Manuel Zelaya quotes

Manuel Zelaya is a Honduran politician who served as the President of Honduras. His presidency was marked by progressive reforms and a controversial ousting in 2009. He continues to be an influential figure in Honduran politics and regional affairs. Here are 3 of his quotes:

If the coup victories so we can look forward to a long conflict because we refuse to bend. We are not afraid of their guns. Honduras army pattern just 7000 men. If we take up arms, we would quickly run away so few soldiers. But our goal is to allocate the regime in a peaceful and honorable way. Women, children, youth, students, workers - we all have united us in a civic front against the coup. Even my 80 year old mother to the streets and practice non-violent resistance.

Manuel Zelaya

I've come to look for an exit from our problems. We should look for an exit between the bad people who want to stay in the crisis and the good people who want to leave it. The constituent assembly is a democratic exit that we have. The Cartagena agreement has only one message: no more coup d'etats in Honduras and in Latin America.

Manuel Zelaya