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August 20, 2009

Zelaya Vows “Imminent” Return, Criticizes US
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The ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was in Peru Wednesday as he
continues to rally regional support. Zelaya said his return to Honduras
is imminent.

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya: “The return to my country is imminent.
I can’t give up. I can’t accept to live in exile. In the first place,
there is no (legal) proceeding against me in Honduras, no fault, no
sentence nor has there been a single criminal proceeding against me in
all my life. The only judgments against me were established after the
coup d’etat.”

Zelaya also repeated his call for the US to use its massive trade
leverage over Honduras to pressure the coup regime.

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya: “I acknowledge that both President
Obama and Secretary of State Clinton had nothing to do in this, in
planning this coup d’etat. I say it and I say it with respect, the
measures taken until now are lukewarm. They have been lukewarm hands
against those who led the coup.”



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