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| Rivals edge toward talks in Honduras | |
| 2009-10-04 | |
| TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- The factions fighting for control of Honduras have begun talking days before a meeting that many hope will end a political crisis sparked by Central America's first "We are having talks with different sectors officially, with people from Mr. Zelaya's side and with others," Micheletti said Friday outside the presidential palace, hours after meeting with a delegation of four Republican members of the U.S. Congress. Zelaya supporters expressed skepticism about Micheletti's willingness to compromise. "We do not believe in this coup government because they say one thing and do another," said Juan Barahona, who led a protest of about 200 people Saturday at a small, unpaved square in Pedegral, a working-class neighborhood of Tegucigalpa. "The resistance is going to be in the streets fighting permanently against this coup regime. It's our right." No security forces were present at the protest, despite an emergency decree banning gatherings of more than 20 people. A delegation from the Organization of American States, which has taken the lead in pushing for a negotiated resolution that restores Zelaya to power, was in the country ahead of a visit by OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza scheduled for Wednesday. Micheletti said Friday that he had met with Insulza in recent days and, that while no agreement was reached, it was a sign of progress and that "peace is coming back to our country." Insulza confirmed Saturday the two had held talks "in the last few days" in Honduras. "The meeting was aimed at promoting a dialogue between the parties in the conflict with the goal of restoring democracy and the constitutional order in Honduras," Insulza said in a statement issued by the OAS headquarters in Washington.
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| Posted by:Steve White |