PANAMA CITY, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Honduras President
Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted in a Sunday coup, said here on Thursday that he is
willing to pardon those who are responsible for the military coup.
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
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"I am a Christian and know how to forgive and
pardon," he told a press conference. "The people of Honduras will not forgive,
but from me, in my heart, there is no ill-will towards anyone," he said.
Accompanied by Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas, he
added that he had no enemies during more than 50 years in either private life,
business or government.
He added that he would fly from Panama to another
Central American nation, although he did not give details, saying it was for
"strategic" reasons. He plans to return to his nation at the weekend.
"I would like to call on them to reflect," Zelaya
said, referring to the government of Roberto Micheletti, who was appointed
president within hours of Zelaya being seized by armed troops and forced to
board a plane to Costa Rica.
He said that supporters in Honduras had told him that
there had been violent clashes in northern city San Pedro Sula.
Supporters of Honduras' President Manuel
Zelaya stage 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
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TEGUCIGALPA, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Honduras' post-coup
government will not negotiate with the OAS and allow ousted President Manuel
Zelaya to return to office, the interim government said Wednesday.
"Anyone who has violated the law cannot be reinstated,"
the newly-appointed foreign minister Enrique Ortez Colindrez told the media.
"Honduras' sovereignty cannot be negotiated with the
Organization of American States (OAS), nor with anyone," said the minister, who
was named by the acting president Roberto Micheletti immediately after the
coup. Full story
TEGUCIGALPA, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Interim Honduran President
Roberto Micheletti Wednesday accused Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of
intervening Honduras' affairs.
"The intervention of the government of Hugo Chavez is
clear and definite in the situation that Honduras is experiencing," Micheletti
said. Full story
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. 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
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
