Costa Rica
Calls On International Community To Condemn
Honduras Coup
Costa Rican president Oscar Arias called on
the international community and especially
the nations of the Americas to condemn the
coup that took place in Honduras earlier on
Sunday.
Arias, who won 1987's Nobel Peace Prize,
said he regretted the way that Honduran
president Manuel Zelaya was expelled from
his nation and such events represent a
backward step for democracy in Central
America.
Arias,
said he regretted the way that Zelaya was
expelled from his nation.
Zelaya "is the constitutional president of
Honduras, in my view. This shows that
Central America's democratic institutions
remain fragile," said Arias.
Zelaya arrived in Juan Santamaria
International Airport, in San Jose, after
being seized at his home by soldiers in the
early hours of Sunday morning in Honduras
capital Tegucigalpa and put on a plane
headed for Costa Rica.
Arias said he would seek to organize a
meeting in Nicaraguan capital Managua, of
the Group of Rio nations, which include most
of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Managua is already set to host a meeting of
the Sistema de la Integración
Centroamericana (SICA) - Central America
Integration System - which Arias will
be assuming the presidency on July 1 for the
next six months.
The presidency will be handed over by
Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega to Arias at the
meeting, which Zelaya will attend as
Honduran representative.
Costa Rica issued a statement formally
condemning Honduras coup and calling for the
international community to repudiate the
actions of that nation's military. |
