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Latin American Leaders
To Accompany Zelaya Back To Honduras
Quito -- The heads of nine Latin
American legislatures promised to accompany ousted
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya back to his
country, Ecuadorian congress leader said Thursday.
Fernando Cordero said he would seek to "accompany
President Zelaya" on his return, together with eight
other legislature leaders from Argentina, Bolivia,
Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, the Andean
Parliament and the Latin American Parliament.
Zelaya said Thursday in Panama that he planed to
return to Honduras on Saturday, instead of his
previously announced Thursday, when the ultimatum
issued by the Organization of American States (OAS)
expires.
The OAS issued a three-day deadline early Wednesday
for the coup leaders to return power to Zelaya.
According to Cordero, the legislature leaders had
signed a joint declaration in a meeting in Quitto,
further condemning the coup and calling for all
world governments to halt diplomatic relations with
Honduras.
Hooded and heavily armed soldiers stormed the
Honduran presidential palace early Sunday morning
and forced Zelaya to board a plane to Costa Rica.
Later in the day, Honduran Congress named Roberto
Micheletti as acting president.
The United Nations, OAS, the Bolivarian Alliance for
the Americas, the Group of Rio, the South American
Union of Nations and many foreign government leaders
condemned the coup.
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