Ousted Honduran leader mulls return after OAS ruling

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya tried to rally support to fly home after the Organization of American States suspended the country because its caretaker government refused to reinstate him. Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya waves upon his arrival at Comalapa international airport, in San Salvador July 2, 2009. (REUTERS/La Prensa Grafica/Milton Flores/Pool) The interim government said it would not allow Zelaya in the country. The OAS met into the early hours of Sunday in Washington and took the rare step to suspend one of its members after the interim authorities ignored an ultimatum by the 34-member body to reinstate Zelaya. It was the strongest move yet by foreign governments to isolate the caretaker government. In Central America's first coup since the Cold War era Zelaya, a leftist... [read full story]                    

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