the defence of their own interests ignoring other institutions that have greater plurality and represent all sectors of the population."

In the wake of the controversial statement, which is in tune with the opinion of leading Venezuelan opposition members, Porras turns on President Chavez and his role in recent diplomatic events, claiming that it has been exaggerated and is clear interference in the internal affairs of another country.

Defending Honduras as a small and poor country, the prelate contends that international organisations have the luxury of imposing their law and it would have been different if a similar case had presented itself in Brazil or indeed Venezuela.

According to Porras, coup d'etats take place when governors of nations believe that because they are in power they can administer and carry out things at their whim. In the case of the Honduran public powers, the Archbishop maintains that they have acted in accordance with their country’s Constitution and laws.

It is a question of double moral standards, Porras states, which is an immorality and a transgression against fairness ... "a thing is not good or bad just because it agrees with what one thinks or doesn't think."

Patrick J. O'Donoghue
news.editor@vheadline.com