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Honduran president flees after coup
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-06-29 07:52
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica: Honduran President Manuel Zelaya arrived in Costa Rica following his detention by soldiers in his homeland yesterday. An official at the Costa Rican president's office did not offer details on how Zelaya had arrived in this fellow Central American nation, but he said Zelaya would probably seek political asylum. Zelaya was detained by army troops early yesterday, shortly before he was to have held a controversial referendum on constitutional reform opposed by most of the rest of the Honduran government. Troops took Zelaya, an ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, from his residence to an unknown location, Eduardo Reina, the president's private secretary, said earlier yesterday. Zelaya said on television on arrival in Costa Rica that he was a "victim of kidnapping" and a "coup d'etat," part of a plot by members of the military to remove him from power. US President Barack Obama called for all sides in Honduras to respect democracy and the rule of law. Obama says any disputes must be settled peacefully through negotiations. Reuters - AP
(China Daily 06/29/2009 page6) |
