Manuel Zelaya Says He Is Not in Costa Rica to Negotiate

SAN JOSÉ, July 9 - Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Wednesday that his presence in Costa Rica is not to respond to any negotiation and that what is appropriate is for the leaders of the de facto regime in his country to present excuses and the requirements for their withdrawal from power “in the next 24 hours.”

On arriving in San José for the announced mediation by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias on the Honduran situation, Zelaya explained to journalists that he is there to hear, through the mediator, what the coup leaders have to say and see how they are planning their withdrawal, “which is the most honourable for the Latin American democracies.”

Zelaya said that he is acting in accordance with the OAS resolutions and the severe declarations which have condemned “this blow to democracy,” and without recognizing the authorities that the usurpers are trying to name before different countries and international organizations.

After highlighting the importance of the work entrusted to Arias, the Honduran president said that he would immediately meet with Arias to devise precisely the parameters of that mediation and its operating parts, and that he expects that on Thursday “we will have a very clear answer from the coup leaders” in order to comply with the resolutions of the different international organizations and groups which have demanded his restitution.

Zelaya also spoke about the usurpers’ isolation and recalled the mass demonstrations of the Honduran people who after ten days are continuing to demonstrate against the coup, as well as the murders and human rights violations of which they are victims, when their constitutional rights are also being violated with the state of siege and the cutting off of the freedom of speech.

Without mentioning him by name, Zelaya said that the fact that coup leader Roberto Micheletti —“who has already committed crimes”— is in Costa Rica this Thursday without being captured, is already an exception because he had violated international law and the regulations and the world has condemned him.

According to Arias, the mediation work will begin on Thursday and could last up until Friday.

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Supporters of Zelaya.

Supporters of Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya shout slogans outside the presidential residence in Tegucigalpa, Thursday, June 25, 2009. President Zelaya's attempt to hold a referendum Sunday on changing the constitution has pitted him against the country's top courts, the attorney general, military leaders and even his own party, all of whom argue the vote is illegal.(Photo/Fernando Antonio)

Zelaya's supporters march in the streets of Tegucigalpa. Zelaya insists on returning to Honduras to finish out the last six months of his term; the new president, Roberto Micheletti, says Zelaya will be arrested if he sets foot in the country. July 3, 2009 LA Times

Supporters of Honduran rule of law.

Demonstrators opposed to Honduras President Manuel Zelaya, protest in Tegucigalpa, Friday, June 26, 2009. President Manuel Zelaya is promoting a Sunday referendum on constitutional changes that has plunged the country into crisis by setting the president at odds with the military, the courts and the legislature that have branded the vote illegal.

A man holds a constitution of Honduras as demonstrators opposed to Honduras President Manuel Zelaya, protest in Tegucigalpa, Friday, June 26, 2009. President Manuel Zelaya is promoting a Sunday referendum on constitutional changes that has plunged the country into crisis by setting the president at odds with the military, the courts and the legislature that have branded the vote illegal. (Photo/Esteban Felix)

Students wearing gags on their mouths protest against Honduras President Manuel Zelaya outside the Venezuelan embassy in Tegucigalpa, Thursday, June 25, 2009. President Zelaya's attempt to hold a referendum on reforming the constitution has pitted him against the country's top courts, the attorney general, military leaders and even his own party, all of whom argue the vote is illegal. (Photo/Fernando Antonio)

Pro-Honduran government supporters in the small town of Choluteca, Honduras Today, July 1, 2009,

This is a picture from a demonstration in support of Honduran democracy and the government of President Michelleti who has defied the OAS and has said there is no chance that the Chavez stooge, former President Zelaya will return. (Picture courtesy of Gateway Pundit )

0bama was helping Chavez orchestrate this attempted takeover by Zelaya.

The U.S. State Dept has basically announced that they are an organ of international communism.

State Department Daily Briefing - July 6, 2009

Here's a different source .. Reuters .. with a slightly different take.

US suspends military aid to Honduras before talks
The U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa said Washington suspended $16.5 million in military assistance programs to Honduras following the coup, in a move that appeared aimed at putting pressure on Micheletti's interim government.
It added that a further $180 million in U.S. aid for Honduras could also be at risk, but said humanitarian assistance to the Honduran people such as food aid, AIDS prevention and help for children, would continue. ...
Seventeen Republicans in the U.S. Senate, which is controlled by Obama's Democratic Party, sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking the administration to reassess its position on the coup and urging it not to cut assistance to Honduras.

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