Deposed Zelaya to write book on his ouster

Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya plans to write a book on the last year’s coup in Honduras and cast light on the role of the country’s business elite in his ouster.

In a television interview broadcast in Venezuela, Zelaya said on Sunday that he hopes to publish a book about his ouster within three months.

Zelaya explained that the business leaders in Honduras feared that he intended to copy President Hugo Chavez’s socialist policies.

He also expounded on how some were worried over his decision to take control of fuel terminals used by store imported oil.

On June 28, 2009, military forces stormed Zelaya’s palace and flew him to exile in Costa Rica, allegedly over the leader’s refusal to drop a campaign for a referendum on changing the constitution, which the Supreme Court had ruled illegal.

The move sparked street protests in Honduras where thousands of demonstrators took to streets in support for Zelaya, threatening to boycott the November elections.

Honduran officials also fiercely opposed a proposal by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias urging Zelaya’s return as president of a coalition government.

Shortly afterwards, Latin American leaders together with the US and Canada condemned the June 28 coup in Honduras, emphasizing that Zelaya “remains the democratically elected president.”

In January and following the disputed election of new Honduran President Porfirio Lobo, ousted Zelaya left the country after an earlier return that was objected by coup leaders .

Despite re-establishing ties with some 30 countries, Lobo’s government faces legitimacy crisis in Latin America as some countries, including Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela, refrain from recognizing his administration.