President Zelaya entered Honduras

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Manuel Zelaya during a press conference in the Nicaraguan border

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After 27 days since the coup d'Etat in Honduras, legitimate President Manuel Zelaya Rosales has returned to his country, crossing the Nicaraguan border at Las Manos,  in a tense atmosphere.

Any  President nor any government in the world can legitimate the coup. There will be no support. We want to establish a dialogue and give an example of peace, said Zelaya to international press the Honduran territory.  He greeted the Honduran Colonel and asked him to make contact with his superiors.

According to TV live broadcasting by TeleMundo, CNN and Telesur, President Zelaya said that he returns in peace, without weapons, as a democrat to make respect for the people’s decision expressed in the urns. If the democracy is suppressed the human rights don't have any value. An economic and media oligarchy has taken control of Honduras illegally, and we can not accept this, said Zelaya, who asked the people to join and surround him to make the soldiers putting rifles down.

During the TV broadcasting after a press conference, President Zelaya talked by telephone with Presidents Lula and Lagos. The coup has been widely condemned by international community, and the moves by Nobel Prize Oscar Arias of Costa Rica failed, while Mercosur Summit last night was categorical against the coup.

Zelaya reminded to the soldiers and officials that he is the real General Commander, according to the Constitution, so they must obey his instructions and not harm the people or limit the public circulation. State of siege valid for 27 days in Honduras was set today earlier, at 12:00 hours local time.

I don't have fear, said finally Zelaya, who reminded that a government as Micheletti’s which have taken the power using the force is null, so he ask the people not to surrender until Reports from the town of Paradise, near Zelaya’s press conference, informed that the Army have taken the roads and placed obstacles, same as they did in the Toncontin airport to avoid the legitimate President’s return to the country.