Honduran president makes US visit

[Judi Lynn]

Honduran president makes US visit
Honduran President Porfirio Lobo departed Saturday on a tour of the United States as his government lobbies for international recognition and Honduras' readmission to the Organization of American States.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
By: AFP writers

TEGUCIGALPA, April 24, 2010 (AFP) - Honduran President Porfirio Lobo departed Saturday on a tour of the United States as his government lobbies for international recognition and Honduras' readmission to the Organization of American States.

Lobo, who took office January 27 after a protracted political crisis caused by a coup, was to make stops in New Orleans and Miami with an agenda that included visits to universities, a meeting with a World Bank official and with Colombia's defense minister.

Honduras' Foreign Minister Mario Canahuati, meanwhile, said Honduras hoped to be automatically reinstated in the OAS when it holds its next general assembly in Lima June 6 to 8.

Honduras was expelled from the regional organization in July 2009 following a June 28, 2009 coup that ousted then president Manuel Zelaya.

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