Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

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Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

0 Y- x4 ?% F* _8 t" R6 b. q: vHonduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile


! S/ [2 T5 H5 B9 s1 P3 gDeposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya has arrived Ray Ban sunglassesin the Dominican Republic, beginning his exile and ending seven months of turmoil in Honduras.


4 R0 \, K7 z0 v+ q* j! SHundreds of supporters,beads, many waving flags, watched him leave the airport in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa.


0 @: N& a* V- p* L/ {5 a4 fHis departure marks the end of efforts to return to office after soldiers forced him into exile at gunpoint on 28 June over a constitutional dispute.
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- v; u4 R; c8 fNewly-elected President Porfirio Lobo had offered him safe passage.
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6 ~+ g( X3 T: a3 r$ b1 eUnder a deal struck by the two men, Mr Zelaya agreed to fly to exile #x as a way to avoid prosecution in Honduras on charges that he violated the constitution while in office.


) B# A3 {8 n! j8 p7 K) c6 q! d! U4 VMr Lobo said the measure - first proposed months ago in failed mediation talks in Costa Rica - was needed as part of a process of reconciliation.


  e9 M  e) ]: ?. s* g# Z! }Mr Zelaya travelled to the Dominican Republic on the presidential plane, accompanied by the country's president, Leonel Fernandez, who attended the swearing-in ceremony for Mr Lobo hours before.
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0 B0 f9 n1 X' w! TMr Zelaya's wife, Xiomara Castro, his two young sons Ray Ban sunglassesand his political advisor, Rasel Tome, also travelled with him.

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Fond farewell
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Mr Zelaya was taken to the Tegucigalpa airport in a convoy of around 15 vehicles.
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7 L7 @# {7 g: z9 ]$ Z& v8 ^' u"See you later Papa Mel. God bless you," read one supporter's placard, using Mr Zelaya's nickname.
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2 y( y$ D  C# P% {He has spent the past four months sheltering in the Brazilian embassy, after returning in secret in September.
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$ J: o9 g6 {5 _- m7 X5 t3 DHis June ousting provoked international condemnation but diplomatic attempts to persuade the interim government to allow Mr Zelaya to return to office proved futile.

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With opinion divided in Honduras and internationally, several nations have refused to recognise the legitimacy of the November election, in which Mr Lobo defeated Mr Zelaya.
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0 q7 ?, f6 e* i( Z! OMr Lobo's first act upon taking office was to sign a decree giving amnesty to the soldiers, politicians and judges who brought about the June ousting.

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+ J$ W. o1 z3 [- a2 ?Mr Zelaya was removed amid a dispute over his plans to hold a vote on whether a constituent assembly should be set up to look at rewriting the constitution.
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His critics said the vote, which was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, #x aimed to remove the current one-term limit on serving as president and pave the way for his possible re-election.


- m0 E1 b& |8 Y6 S# E8 W4 }: }Mr Zelaya repeatedly said he had no interest in staying in power Ray Ban sunglassesbut wanted to rewrite an outdated constitution to guarantee fairer representation for all Hondurans.



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