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| Ousted Honduran president, coup leader to meet |
| 2009-07-09 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has prepared to meet the country's interim leader for the first time since his ouster late last month. Zelaya and interim leader Roberto Micheletti are due to start two days of talks on Thursday to be mediated by the Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, at his home in San Jose. The United States has been a prime mover in trying to resolve the political impasse triggered when Honduran troops, backed by a court order, roused Zelaya from his bed on June 28 and whisked him out of the country. The coup -- the first in years in Latin America -- triggered global alarm and the 34-member Organization of American States expelled Honduras from its regional grouping. The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has backed Costa Rica's mediation after meeting with Zelaya in Washington, but stopped short of demanding that he be reinstated as urged by the White House. "There needs to be a specific mediator and, to that end, we are supporting the efforts of President Arias of Costa Rica to serve in this important role," Clinton told reporters on Wednesday. Supporters of both Zelaya and the coup leaders were planning to take to the streets of the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, again on Wednesday, after days of violence which has rocked this Central American nation of some seven million people. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 COUP lie repeated. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-07-09 15:01 |