Conflict in Honduras must be avoided: Ortega

Ortega apologizes to Taiwan President Ma for missing state banquet President Ma Ying-Jeou takes a look at items during a visit to the Industry Fair in Managua, Nicaragua on Saturday. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega apologized to Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou Saturday for missing a Friday evening state banquet because of the festering crisis in neighboring Honduras and declared that all sides must "absolutely avoid any bloody conflict" in Honduras. In an attempt to defuse a flap over charges that he had "stood up" Ma by not appearing at a state banquet Friday evening, Ortega visited Ma at the latter's residence in the Crowne Plaze Managua and, after a brief meeting, drove the Taiwan president to a banquet with overseas Taiwan groups at the Holiday Inn and openly explained why he did not appear at the Friday banquet.... [read full story]                    

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