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When diplomatic action runs out, when the United States indicates it can't do any more, I am not going to simply sit around with my arms crossed
U.S. cuts off aid to Honduras Sep 03, 2009
I am going back to Honduras on Thursday, I'm going to return as president
Political crisis continues in Honduras Jul 01, 2009
For the impoverished of the world, democracy is a weapon, an instrument to fight for justice
Clinton calls Zelaya 'reckless' Jul 24, 2009
How can a person who has not been elected by anyone lead a government
Micheletti says unity government in place Nov 06, 2009
There are people who want to liquidate me and are still alive and they have great power
Honduras on alert to track down al-Qaida activists Apr 22, 2011
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales (born 20 September 1952) is a politician who was President of Honduras from January 27, 2006 until June 28, 2009. The eldest son of a wealthy businessman, he inherited his father's nickname "Mel," and, before entering politics, was involved in his family's logging and timber businesses.
Elected as a conservative, Zelaya shifted to the political left during his presidency, forging an alliance with the ALBA. On 28 June 2009, in the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis, he was seized by the military and secreted to Costa Rica in the 2009 Honduran coup d'état. On 21 September 2009 he returned to Honduras clandestinely and resurfaced in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. In 2010 he left Honduras for exile in the Dominican Republic, an exile which lasted more than a year.
He is now a deputy of the Central American Parliament representing Honduras.