Honduras’ ousted president Manuel Zelaya is in neighbouring Nicaragua at the head of a caravan of vehicles set to cross the border near El Progreso, Honduras. He has said he hopes the soldiers guarding the border will lay down their arms and recognize him as their president. The de facto government in Honduras imposed a 18:00 to 06:00 curfew on the border region and has said it will arrest Zelaya if he enters the country. US and Organization of American States (OAS) officials have counselled caution, warning of the possibility of violence. CNN, El Heraldo.hn (Spa)
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Tags: curfew, El Progreso, Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, Nicaragua, OAS, ousted president
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July 24th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
OMG, can someone please tell this Chavez, kiss ass criminal DONKEY, that NOBODY, but his paid non Honduran protestors (yes, all these Nicaraguan and Venezuelans that entered our country recently) want him in HONDURAS. We are a poor, yet proud country. We honor our constitution and DO NOT want Hugo Chavez to tell us how to live our lives. GTFO of Honduras and go back to communist Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba !!!!!
July 24th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Tyrants, dictators, and fascists from the left and the right only understand and respect one thing…violence. They are, by nature, anarchists. They live by lies and by the sword. They only are defeated by the sword. Negotiations are always, historically a waste of time and innocent lives. Better to dispatch with them as soon as they raise their heads than to allow them to co opt legitimate love for the poor. Abraham Lincoln cautioned American’s not to fall into the traps set by such people that advocate class warfare to gain power. His words were simple: You do not make the weak strong, by making the strong weak. Learn from history Honduras. Don’t allow him to enter the country alive.