<p align="center"><font face="Verdana" size="6"><b>Tom Shannon: Nave
or Fool?</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana" size="6"><b>Either Way He’s
Not Fit to Serve as </b></font></p><p align="center"><font face="Verdana" size="6"><b>US Ambassador to
Brazil</b></font> <br></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana" size="6"><b>Call or Email Your
Senators Today</b></font> <br></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana" size="5"><b>Tell Them to Vote
No on Shannon Confirmation</b></font> <br></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><b>As Assistant Secretary of State for
Western Hemisphere Affairs, Bush hold-over Tomas Shannon was sent by
President Obama to Honduras to help end the four month long coup
with a negotiated return of the constitutional order. The OAS, UN, and
European Union all demanded the return to office of
democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya
as a condition to recognize presidential elections scheduled for November
29.</b></font> <br></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><b>Either Shannon defied President Obama’s
instructions and plotted with the coup regime to keep it in power, or
he was fooled by thuggish coup leader Roberto Micheletti into supporting
a hoax that the coup regime had no intention of honoring.
After he returned to the US, Shannon gave the green light for the coup
regime to continue the brutal repression condemned by human rights groups
by saying the US would recognize the election, even if Zelaya is not
returned to office! Supporters of democracy in Honduras have said they
will boycott the election; so Shannon’s actions will perpetuate the
crisis and embolden anti-democracy elements in other Latin American
countries. Obama’s stated goal to improve relations with Latin America
has been dealt a serious blow.</b></font> <br></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><b>Shannon’s actions prove
him unfit to serve as US ambassador to Brazil. How can Shannon effectively
serve as US ambassador when Brazil has been among the strongest voices
demanding that the Age of Coups in the Americas is over and that the
Honduran coup cannot be allowed to stand? Brazil has even sheltered
President Zelaya in its Honduran Embassy, a courageous act that has
resulted in its embassy being surrounded by Honduran military troops
and assaulted day and night by high decibel noise and bright lights
in violation of international law.</b></font> <br></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><b>Shannon should be punished, not rewarded
for his perfidy or naiveté. US relations with
Brazil are too important to trust to a nave or a fool.</b></font> <br>
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<p align="center"><font face="Arial" size="4"><b>The
Senate could take up his nomination at any moment so call today!</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><i>Alliance for Global
Justice, 1247 E St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 <a href="http://www.afgj.org/" target="_blank">www.AFGJ.org</a></i></b></font></p>