Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

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Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile


7 ]1 ?# ~2 p5 m; X. bDeposed 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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, w' ]# J  \4 M4 [Hundreds of supporters,beads, many waving flags, watched him leave the airport in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa.
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+ O; B4 Q: v6 YHis 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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Mr 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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# d8 |& f2 U" O$ F9 oMr 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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- y3 |* G% c8 d  CMr 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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* D( F# _! h# S+ s6 N& JFond farewell


- D/ e& l9 e* w6 h& m: K: F7 h& DMr 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.
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He has spent the past four months sheltering in the Brazilian embassy, after returning in secret in September.

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His June ousting provoked international condemnation but diplomatic attempts to persuade the interim government to allow Mr Zelaya to return to office proved futile.


6 Z5 C" l- w8 J6 v% [+ w  {* oWith 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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% i& ]  \3 k  ?& FMr 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.


9 y3 a- m+ `% y' F) r' nMr 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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+ x; g) U( b5 O5 g$ tHis 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.

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" c) @2 X$ @0 C4 n6 ?4 s( OMr 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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