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Fearing Bloodshed, Zelaya Leaves Honduras

Ousted prez takes action after negotiations fall apart

By the Associated Press

Posted Jul 24, 2009 9:49 PM CDT
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(AP) – Ousted President Manuel Zelaya took a symbolic step into his homeland today, vowing to reclaim his post a month after soldiers flew him into exile. But he stayed less than 30 minutes before returning to Nicaragua, saying the risk of bloodshed was too great. He said he would give talks with the coup-installed government another try. "I am not afraid but I'm not crazy either," Zelaya told the Venezuela-based television network Telesur.

Shortly before Zelaya's crossing, his supporters clashed with soldiers and police nearby after the government ordered everyone off the streets along the 600-mile border with Nicaragua in a noon-to-dawn curfew. Police said one demonstrator was slightly injured. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Zelaya's trip "reckless." International leaders had urged Zelaya not to go home without an agreement out of fear it would lead to bloodshed.

Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya clash with police officers and soldiers near the Nicaragua border today.
Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya clash with police officers and soldiers near the Nicaragua border today.   (AP Photo)
Honduran soldiers stand guard today in Paraiso, Honduras, just across the border with Nicaragua.
Honduran soldiers stand guard today in Paraiso, Honduras, just across the border with Nicaragua.   (AP Photo)
Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, waves to supporters as he speaks on a cell phone as he arrives at the Nicarugua-Honduras border today.
Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, waves to supporters as he speaks on a cell phone as he arrives at the Nicarugua-Honduras border today.   (AP Photo)
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doingtherightthing
Jul 25, 2009 12:45 PM CDT
jayster999.........you hit the nail on the head......Obama and the world leaders, they're setting things up for a one world order.......led by none other than "Chairman Obama"........You have to understand about "Observer" tis not the sharpest tool in the shed for the left wingnuts!
jfcd
Jul 25, 2009 6:23 AM CDT
I am guessing you want HIllary and Obama to do the same as what happened in the past with Chile and Pinochet, you put a dictator there, you move back to democracy and then when everyone realises it was the US and the CIA you taint the relations.
kokuaguy
Jul 25, 2009 5:30 AM CDT
So, C_k. Have you been invited to the Facebook debate about you?

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