Ecuadoran president ready to accompany Zelaya back to Honduras

QUITO, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa said Friday that he is ready to accompany Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya to return to Tegucigalpa this weekend. "It was an invitation from Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya," Correa said in a radio interview, adding that "the Honduras dictatorship has its hours numbered." Honduran soldiers stormed the presidential palace and flew President Manuel Zelaya into exile in Costa Rica early Sunday. Later on Sunday, the Honduran legislature voted to appoint Roberto Micheletti, head of the legislature, as acting president to serve out Zelaya's term. The coup leaders were under massive international pressure. The Organization of American States(OAS) Wednesday gave them 72 hours to reinstate Zelaya, or the country will face expulsion from the organization. Earlier... [read full story]                    

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