
Tegucigalpa airport today (Reuters)
A short time ago, the Wall Street Journal reported that
ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya tried to fly to this Central American nation on Sunday. The provisional government said it would turn the aircraft away, even as it signaled a new willingness to negotiate a solution to the region’s biggest political crisis in years.
Honduras’ civil aviation director said Mr. Zelaya’s plane was being redirected to El Salvador.
[….]
Mr. Zelaya…departed from Washington to Tegucigalpa on an aircraft believed to belong to Venezuela’s government. He =was accompanies by the U.N. General Assembly president, Miguel D’Escoto. Also along for the ride was Argentine President Cristina Kirchner in her official plane and another plane carrying journalists.
Newsday has a longer, more detailed description of events. Continue reading
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