Ousted Honduras Leader Briefly Returns Home

[L. Coyote]

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Ousted President Manuel Zelaya took a symbolic step into his homeland Friday, vowing to reclaim his post a month after soldiers flew him into exile. (July 25)

[timeforpeace]

1. If that gig doesn't work out he's got a future in the comedy biz.

[peacetalksforall]

2. I am so sad about the handling of this by our administration. We had nine years of

reading between the line with Cheney, now we have to do this with Obama and Clinton on this issue and I am not happy with the outcome as I see it. Otto Reich is still in. Negroponte , the "massacre-ist", is still advising Clinton.

What the heck is going wrong with the Democrats?

[JDPriestly]

3. This coup looks like another American intervention whether it is or not.

The American government needs to tell Micheletti to allow Zelaya to go back in and then to have internationally observed elections. If Micheletti wins a legitimate election, good. If not, whoever wins should lead. Whether Micheletti's coup was "legal" or not, it sure was stupid.

[L. Coyote]

4. Ousted Honduran President Sees U.S. Support Waning

By REUTERS - July 27, 2009 12:34 a.m. ET
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/07/27/world/international-uk-honduras.html


OCOTAL, Nicaragua (Reuters) - Disheartened supporters of Manuel Zelaya trickled home from the Nicaraguan border on Sunday and the ousted Honduran president complained that U.S. condemnation of his removal from power was waning.

The United States, Latin American governments and the United Nations have demanded Zelaya be returned to power, but U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized him as "reckless" when he took a few steps onto Honduran soil on Friday in a symbolic gesture in front of international media.

Zelaya hit back at Clinton for the second time in two days, complaining she had stopped using the term "coup" to describe his removal. ....