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


; k% e8 L. g; SDeposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya has arrived Ray Ban sunglassesin the Dominican Republic, beginning his exile and ending seven months of turmoil in Honduras.


: W, I; B  L" |# Q: f+ vHundreds of supporters,beads, many waving flags, watched him leave the airport in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa.


/ v& T0 a& z' w) K" D4 iHis 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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# H! T5 g% T# BNewly-elected President Porfirio Lobo had offered him safe passage.


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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Mr Lobo said the measure - first proposed months ago in failed mediation talks in Costa Rica - was needed as part of a process of reconciliation.


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.


Mr 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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Mr Zelaya was taken to the Tegucigalpa airport in a convoy of around 15 vehicles.

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1 T3 z- X# a* @! X# K. M"See you later Papa Mel. God bless you," read one supporter's placard, using Mr Zelaya's nickname.
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4 ~3 P( i+ U: F. A+ X1 @3 OHe has spent the past four months sheltering in the Brazilian embassy, after returning in secret in September.
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5 @: ~4 s2 A7 u0 c" I' g: AHis 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.


* _) ]% n! T4 C; \3 K' k7 ]) C- @1 eMr 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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# E, y! O& F0 C3 r+ f! G- JMr 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.
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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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