Brazil, Peru condemn Honduran limits on Zelaya

Reuters, 12/12/09

Brazil and Peru on Saturday condemned the refusal by the de facto government of Honduras to allow ousted President Manuel Zelaya to leave the country unless he drops his demand to be reinstated.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Peruvian President Alan Garcia criticized the de facto government’s stance in a joint statement issued by Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Relations. Zelaya, deposed in a June 28 coup, has taken refuge in Brazil’s embassy in the Honduran capital.

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