Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

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Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

- p: p4 l/ L0 g. S& u* uHonduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

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9 K5 N7 [; m1 T  MDeposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya has arrived Ray Ban sunglassesin the Dominican Republic, beginning his exile and ending seven months of turmoil in Honduras.

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Hundreds of supporters,beads, many waving flags, watched him leave the airport in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa.

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His departure marks the end of efforts to return to office after soldiers forced him into exile at gunpoint on 28 June over a constitutional dispute.

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Newly-elected President Porfirio Lobo had offered him safe passage.

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* s7 q/ e5 ?3 `$ k/ `Under a deal struck by the two men, Mr Zelaya agreed to fly to exile #x as a way to avoid prosecution in Honduras on charges that he violated the constitution while in office.

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Mr Lobo said the measure - first proposed months ago in failed mediation talks in Costa Rica - was needed as part of a process of reconciliation.
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Mr Zelaya travelled to the Dominican Republic on the presidential plane, accompanied by the country's president, Leonel Fernandez, who attended the swearing-in ceremony for Mr Lobo hours before.


) s# z3 Z6 G. x* l# |Mr Zelaya's wife, Xiomara Castro, his two young sons Ray Ban sunglassesand his political advisor, Rasel Tome, also travelled with him.
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* h/ P: u4 S, T( {+ P) Y( }7 |, @6 cFond farewell


+ _  O, V* q, |0 z) m5 g2 ^* E7 cMr Zelaya was taken to the Tegucigalpa airport in a convoy of around 15 vehicles.
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: Q. ~, M* K; S& X"See you later Papa Mel. God bless you," read one supporter's placard, using Mr Zelaya's nickname.

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He has spent the past four months sheltering in the Brazilian embassy, after returning in secret in September.
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  ~8 e, h2 \2 I% S+ ~" xHis June ousting provoked international condemnation but diplomatic attempts to persuade the interim government to allow Mr Zelaya to return to office proved futile.
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! F" q4 Z8 l4 t6 rWith opinion divided in Honduras and internationally, several nations have refused to recognise the legitimacy of the November election, in which Mr Lobo defeated Mr Zelaya.
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0 `$ l6 g: O* w: p8 EMr Lobo's first act upon taking office was to sign a decree giving amnesty to the soldiers, politicians and judges who brought about the June ousting.
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Mr Zelaya was removed amid a dispute over his plans to hold a vote on whether a constituent assembly should be set up to look at rewriting the constitution.
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His critics said the vote, which was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, #x aimed to remove the current one-term limit on serving as president and pave the way for his possible re-election.
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Mr Zelaya repeatedly said he had no interest in staying in power Ray Ban sunglassesbut wanted to rewrite an outdated constitution to guarantee fairer representation for all Hondurans.

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