WASHINGTON, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Ousted Honduran
President Manuel Zelaya said here on Wednesday that he would postpone his plan
to return home after the Organization of American States (OAS) gave the country
an ultimatum to restore him to power.
The ousted President of Honduras Manuel
Zelaya speaks during a press conference at the UN headquarters in New
York, the United States, June 30, 2009. Manuel Zelaya expressed his
gratitude toward the international community and tearfully described the
last moments in his home country before being thrown onto a plane and
whisked away. (Xinhua/Gu Xinrong) Photo Gallery>>>
"We will wait 72 hours in order to continue with this process," Zelaya said in an interview with the CNN after the OAS gave Honduras 72 hours to restore Zelaya's presidency or would face suspension from the organization. Zelaya said on Tuesday that he would return to Honduras on Thursday.
Honduras's police and soldiers patrol along a street in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, July 1, 2009. Honduras' President Zelaya said he will postpone his return to Honduras 72 hours to the weekend, instead of Thursday, as originally planned. (Xinhua/David De La Paz) Photo Gallery>>>
Honduran Attorney-General Luis Alberto Rubi said
Zelaya would be arrested "as soon as he sets foot on Honduran soil" and he could
face 20 years in prison.
Hundreds of soldiers stormed the presidential residence in Honduras' capital Tegucigalpa on Sunday. Zelaya was put on a plane and sent into exile in Costa Rica.
Supporter of Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya distributes slogans to a police during a rally in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, July 1, 2009. Honduras' President Zelaya said he will postpone his return to Honduras 72 hours to the weekend, instead of Thursday, as originally planned. (Xinhua/David De La Paz) Photo Gallery>>>
Honduras' congress named speaker Roberto Micheletti as the interim president. He has imposed a curfew.
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
WASHINGTON, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The United States said on
Wednesday that it has suspended its military ties with Honduras days after
Manuel Zelaya, president of the country, was deposed in a coup. Full story
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.
Micheletti said he was considering two new
nominations, who will "respect the true facts" and "will comply with the
decision of the government." Full story
TEGUCIGALPA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The deposed Honduran
President Manuel Zelaya on Tuesday vowed to return to the country despite an
arrest threat that could put him in jail for 20 years.
Zelaya has won wide international supports, and he
will make a high-profile comeback flanked by the president of the UN General
Assembly, the secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS) and
presidents of Argentina and Ecuador on a flight to Honduras on
Thursday. Full story
TEGUCIGALPA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Honduras' post-coup
leader Roberto Micheletti said that deposed president, Manuel Zelaya, should not
return in a Tuesday interview with domestic radio station HRN.
"If Zelaya loves Honduras he should not come,"
Micheletti said. Zelaya has announced plans to return to Honduras on Thursday,
in the company of the president of the UN General Assembly, the
secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS), and the
president of Argentina. Full story
UNITED NATIONS, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Ousted Honduran
President Manuel Zelaya tearfully recounted to the UN General Assembly (GA) on
Tuesday his pre-dawn gunpoint rousting and forced flight to Costa Rica then
vowed to return to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Thursday, escorted by two
international diplomats and two Latin American presidents. Full story
UNITED NATIONS, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The UN General
Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution to condemn the military coup in
Honduras and demand the immediate restoration of the government of ousted
President Manuel Zelaya.
The resolution also asked all the countries not to
recognize the military regime that took power by force. Full story
TEGUCIGALPA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Honduras' post-coup
leader, Roberto Micheletti, joined a rally of sympathizers in a public park in
Honduras capital Tegucigalpa on Tuesday, a day after anti-government rallies
were dispersed by troops with tear gas and shooting.
"They told me a few people with leftist intentions
would try to scare us, but not the brave men and women of our nation,"
Micheletti told a crowd that chanted "Democracy! Democracy!" in response. He
added that existing general election plans would go ahead on Nov. 29 and that a
new president would be sworn in on Jan.27, 2010. Full story
