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rabble.ca Editor Derrick O'Keefe is a writer and social justice activist in Vancouver, BC. He is the author of the new Verso book, Michael Ignatieff: The Lesser Evil? and the co-writer of Afghan MP Malalai Joya's political memoir, A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice. Derrick also served as rabble.ca's editor from 2007 to 2009. Topics covered on this blog will include the war in Afghanistan and foreign policy, Canadian politics, media analysis, climate justice and ecology. You can follow him at http://twitter.com/derrickokeefe

President Zelaya makes surprise return to Honduras

| September 21, 2009

President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras was ousted in a coup d'etat on June 28. The illegal ouster has been condemned by the entire international community. Today, Zelaya made a surprise announcement that he had returned to the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa. The coup regime, headed by Roberto Micheletti, initially denied reports of Zelaya's return. But U.S. officials have now conceded that he is indeed back, reportedly holed up in the Brazilian Embassy.

Zelaya told Telesur that he plans to attempt to dialogue with the Micheletti regime. You can watch live coverage of this unfolding situation at Telesur's website. The Latin American news channel, founded on the initiative of the Chavez government in Venezuela, has devoted extensive coverage to the struggle for democracy in Honduras over the past three months.

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