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Zelaya Vows to Return to Honduras
Managua - Honduras President Manuel Zelaya
has vowed to return to his country once the
dialogue process due to be resumed on
Saturday in Costa Rica is over.
"I will return one way or another, but I am
respecting the dialogue process," said
Zelaya on Friday evening during a press
conference at the Honduran embassy in
Managua. The constitutional president, who
was forced into exile by the military on
June 28, said he will not reveal "the date,
the time, the day or the means" by which he
will be returning to his country.
"These are things that I can not reveal to
these criminals who have murdered young
people and have restricted citizens'
rights," the ousted President said.
The Organization of American States (OAS)
and the United Nations have called for
Zelaya�s immediate reinstatement as
Honduras legitimate president.
When asked about the United States' position
with regards to the crisis, he said that
there is a "double standard" because "Barack
Obama has acted correctly" (by condeming the
coup) but many other organizations in
Washington have not.
He also appreciated international support
like the the International Transport
Workers' Federation�s call on its 4.5
million members to boycott ships flying the
Honduran flag to protest the military coup
that ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
This is an example, Zelaya noted, of how
other societies and States can act.
He said coup leaders should be tried for
crimes against humanity.
Zelaya also said that "if the military
triumphs," it will be a serious problem for
other countries of Latin America". He added
that "behind these military forces exists
the worst right-wing influence in the
continent."
"In Honduras, a process of change has begun
and whether or not the President is there
will not detain it, and it should not be
attempted to detain it because it goes
against Humanitarian rights," concluded
Zelaya.
UN General Assembly chairman Miguel D'Escoto
told Telesur network that new measures are
being discussed, and that every country have
the right and responsibility of taking
actions to revert the current situation in
Honduras. |
