Honduras News – Daily News about Honduras

Honduras has dropped a top United Nations World Court case in which Brazil was accused of meddling in Honduras’ internal affairs by allowing ousted President Manuel Zelaya to stay at its embassy last year.

The International Court of Justice, widely known as the World Court, said Wednesday that Honduras asked to withdraw the case on April 30th, and the request was granted on May 12th.

The interim administration, headed by then President Roberto Micheletti, filed the case back in October of 2009, while ousted Manuel Zelaya was holed up at the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa. Honduras alleged he was using the embassy “as a platform for political propaganda and thereby threatening the peace and internal public order of Honduras”. Brazil claimed they then viewed Zelaya as Honduras’ lawfully elected president.

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The Brazilian Embassy’s vice consul in Honduras, Francisca Francinete de Melo, was stopped at the Tegucigalpa airport and denied entry into the country by Honduran immigration officials.

Brazil’s foreign minister, Celso Amorim, stated that the incident was just a “mistake and a misunderstanding,” and that by the time he had been informed of the incident, the problem had been resolved.

The foreign minister said the government of Porfirio Lobo fired the immigration official responsible, and the Brazilian diplomat entered the country without further incident. The diplomat was not initially allowed to enter Honduras because Brazil broke off relations and has not recognized the Lobo administration. Amorim said the quick solution of the incident was a good sign that the new president is determined to set things right as soon as possible.

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While at the national stadium the inauguration ceremony of President Porfirio Lobo Sosa is taking place, in the vicinity of the Embassy of Brazil, two vehicles of the Embassy of the Dominican Republic have entered.

Dozens of journalists are located near the embassy in anticipation of the time when the former president will leave the embassy.

President Lobo has signed the Amnesty Decree at the inauguration ceremony, and at the conclusion of the event, President Lobo is expected to arrive with the President of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernandez, volunteering to help shelter Zelaya as he is transported out of the Country.

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