Yes Milton, actually not a simple dispute, it was a coup d'etat, not in
the old Latin American "mi general" style, but a coup nonetheless, so
illegal that even the US government has cut ties and suspended aid to
Honduras, and the OAS has also unanimously condemned the coup.

Thus, as usual, progressive civil society organizations are targets of
the "golpistas" -- as in this case.

I would only recommend that we do not take too long to know all the
details of what is going on and decide what to do -- this unfolds
rapidly there, and while we study and ponder, the worse might happen.

[] fraterno

--c.a.

Milton L Mueller wrote:
>> Getting involved with ccTLDs is a tricky situation and before we
>> make any "official" statement we should find out more directly from
>>  the RDS people and also hear the other side of the story.
> 
> This is true, and important. Isn't Honduras the one that is involved
> in a complicated dispute over the exile of the President? Once things
> get dragged into those kinds of internal disputes you really have to
> know what is going on before intervening
> 
> Milton Mueller Professor, Syracuse University School of Information
> Studies XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology 
> ------------------------------ Internet Governance Project: 
> http://internetgovernance.org
> 
> 
>> No doubt any move to takeover the ccTLD administration in the way
>> it has been reported is not a desirable/preferred way of doing 
>> things, but we don't know if this is an ongoing conflict since the
>> HN Telecom Act of 2002 and the reasons why RDS didn't enter into a
>> formal agreement with CONATEL.
>> 
>> I'll recommend we do some due diligence before making any statement
>> from the NCUC.
>> 
>> Regards Jorge
>> 
>> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Milton L Mueller <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>> Since many GAC members believe that governments should have
>> a right to assert control over the ccTLD at will, I am not sure
>> they are the best ones to take up this cause.
>>> However, I think this is a very important development and
>> would favor having NCUC sign on to the LACTLD statement, or develop
>> one of our own.
>>> --MM

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Carlos A. Afonso
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