Deposed Honduran President Lands in Costa
Rica
Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, joined
Manuel Zelaya, the deposed president of
Honduras, to condemn the coup against Zelaya
by his country's military.
Zelaya, who arrived in San José Sunday
afternoon at the Juan Santamaria airport, at
a press conference expressed his indignation
at the way he was removed from office and
left at the airport terminal to leave his
country.
The Honduran president thanked Costa Rica
for their hospitality. He affirmed that he
is still the president of Honduras and that
he will be seeking the support of the other
countries to to restore the rights of the
Honduran people.
"I want to share with you the repudiation of
my government to this coup d'etat. In the
words of president Zelaya this is a
regrettable setback not only for Hondruan
democracy but for all democracies in the
hemisphere. I hope this coup will be
condemned . I had thought that democracy in
Central America had been consolidated enough
so that this did not recur", said Oscar
Arias.
Zelaya discarded any request for political
asylum in Costa Rica, saying that he is
still the president of Honduras and all is
requires at this time is hospitality and
that he has been a victim of an armed
assault.
"With violence and with high calibre weapons
pointed at my head, I was forced onto an
airplane and without knowing its
destination", said Zelaya.
Following the zelaya expulsion, Roberto
Micheletti, was sworn is as Honduras'
interim president until the elections in
November.
The swearing in of Micheletti was approved
by 124 of the 128 of the country's
legislators. Micheletti had been the
president of the legislative assembly since
January 2006 and a politician for the last
27 years for the Partido Liberal.
Micheletti, of Italian descent is also a
powerful businessman in Honduras with
interests in public transportation. |
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Nicararagua's President Daniel Ortega,
right, stands next to his counterpart of
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez as he speaks
to the press at the airport in Managua,
Sunday, June 28, 2009. Chavez arrived to
attend a special summit of the Bolivarian
Latin American Initiative, or ALBA, to
discuss the ouster of Honduras' President
Manuel Zelaya. (AP Photo/Miguel Alvarez) |
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