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Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes, is meeting today in Guatemala with their President, Alvaro Colom, and the President of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo, to address
Honduras’ return to international recognition.

President Funes told reporters that they plan to discuss ways to help Honduras “advance in its internal process to obtain a consensus, the construction of harmony, and the coexistence of peace and democracy”.

The talks are scheduled to take place before the meeting being held of Central American Presidents with U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.

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Tomorrow, ousted ex-President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, who lives in the Dominican Republic as a “distinguished guest”, will meet with the Dominican’s local members of the Central American Parliament (Parlacen) to see about instating his membership.

Former Presidents in Central America qualify for a seat in the Central American Parliament, which is headquartered in Guatemala.

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Salvadoran Chancellor, Hugo Martinez, said in a press conference today that El Salvador had proposed on Friday to hold a meeting amongst the Presidents of Central America to analyze the possibility of Honduras returning to the international community.
The idea was introduced at a reunion of the System of Central American Integration (SICA) that was hosted in Panama last week.

Martinez indicated that the meeting would most likely take place in Cancun, Mexico, on February 22nd and 23rd. The Chancellor said it was important that this discussion happen “as rapidly as possible” so that “the total reestablishment of the democracy in Honduras” in the eyes of the international community would take place quickly.

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President Porfirio Lobo was invited to participate in the European Union-Latin America Agreement conference to be held in May in Madrid, according to the Spanish Secretary of State for Latin America, Juan Pablo de Laiglesia.

This is the first time a senior official from Spain has visited Tegucigalpa since the removal of ex-president Manuel Zelaya. President Lobo’s efforts have given reason for Mr. Laiglesia to state that, “Honduras’ relations with the international community and particularly with the EU and Spain will normalize.”

“Honduras has a new political scenario which allows us to contemplate the future with optimism,” he said.

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