Costa Rica Joins OAS Led Delegation To
Honduras
Costa Rica's foreign minister, Bruno Stagno,
is heading to Honduras as part of a
Organization of American States (OAS)
delegation to try to persuade the interim
government in Honduras to return ousted
President Manuel Zelaya.
Stagno will be accompanied by foreign
ministers of Argentina, Canada, Jamaica and
the Dominican Republic and senior OAS
officials, including OAS General Jose Miguel
Insulza.
The OAS mediators hope that interim
President Roberto Micheletti can be
pressured to accept the "Acuerdo de San
José" (San José Accord) proposed by Costa
Rican President Oscar Arias under which
Zelaya would return to power until new
elections could be held.
Martha Loren Alvarado, vice foreign minister
of the interim Honduran government, said on
Friday, that the Micheletti government would
receive the delegation, who would be meeting
with magistrates of the Supreme Court of
Justice, legislators, representatives from
the Catholic Church, and ordinary citizens.
The Arias proposal established the creation
of a reconciliatory government, advancing
the general elections to Oct. 30 from Nov.
29 this year, and the establishment of a
truth and tracking commission.
However, the Honduran interim government
headed by Roberto Micheletti rejected ousted
President Manuel Zelaya's restoration to
presidency, one of the key points in the
agreement.
Zelaya was ousted on June 28, hours before a
planned referendum in the country asking
citizens if they would support an assembly
to review the constitution alongside
November's presidential elections.
Supports of Micheletti say the Zelaya
referendum would have taken Honduras one
step closer to Venezuela's Chavez style of
government.
With the support of the military, the
country's Congress and courts, Zelaya was
awakened one early Sunday morning and
whisked of to Costa Rica's doorstep.
Travelling throught Central America, Mexico
and the US, Zelaya has been attempting to
earn support, especially from United States
president, Barack Obama.
Camped out on the Nicaraguan side of the
Honduras border, Zelaya has been trying to
keep his name in front of the media,
attempting to continue the waning support of
the media to his cause.
The OAS delegation is expected to be in
Honduras on Tuesday.
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