22 September 2009

Clinton: Zelaya's Return Helps Honduran Peace Process.

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, meeting with mediator Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, said Zelaya’s return to Tegucigalpa and refuge in Brasil's embassy created the chance to restore “constitutional and democratic order” and move ahead with elections in November.
Zelaya’s homecoming “makes it easier for us to put some more pressure on the de facto government,” Arias said in New York, adding achieving his return was the main hurdle to implementing the so-called San Jose 11-point plan.
But some worry about violence. “What we’re about to witness is a series of demonstrations and counter-demonstrations and there’s also a great risk of violence,” said Casas-Zamora, former vice president of Costa Rica under Arias.