Ousted President Manuel Zelaya prepares to depart from Managua, the Nicaraguan capital, heading for Honduras. He has urged followers to gather at the border. MAYERLING GARCIA, AFP/Getty ImagesFrom Yahoo News/AP:
ESTELI, Nicaragua – Honduras' deposed president set up base near his country's border to prepare a return home, urging soldiers to ignore an arrest order against him and shrugging off warnings that his homecoming could provoke violence.
Manuel Zelaya drove a jeep to Esteli, a town just 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of the Honduran border, where he shut himself inside a hotel Thursday night to plan a strategy for reclaiming the presidency from the interim government that sent him into exile.
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More News On The Unrest In Honduras
Manuel Zelaya to attempt Honduras return -- L.A. Times
Exiled Honduran leader heads for border showdown -- AFP
Honduras leader starts return bid -- BBC
Ousted President Zelaya begins caravan back to Honduras -- CNN
Honduras’s Zelaya Heads for Home as Military Tightens Border -- Bloomberg
Ousted Honduran president heads for Nicaraguan border -- China View
Exiled leader plots Honduras return -- AFP
Honduran crisis deepens as mediation stalls -- Christian Science Monitor
Democrats in Need of Defense -- Washington Post editorial
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