Xiomara Castro de Zelaya: We Want Justice, We Want Peace, We Demand the Return to Democracy

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Democracy Now!
July 27, 2009

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. [includes rush transcript]

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see also:

COUP DICTATOR PUBLISHES OPED IN WSJ; US DELEGATION VISITS COUP REGIME; STATE DEPT SUPPORTS ZELAYA’S RETURN ONLY IF “MUTUAL” (IF COUP REGIME AGREES)

see

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