US advises Honduran Micheletti

The head of the Honduran de facto Government Roberto Micheletti had the US advisory for talks in Costa Rica, a meeting meant to put an end to the situation that the country is undergoing, The New York Times said on Monday.

Each proposal presented by Micheletti's group was written by a US citizen, member of the negotiating team, said officials quoted in an article published by the daily.

Ginger Thompson, a journalist of The New York Times, said the comment referred to Bennett Ratcliff, who was in San Jose last week, during the talks between the pro-coup faction members and representatives of Honduran constitutional President Manuel Zelaya.

Ratcliff is an expert in public relations who worked for President William Clinton (1993-2001), the journalist said. Thompson asserted that Micheletti is involved in a media offensive, in which there is an increasing hiring of US high-profile lawyers, closely related to US power circles.

One of those that joined is Lanny Davis, known for serving as Clinton's personal lawyer and member of his campaign, she said.

The journalist of the influential newspaper commented on the measures adopted by Barack Obama's administration against the coup regime, although she said that Washington's ambassador has stayed in Tegucigalpa, in contrast to the withdrawal of diplomats by most of the Governments in the hemisphere.