 Day 19
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Zelaya
Leaves Guatemala for Nicaragua
Guatemala - Ousted
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on
Wednesday left Guatemala for Nicaragua to
meet with Nicaraguan President Daniel
Ortega.
During his stay in Guatemala, Zelaya urged
the Honduran people to rebel against the
Honduran interim government under post-coup
leader Roberto Micheletti.
According to information reaching here from
Guatemala City, during his stay in
Guatemala, Zelaya also met with Guatemalan
President Alvaro Colom, who offered his
support to Zelaya's reinstatement.
Zelaya said that the rebellion by the
Honduran people is a Constitutional right,
and it is not a crime for the people to
stage peaceful protests against the interim
government.
Zelaya was ousted on June 28 in a military
coup and forced into exile in Costa Rica. He
was immediately replaced by former president
of the Honduran Congress Micheletti.
Over the past weeks, Zelaya has visited all
Central American countries, whose presidents
condemned the coup and expressed their
support to him.
Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua have
closed their borders for 48 hours to stop
their trade with Honduras.
Meanwhile, Costa Rican President Oscar
Arias, who was appointed the mediator of the
conflict in Honduras, said that he is
getting ready for the second meeting between
Zelaya's and Micheletti's representatives
scheduled for Saturday in San Jose, Costa
Rica.
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