CRISIS IN HONDURAS
Honduras' ambassadors to UN, OAS sacked,
grenade hurled at Supreme Court
Tegucigalpa - Honduras' post-coup leader
Roberto Micheletti on Tuesday dismissed the
country's ambassadors to the United Nations
(UN) and the Organization of American States
(OAS).
The interim government decided to sack Jorge
Artugo Reina, the ambassador to UN, and
Carlos Sosa Coello to OAS, and they will be
no longer entitled to make any statement on
behalf of the new government, Micheletti
told a press conference held in Tegucigalpa.
Micheletti said he was considering two new
nominations, who will "respect the true
facts" and "will comply with the decision of
the government."
Reina and Coello, both appointed by the
ousted president Manuel Zelaya, have
strongly denounced the military coup that
drove Zelaya from power Sunday.
At a UN General Assembly meeting on Monday,
Reina urged the world not to accept any
"illegitimate government" that took Zelaya's
place.
Also on Tuesday, Honduran military spokesman
Ramiro Archaga told Xinhua late Tuesday that
the country's Supreme Court was attacked by
unidentified attackers with a grenade.
"Fortunately, the grenade did not explode,"
he said, adding that bomb disposal experts
were on their way to defuse the grenade.
According to the spokesman, the attackers
hurled the grenade at the court's entrance
in the evening while driving a light-colored
vehicle.
Currently, the situation in the Central
American country remains unstable due to
large demonstrations against the Sunday coup
that ousted President Zelaya.
Honduras' Congress quickly installed
congress speaker Roberto Micheletti as the
interim president and a new government,
arousing demonstrations of pro-Zelaya
supporters.
The demonstrations went violent and have
already killed two people and injured
dozens.
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