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Arias A Key Player In Sunday's Possible
Democratic End To The Honduras Conflict
Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, who as
placed in the middle of the Honduras
conflict following the ousting of Manuel
Zelaya on June 28 by his country's military
and set on the ground in San José following
the coup d'etát, must now watch the events
unfold from the sidelines.
Actually, Arias won't even be at his home in
Rohrmoser (San José) or in the isthmus while
Honduras take to the polls, but from the
other side of the world, somewhere between
Israel and Portugal, as Arias continues on
his tour of the Middle East and Europe.
Arias, who in the last several days visited
Turkey, should be rapping up his visit of
Jerusalem and headed to Lisbon for the 19th
Ibero-American Summit. However, that doesn't
mean that he or his foreign minister, Bruno
Stagno, won't be keeping a close eye on the
events in Honduras.
Arias has promised to restore ties with
Honduras is the elections are fair and said
he will be urging the Ibero-American
countries to recognize the future Honduran
government.
Arias's voice at the Summit is an important
one. Zelaya, while still in his pj's landed
in Arias' lap the morning of Sunday June 28,
and was later asked by the US State
Secretary, Hilary Clinton, to bring the two
sides togheter.
His attempts to bring the facto government
head, Roberto Micheletti and ousted Zelaya,
face-to-face in San José failed, as both
sides agreed to meet with Arias, at his
home, separately.
The ensuing San José Accord, a multi point
program to restore peace in Honduras didn't
stick and the US brokered attempt months
later also fell apart.
Although all attempts to bring a solution to
conflict failed, and Sunday's vote could
bring a democratic end to the Honduras
conflict, Arias has been a key player,
albeit from the sidelines in the past couple
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