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DR, Honduras president-elect reach deal on Zelaya January 20, 2010 10:32 PM EST SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - The Dominican government announced a deal Wednesday with Honduras' president-elect to give ousted leader Manuel Zelaya safe passage to this Caribbean nation. The pact would let Zelaya, who has been holed up in the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa nearly four months, fly here as a guest after Porfirio Lobo takes office as Honduras' president Jan. 27, Dominican presidential spokesman Rafael Nunez said. Lobo said he was confident Honduras' political crisis would ease after his inauguration on the final day of Zelaya's term. He thanked Dominican President Leonel Fernandez for his help in drafting the deal, dubbed the "Agreement for National Reconciliation and the Fortification of Democracy in Honduras." "We must all forgive. We strongly defend an amnesty for all, regardless of ideological differences we may have. It is in the interest of the Honduran people," Lobo said before meeting with Fernandez to sign the accord. Lobo, a wealthy rancher who won Honduras' Nov. 29 presidential election, previously called for granting amnesty both to Zelaya and to all of those involved in the coup that removed the leader in a fight over constitutional change. Zelaya praised the accord as a sign of Lobo's commitment to national reconciliation, but the ousted leader did not say when he might leave Honduras, although Dominican officials said that could happen as early as inauguration day. "I recognize this as a good gesture from Lobo to achieve national reconciliation," Zelaya told Radio Globo from the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa. _________________ 'nuff said. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
