Honduras News – Daily News about Honduras

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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Manual Zelaya stated he will exit the Brazilian embassy tomorrow, and he might be carried out by helicopter.
The former president said there is also the option of being transported to the capital’s Toncontin airport in a vehicle of the State of Honduras. The air terminal is located about 15 kilometers from the embassy, but the streets are narrow and traffic is congested in the afternoon.

Mr. Zelaya said he would travel with his wife, Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, his daughter Hortense, and their legal adviser and fugitive from justice, Rasel Tome, to the Dominican Republic, but move to Mexico shortly thereafter.

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The National Congress will meet today to discuss the general amnesty bill that seeks to end the political crisis and initiate a national reconciliation process.

Members of a special committee addressing the issue announced that the project will be presented to Congress members at a meeting this afternoon, and probably be referred to an opinion committee, which will submit its report on the last session held this week.

In these last sessions before the close of the fourth and final term, the legislature will discuss three items. According to its president, Jose Alfredo Saavedra, those items will be amnesty, membership in Alba (Bolivarian Alternative for Latin America), and a toll collection in Tegucigalpa.

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