 Day 16
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Honduras Interim Government Suspends Curfew
Tegucigalpa - Honduras'
post-coup government on Sunday suspended the
curfew, part of a martial law that has been
in place since July 28, when soldiers seized
President Manuel Zelaya and forced him to
board an aircraft to Costa Rica.
A statement read by government officials on
domestic broadcast media said that the
measure had "achieved its goals" and had
"returned calm to the population."
The measure had imposed a curfew from 9:00
p.m. local time to 6:00 a.m. the following
day, although this was changed to 6:30 p.m.
during the peak of anti-government protests.
In the last few days soldiers had only
enforced curfew from 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m.
local time.
During the curfew period, the nation's
legislature, the National Congress, had
suspended guarantees included in the
nation's Constitution that cover freedom of
association and of movement, and that limit
arrest without charge to 24 hours.
Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias has been
mediating between Roberto Micheletti, who
took over the presidential power thanks to
military intervention, and Zelaya. Both men
were in Costa Rica's capital San Jose on
Thursday to speak with Arias, but not with
each other.
On Thursday, they each appointed a team of
four officials to continue talks, which are
set to continue on Monday. Neither side has
made any public statements that bring their
positions any close together.
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