Honduras' ousted leader, successor sign accord

[Zorro]

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Ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya signed an accord with his successor Sunday that will permit Zelaya's return to his homeland and the country's re-entry into the Organization of American States.

Shaking hands with smiles, Zelaya and current President Porfirio Lobo sat down in this Caribbean port to sign an agreement that was worked out by Presidents Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia.

The goal is to end the political crisis caused by the June 2009 coup that sent Zelaya into exile and caused the OAS to suspend Honduras as a member.

The agreement "strengthens the American system ... and there is peace and freedom in a brotherly country like Honduras," Santos said.

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More at:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110523/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_honduras_coup_11

[Bacchus39]

1. there seems to be an echo here in this forum n/t

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[Bacchus39]

2. p.s. Lobo and Zelaya met in Cartagena

just wanted to point that out. during Lobo's first visit with Santos and Chavez, someone was saying that Lobo crashed the meeting between Santos and fat boy.

[Judi Lynn]

3. No, no one said that. Someone said it was a dirty trick for Santos to spring Lobo on Chavez. n/t

[Bacchus39]

4. it was nothing of the sort, it was all arranged previously n/t

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