Zelaya vows to return to Honduras - Aljazeera.net

Supporters and opponents of Zelaya have held several mass protests in Honduras [AFP] Manuel Zelaya, the ousted Honduran president, has vowed to return to his country and retake the leadership nearly a week after a military-backed coup led him into exile. Zelaya told Al Jazeera on Saturday that he would return to Honduras on Sunday, despite a warning from the interim government that he would be arrested. Zelaya made the comment upon his arrival in Washington, DC, for an emergency session of the Organisation of American States (OAS). Call for support He called on supporters to prepare to greet him at the airport on Sunday, and on Saturday more than 10,000 of them gathered near the heavily guarded presidential palace and pledged they would be ready if he returned. "We are going to show up at the Honduras International Airport in... [read full story]                    

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