RETORNO DE HONDURAS A LA DEMOCRACIA Y EL ORDEN CONSTITUCIONAL

The Center for Economic and Policy Research and The George Washington University’s Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program invite you to a discussion:

*”Returning Honduras to Democratic and Constitutional Order”*

with

*H.E. José Manuel Zelaya Rosales President of the Republic of Honduras*

Introduction by Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research

Moderated by Cynthia McClintock, Director, Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program, George Washington University

*Wednesday, September 2, 2009* 9:30 A.M.

*Lindner Family Commons* The Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E St., NW, Suite 602 Washington, D.C. Two months following the coup d’etat that sent him into a forced exile, President Zelaya of Honduras will discuss his attempts to negotiate peace and a return to a democratic and constitutional order in Honduras.

*José Manuel Zelaya Rosales *was sworn in as President of Honduras on January 27, 2006. From 1999 through 2004, he was the Secretary of the Central Executive Council of the Partido Liberal before founding the Esperanza Liberal (Liberal Hope) Movement in 2005. He won his party’s nomination and was elected President of Honduras in November 2005. He previously served as Minister and Executive Director of the Honduran Fund for Development Investment under Presidents Carlos Roberto Reina and Carlos Flores, and in this capacity, he was one of the key players in the coordination of relief and reconstruction efforts following the Hurricane Mitch disaster of 1998. President Zelaya previously served for several terms in the National Congress. He also played a leadership role in the private sector as a successful businessman and as a board member of several private sector organizations.

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