Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

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Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile


Deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya has arrived Ray Ban sunglassesin the Dominican Republic, beginning his exile and ending seven months of turmoil in Honduras.
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Hundreds of supporters,beads, many waving flags, watched him leave the airport in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa.
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) l; _! z2 V8 H. b' }6 E4 c. ^His 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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Newly-elected President Porfirio Lobo had offered him safe passage.
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0 g5 J, M2 C) L6 }% [Under 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.

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/ s. R4 ?! V1 j" |- T" C3 a+ AMr Lobo said the measure - first proposed months ago in failed mediation talks in Costa Rica - was needed as part of a process of reconciliation.
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, p0 C$ }: t9 J6 k8 WMr 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.


9 A# x6 _9 k& e9 m6 \9 i, f6 JMr 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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9 ?/ }: m+ n- }( N2 s8 A; oFond farewell
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Mr Zelaya was taken to the Tegucigalpa airport in a convoy of around 15 vehicles.


0 c: Z  L' N: Y6 B" T"See you later Papa Mel. God bless you," read one supporter's placard, using Mr Zelaya's nickname.

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He has spent the past four months sheltering in the Brazilian embassy, after returning in secret in September.
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His 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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Mr 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.


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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  M: a3 S  E, `) g+ ~- t9 [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.
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6 n$ u6 h" q% z. p: ]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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