No EU-Latin American summit if Honduras Pr. Lobo attends.

Post date: May 6, 2010 6:25:33 AM

Honduras President Porfirio Lobo a problem...for UNASUR

South American leaders have threatened to pull out

of a scheduled EU-Latin American summit in Spain if

Honduras President Porfirio Lobo attends.

Porfirio Lobo Honduras came to power after the military overthrew his predecessor

Leaders of the 12-nation South American Unasur bloc, including Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, urged Spain to uninvite Mr Lobo.

The Honduran leader was voted into power last year, following a coup which was denounced across Latin America. Regional powers expressed their support for ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

Porfiro Lobo

Honduras

Brazil

Lula da Silva, Marco Aurelio Garcia, said: "If Honduras attends, then at least 10 Latin American presidents will not go to Madrid, starting with the president of Brazil."

Unasur

is made up of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.