Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

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Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile
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Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile
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Deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya has arrived Ray Ban sunglassesin the Dominican Republic, beginning his exile and ending seven months of turmoil in Honduras.
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: m' Z1 i: T. Q0 IHundreds of supporters,beads, many waving flags, watched him leave the airport in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa.

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His departure marks the end of efforts to return to office after soldiers forced him into exile at gunpoint on 28 June over a constitutional dispute.

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Newly-elected President Porfirio Lobo had offered him safe passage.


Under a deal struck by the two men, Mr Zelaya agreed to fly to exile #x as a way to avoid prosecution in Honduras on charges that he violated the constitution while in office.
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% `- L6 c; o  X* b9 ?( e4 aMr Lobo said the measure - first proposed months ago in failed mediation talks in Costa Rica - was needed as part of a process of reconciliation.
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Mr Zelaya travelled to the Dominican Republic on the presidential plane, accompanied by the country's president, Leonel Fernandez, who attended the swearing-in ceremony for Mr Lobo hours before.

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) N5 S$ _$ m5 F' Y2 e* b6 [1 JMr Zelaya's wife, Xiomara Castro, his two young sons Ray Ban sunglassesand his political advisor, Rasel Tome, also travelled with him.

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1 `3 L# G: T! u4 b' T8 o1 o7 b6 WFond farewell
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" o) M9 y" x; t+ A2 j  K; N8 q. v# C( E9 GMr Zelaya was taken to the Tegucigalpa airport in a convoy of around 15 vehicles.
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"See you later Papa Mel. God bless you," read one supporter's placard, using Mr Zelaya's nickname.


* \. R+ z( M$ O8 {6 {* ZHe has spent the past four months sheltering in the Brazilian embassy, after returning in secret in September.
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, m3 U, Y6 S, HHis June ousting provoked international condemnation but diplomatic attempts to persuade the interim government to allow Mr Zelaya to return to office proved futile.

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$ }3 Z) |) y3 }' pWith opinion divided in Honduras and internationally, several nations have refused to recognise the legitimacy of the November election, in which Mr Lobo defeated Mr Zelaya.
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+ W( X3 i! G. [9 A. T1 L8 ~$ kMr Lobo's first act upon taking office was to sign a decree giving amnesty to the soldiers, politicians and judges who brought about the June ousting.
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Mr Zelaya was removed amid a dispute over his plans to hold a vote on whether a constituent assembly should be set up to look at rewriting the constitution.
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& S/ S, K7 I2 w( ]  VHis critics said the vote, which was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, #x aimed to remove the current one-term limit on serving as president and pave the way for his possible re-election.


" E8 b* }2 R( A8 Z, w# T- gMr Zelaya repeatedly said he had no interest in staying in power Ray Ban sunglassesbut wanted to rewrite an outdated constitution to guarantee fairer representation for all Hondurans.

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