Meanwhile, Central American foreign ministers meeting in Costa Rica on Thursday agreed not to recognize the result of the November election unless Zelaya is first restored to power.
Zelaya’s foreign minister, Patricia Rodas, said after the talks that the push in Washington to employ the term “military coup” meant the coup leaders “have lost their patrons.”
Diplomats said the US had held off making the formal determination to give diplomacy a chance to yield a negotiated compromise that might allow for Zelaya’s return.
Such efforts appear, however, to have failed for now.
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