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Secretary Clinton in Peru for OAS Meeting

   VOA News 07 June 2010
   US  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (R) and Peru's President
   Alan  Garcia  during  a meeting at the presidential palace in Lima, 07
   Jun 2010

Photo: AP

   US  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (R) and Peru's President
   Alan  Garcia  during  a meeting at the presidential palace in Lima, 07
   Jun 2010

   U.S.  Secretary  of  State Hillary Clinton is in the Peruvian capital,
   Lima, for talks with President Alan Garcia, and to attend a meeting of
   the Organization of American States.
   She  is  also  holding   bilateral  talks  Monday  with  the  foreign
   ministers of Bolivia, Mexico and Panama.
   One  of  the main issues facing the OAS is whether to readmit Honduras
   to  the  regional  bloc  following  last  year's  coup that ousted the
   democratically elected president, Manuel Zelaya.
   The  U.S  has pushed for Honduras' readmission after Porfirio Lobo was
   elected  president  in  November  in a vote the United States says was
   free, fair and legitimate. He was inaugurated in January.
   Several  key Latin American countries, including Brazil, Argentina and
   Venezuela,  have  refused  to  acknowledge  Mr. Lobo as the legitimate
   leader of Honduras because, among other things, the interim government
   that preceded him failed to reinstate Mr. Zelaya.
   Secretary  Clinton  travels  on  to Ecuador, Colombia and Barbados for
   talks with government leaders.
   In  Ecuador, she is due to deliver a speech giving a broad overview of
   the  Obama  administration's  policies  toward  the  countries  of the
   Western Hemisphere.
   Clinton wraps up her tour mid-week in Barbados, where she will discuss
   issues of mutual interest with leaders of Caribbean nations. Â
   While  the  controversial new immigration law in the southwestern U.S.
   state of Arizona is not on any formal agenda, the topic is expected to
   come up in discussions.
   The  Arizona  law,  which  takes effect next month, requires police to
   examine a person's immigration status if there is reasonable suspicion
   the person is in the country illegally.
   Supporters  of  the law say the federal government is not doing enough
   to stop illegal immigration -- while opponents say it unfairly targets
   people based on their ethnicity.

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   Some information for this report was provided by Reuters.

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