Central American
Leaders Condemn
Honduran Coup, Call For Acceptance Of
Compromise Plan
San José - Leaders of the
Dominican Republic, Mexico and Colombia on
Wednesday condemned the coup in Honduras,
and called on the rivals in the country to
compromise and accept mediator Costa Rican
President Oscar Arias' reconciliation plan.
The leaders signed a declaration after the
meeting, the so-called Tuxtla Summit of the
Dialogue and Agreement Mechanism,
reiterating their criticism of the Honduran
coup in June which ousted President Manuel
Zelaya, and showed support to the compromise
proposal drafted by Costa Rican President
Arias, who is mediating the Honduras issue
on behalf of the Organization of American
States (OAS).
At the Wednesday meeting, Arias called on
the rival parties of Honduras to accept his
plan to end the crisis. In his "San Jose
Agreement", Arias is proposing that Zelaya
be allowed back into the country to form a
government of national unity and
reconciliation, while giving political
amnesty for those who carried out the coup.
Zelaya has rejected the plan, and the
current Honduran de-facto President Roberto
Micheletti has sent the plan to the Honduran
National Congress for review.
The OAS has rejected the Micheletti
government, and asked the return of the
democratically-elected Zelaya.
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