Ousted president back in Honduras despite US criticism

DEFYING US criticism, ousted president Manuel Zelaya returned for a second day to Honduras’s land border to try to put pressure on the coup leaders who threw him out of the country last month.

In a move that risked alienating his most powerful ally in his bid to return to power, Zelaya also said US secretary of state Hillary Clinton is not adequately informed about Honduras’ “repressive regime”.

Clinton criticised Zelaya as “reckless” when he came to this town on the Honduran border with Nicaragua on Friday and took a few steps on Honduran soil as police and soldiers with orders to arrest him stood yards away.