By Kevin McCauley
The government of Honduras has signed Lanny Davis & Associates to a four-month $80K contract designed to improve its relations with the U.S.
While at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in 2009, President Bill Clinton's former legal advisor worked for the Honduran Latin American Business Council of business interests that backed the ouster of then-President Manuel Zelaya.
Current Honduran president Porfirio Lobo says he wants a legal remedy for the return of Zelaya, who is currently living in the Dominican Republic.
According to WikiLeaks, former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras Charles Ford wrote a memo that said Zelaya advisors had links to organized crime. On Dec. 10, Zelaya issued a statement that called the allegations "reckless accusations that constitute the crime of defamation."
Davis was Clinton's chief defender during the Monica Lewinsky crisis. He reports to Honduras' Ambassador to the U.S., Jorge Ramon Hernandez-Alcerro.
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