President of Honduras Kidnapped | Sent to Costa Rica
Honduras Coup
Recently deposed Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, arrived on a military jet at Juan Santamaria airport outside of San Jose around 8:10 am, Sunday morning.
He was still wearing his pajamas.
President Oscar Arias of Costa Rica greeted his Honduran counterpart at the airport and called on the international community to continue recognizing Zelaya as Honduras’ president and to condemn the military coup, Central America’s first in more than 15 years.
“I regret there are civilians, political leaders and part of the population in Honduras who applaud a coup d’état, just because they disagree with the government in office,” Arias said.
After a brief press conference at the airport, Mr. Zelaya was moved to the DoubleTree Cariari hotel where he stayed for most of the day until a jet provided by Venezuelan president, Hugo Chaves, arrived to transport him to Managua. The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) met in Managua to give their support to Zelaya.