ホンジュラス関係 今朝の朝日新聞とTHE JAPAN TIMESの記事です。
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セラヤ氏が「一瞬帰国」
［ハバナ＝堀内隆］中米ホンジュラスからの報道によると、同国のクーデターで国外追放されたセラヤ
大統領が24日、隣国ニカラグアから陸路でホンジュラス国境に達した。数歩だけホンジュラス領内に
足を踏み入れてからニカラグアに戻り、「一瞬の帰国」をアピールした。セラヤ氏の逮捕状を取って
いるミチェレッティ暫定政権側も、24日は領内に足を踏み入れたセラヤ氏を逮捕することはなかった。
THE JAPAN TIMES
Zelaya briefly back in Honduras
Tegucigalpa
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya pushed through a crowd made up mostly of journalists and some
supporters, lifted the chain that divides Nicaragua and Honduras and stepped into his homeland Friday,
nearly one month after he was deported in a coup.
He stepped back into Nicaragua 30 minutes later.
Cheers had come from the crowd that surrounded Zelaya as he breached the border, and among other
supporters who braved police tear gas, military roadblocks and a rare daytime curfew in a bid to reach
the area and receive the leftist leader.
But opposition to Zelaya and his often provocative rule runs deep in Honduras, and the de facto
government that replaced him and installed Roberto Micheletti as president vowed to arrest him if he
entered the country. Army and police forces were deployed along the border to block Zelaya’s return.
In the end, authorities said they didn’t bother to arrest Zelaya because he “barely”entered the
country, staying in the no man’s land that characterized many borders. Zelaya said he was withdrawing
to avoid becoming the cause of violence.
“I am not afraid, but I also am not stupid,”he said.
It was a day of high theatrics staged, apparently, for multiple audiences, including the press abroad
and Zelaya’s followers at home.
U.S. officials had urged him not to attempt to cross into Honduras because of the possible bloodshed.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said it was a “reckless”action.
Zelaya decided to go to the border after negotiations led by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias broke
down. Honduras’de facto rulers said they will never accept the key point of Arias’plan – that Zelaya
be allowed to finish his term ending in January – while Zelaya said Friday he could not accept a plan
that gave “pardon and prizes”to coup plotters. Among other points, the plan called for amnesty for
coup-related crimes.
Photo “I am not afraid”: Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya arrives at a Nicaragua-Honduras
border station Friday. REUTERS
