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...fighting against U.S.-backed contra rebels. Ortega made it clear soon after the Honduran coup that he felt it was the role of ALBA, not of the more conservative Arias, to broker a deal there. Ortega was also apparently miffed that the Honduran military decided to banish Zelaya to Costa Rica and immediately invited him to Nicaragua, where the Sandinista leader played a key role in getting Latin American countries to unanimously condemn the coup. When Zelaya attempted to fly back to Honduras in July, he rode in a Venezuelan government...
...America's fledgling democratic traditions. The Micheletti regime and its handful of conservative Republican backers in the U.S. Congress, however, insist they're saving the hemisphere from the clutches of left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and his radical regional allies, including Zelaya. In the middle is Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace laureate Oscar Arias, whose San José Accord would reseat Zelaya with limited powers while granting the coup leaders amnesty...
...beating ourselves up over this.' WARREN RUPF, sheriff of California's Contra Costa County, following Jaycee Lee Dugard's reappearance on Aug. 26, 18 years after being abducted at the age of 11. Rupf admitted that in 2006, his department missed an opportunity to arrest Dugard's alleged kidnapper, Phillip Garrido...
...they showed up: In all shapes and sizes. At Gucci, shrunken jackets and tapered pants gave the suit a rock-concert vibe. Francisco Costa of Calvin Klein also played with proportion, showing combinations of cropped cuts. Metallic touches added to the '80s appeal...
...measures could move de facto Honduran President Roberto Micheletti to sign on to the San Jose Accord, brokered by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, which stipulates Zelaya's restoration and immunity for the coup participants. They may also help restore President Obama's standing among Latin American leaders, who have unanimously condemned the coup, as Obama has, but who have questioned the U.S. President's commitment to matching his rhetoric with action. U.S. officials called the latest sanctions "a strong signal" that Obama has reversed Washington's historic tendency to abide if not back coups carried out against its foes...