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Argentina
Insists On Reinstatement of Zelaya
BUENOS AIRES - The
Argentine government said Thursday that it
would urge the international community to
apply pressure on Honduras to restore ousted
President Manuel Zelaya to power.
This petition would be presented at the
meetings of Foreign Ministers of Latin
America and the Caribbean on Integration and
Development and the Rio Group, which is
being held in Jamaica on Nov. 4-6, according
to a communique of the foreign ministry.
Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana will
talk about the need to keep applying
pressure on the de facto Honduran government
led by Roberto Micheletti.
"We are achieving the goal we set together
with the entire international community: to
avoid the coup to continue against the
constitutional government of President
Zelaya," Taiana declared before leaving for
Jamaica.
"Since the first moment, Argentina and the
rest of the international community agreed
on requesting Zelaya's restitution,
returning to full institutional normality
and leaving the coup without effect," Taiana
added.
Zelaya, who was forced to leave his country
in a June 28 coup, has returned to his home
country. He has been hiding in the Brazilian
embassy since Sept. 21. The presidential
election is due on Nov. 29.
The international community said that it
would not recognize those elections until
the political crisis in the country was
resolved, since it recognized Zelaya as the
constitutional president of the country.
Despite mounting international pressure,
Zelaya's immediate restitution was discarded
Wednesday by the Verification Commission of
the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Agreement, reached
by Zelaya and Micheletti to solve the
political crisis.
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