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Zelaya to sleep away from home for now
Computer translation from Spanish with corrections by me. All errors mine.
Santiago, Chile -- The deposed president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, said today in Santiago, after being met with the Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet, that for the moment has ruled out to return to its country because has received threats of death. The announcement came at a time when a group of his followers demanded his immediate return to power with violent actions in the streets of Honduras.

His statements also coincided with the public done comments yesterday by his former Minister of Defense Arístides Mejía, who said that the deposed former president "is not interested in returning to the power", because he "already governed" and had little to finish.

"My presence would be a threat such that they [would] eliminate me, murder me in national territory", said Zelaya to the journalists, after participating in a lunch in the Palace of The Currency which was attended by representatives across the Chilean political spectrum.

The visit Thursday to Chile continues the international campaign that he has undertaken to reinforce the pressure against the de facto Government of Roberto Micheletti. Zelaya, who was received by Bachelet in a new gesture of support to the restoration of the democratic order in the central american country, said that the international community still can take new "commercial measures and of international criminal law".

Also, he reiterated the call of last Wednesday in Brazil, where met with the president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and emphasized that "in the hands of the U.S. are a great part of the solution to this blow to the democracy".

According to Zelaya, the American authorities have been "clear in their opposition" to the blow, but "the measures have been tepid".
Posted by: Steve White 2009-08-17
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