Ousted Honduran Leader Addresses UN via Cell Phone

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Source: Associated Press

Honduras' ousted president addressed the United Nations General Assembly by cellular telephone from the Brazilian embassy in his country's capital, where he is holed up.

Manuel Zelaya said Monday that a June military coup that toppled him has subjected Honduras to a dictatorship.

He called on world leaders to guarantee his safety and those of Hondurans who have taken to the streets to demand his return to power.

Zelaya spoke via a phone brought to the podium by his foreign minister, Patricia Rodas. His brief words drew sustained applause from assembled diplomats, some of whom stood.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/28/us/AP-UN-Honduras.html

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Zelaya urges UN to restore law in Honduras
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090929/ts_afp/unassemblydiplomacyhonduraszelaya_20090929010255

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1. Not so much of an "Ousted Honduran Leader" as the coup would like!

Michelletti's actions in the past few days earned a lot of disgust for the coup.
The UN and OAS are solidly behind "President Zelaya" it seems.

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2. K & R

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3. Here's a photo of Foreign Affairs Minister Rodas holding the phone for Zelaya to address the UN:

http://d.yimg.com.nyud.net:8090/a/p/ap/20090929/capt.141fcde3a75e4b96af9c4d3e99a08775.un_general_assembly_unsc110.jpg

Honduran Foreign Affairs Minister Patricia Isabel Rodas Baca holds a cell phone up to the microphones to allow Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya to address the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters Monday, Sept. 28, 2009.
(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
Glad to hear there was such a postive reception for President Zelaya.

Thanks for this post.

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4. Make that "for President Zelaya" wooo hooooo Great Pic

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5. Transcript

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya:

“My greetings to the United Nations. Anybody who had any doubt that a dictatorship is taking hold of my country, now with what has happened in the last ninety-three days of repression, I think that any of those doubts that might have subsisted are dispelled. But besides being subject to a coup d’état, Honduras is being subjected to a fascist rule, which is suppressing the rights of its citizens and which is oppressing the Honduran people.”

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/9/29/headlines