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Honduras talks start, police disperse protesters
Wed Oct 7, 2009 10:22pm EDT
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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Envoys of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and the country's de facto leader began talks Wednesday as diplomats insisted the deposed president be reinstated and police fired tear gas at protesters.
Foreign ministers and the head of the Organization of American States are overseeing the highest-level dialogue in the coffee-growing nation since Zelaya was bundled into exile at gunpoint three months ago, but a solution to the crisis seemed distant.
Zelaya followed the negotiations from the Brazilian embassy, where he has been trapped by troops since slipping back into Honduras last month.
Interim leader Roberto Micheletti chided diplomats from the hemisphere for isolating the poor coffee-growing country after the putsch.
Shortly before the meeting, police fired volleys of tear gas to disperse several hundred people who were marching past the U.S. Embassy in support of Zelaya, a leftist former logging magnate.
Police and soldiers armed with clubs and automatic weapons chased demonstrators who shouted "Help us, OAS." Two people were injured, one by a rubber bullet and another by a gas canister, a local hospital said.
Zelaya and the OAS mission insist his return to power is a non-negotiable demand to give legitimacy to presidential elections set for November.
"Those who thought it was possible to depose a president and normalize life in the country before starting an election campaign should realize that this has not been possible," said OAS chief Jose Miguel Insulza.
In a live television broadcast Micheletti told the envoys, including Thomas Shannon, the top U.S. diplomat for the region, that only "an invasion" would stop the elections.
He said Zelaya should stop insisting on returning to office and choose a presidential candidate to support.
"Micheletti has no intention of handing the presidency back to Zelaya," said former Honduran presidential candidate and political analyst Jose Ramon Martinez.
COSTLY SANCTIONS
A Micheletti representative said international sanctions slapped on Honduras since the coup had cost the poor country $400 million.
A presidential election is scheduled for November 29 but critics say curbs on media and public gatherings imposed by Micheletti mean the campaign will not be fair.
Zelaya said Micheletti agreed to the talks only to fend off international criticism. "They do not have the least intention of reversing the coup, they are just playing for time," he told the Telesur television channel from his embassy refuge. Continued...
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