TEGUCIGALPA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The caretaker
president of Honduras said Tuesday he would send a delegation to Washington for
talks with the Organization of American States (OAS).
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Honduras' interim President Roberto
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Roberto Micheletti told a press conference in
Tegucigalpa that the delegation, consisting of politicians, business leaders,
lawyers and farmers, will travel to the headquarters of the OAS in Washington
Wednesday on behalf of his government.
The delegation would also explain to Jose Miguel
Insulza, the OAS secretary general, "what really happened" in Honduras,
Micheletti said.
Honduran soldiers stormed the presidential palace and
flew President Manuel Zelaya into exile in Costa Rica early Sunday. The coup
came after Zelaya insisted on trying to hold a referendum asking Hondurans if
they wanted to reform the constitution even though the Supreme Court, Congress
and the military all deemed it illegal.
Later on Sunday, the Honduran legislature voted to
appoint Micheletti, head of the legislature, as president to serve out Zelaya's
term, which ends in January.
Insulza, who strongly condemned the military coup,
said OAS members will not recognize the Micheletti government, adding that he
will accompany Zelaya on his planned return to Tegucigalpa on Thursday.
The United Nations, the Obama administration and
leaders around the world also have condemned the military uprising and refused
to recognize Micheletti's government.
The new Honduran government said it will arrest
Zelaya if he returns to the country.
The World Bank, meanwhile, announced Tuesday that it
would stop disbursing 270 million U.S. dollars in loans to Honduras until the
situation stabilized.
In addition, Honduras' neighbors have halted
cross-border trade and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration has
stopped disbursements of any new loans to the Micheletti government.
OAS gives Honduran coup leaders three days to reinstate deposed
president
WASHINGTON, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The Organization of
American States (OAS) gave the coup leaders in Honduras three days to reinstate
deposed president Manuel Zelaya, or the country will face suspension.
"If within 72 hours the reinstatement doesn't happen, the
(OAS)assembly ... will meet again to suspend Honduras," OAS chief Jose Miguel
Insulza told reporters Wednesday. Full story
Honduras' ambassadors to UN, OAS
sacked, grenade hurled at Supreme Court
TEGUCIGALPA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Honduras'
post-coup leader Roberto Micheletti on Tuesday dismissed the country's
ambassadors to the United Nations (UN) and the Organization of American States
(OAS).
The interim government decided to sack Jorge Artugo Reina,
the ambassador to UN, and Carlos Sosa Coello to OAS, and they will be no longer
entitled to make any statement on behalf of the new government, Micheletti told
a press conference held in Tegucigalpa. Full story
