Article: 1st LD: OAS gives Honduran coup leaders three days to reinstate deposed president

1st LD: OAS gives Honduran coup leaders three days to reinstate deposed president

WASHINGTON, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The Organization of American States (OAS) gave the coup leaders in Honduras three days to reinstate deposed president Manuel Zelaya, or the country will face suspension.

"If within 72 hours the reinstatement doesn't happen, the (OAS)assembly ... will meet again to suspend Honduras," OAS chief Jose Miguel Insulza told reporters Wednesday.

OAS members held meetings in the Washington headquarters Tuesday and decided to take diplomatic and political steps necessary to restore democracy in Honduras, Insulza said.

Zelaya, toppled and exiled by the military Sunday, gained wide ...

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