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National Exclusive...Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, Wife of Ousted Honduran President, Calls on US to Aid Her Husband's Return Home: "We Want Justice, We Want Peace, We Demand the Return to Democracy"

After a failed attempt to return to Honduras over the weekend, ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has complained that US condemnation of the coup against him is waning. Zelaya had tried to cross back into Honduras from Nicaragua on Friday but stayed for less than an hour. We speak with the wife of the ousted Honduran president, First Lady Xiomara Castro de Zelaya. She's spent the past day trying to get to the border with Nicaragua, and she joins us now from the town of Jacaleapa. Ref. Source 4

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Honduras: Where does Washington stand?
By Real News

The silence from Washington over the past month of human rights abuses from the de facto Honduran government becomes deafening when one considers that the US government holds both the ability to bring that regime down as well as a recent history of criticizing similar abuses in Iran. Ref. Source 3

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Honduras: Military Coup Engineered By Two US Companies?
By John Perkins

The big companies are determined to stop what they call a 'leftist revolt' in this hemisphere. In throwing out Zelaya they are sending frightening messages to all the other presidents who are trying to raise the living standards of their people." Ref. Source 8

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Honduran police seize university after 2nd day of violence:

Thousands of protesters calling for the return of deposed President Manuel Zelaya clashed with police Wednesday for the second day in a row, but Honduras' de facto government showed no willingness to allow Zelaya to return. Ref. Source 4

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Honduras protesters mob legislator:

Police quickly mounted a successful rescue of Ramon Velazquez, the vice-president of congress, after he was attacked leaving his office on Wednesday. Ref. Source 8

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Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya Speaks from the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa

The deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya remains within the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, where he has been staying, surrounded by soldiers and riot police, since returning to his country two weeks ago. It has been nearly 100 days since President Zelaya was ousted by the Honduran military. On Friday, the Organization of American States told reporters that representatives of the deposed president and the coup government led by Roberto Micheletti will likely begin talks this week. Micheletti reportedly said he would meet with his cabinet today to consider lifting an emergency decree limiting civil liberties. Ref. Source 7

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Honduras lifts emergency decree

An emergency decree suspending civil liberties in Honduras, imposed after President Manuel Zelaya's return, is lifted. Ref. Source 8

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Honduran abuses rampant after coup: rights groups:

Suspicious deaths. Beatings. Random police shootings. Life under the de facto government of Honduras at times feels uncannily like Latin America's dark past of military rule. Ref. Source 6