Latin American governments on Sunday condemned the military coup in Honduras that ousted President Manuel Zelaya and forced him to go in exile in Costa Rica.
The Organization of America States (OAS) criticized the coup and called for the immediate restoration of Zelaya during an extraordinary session on Sunday. OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza described the events as "a serious upset to the continent's democratic process."
The regional bloc of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) condemned the coup and called an extraordinary meeting in Nicaragua to discuss the issue. Besides Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, the presidents of Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador -- Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales and Rafael Correa -- confirmed their attendance, and Cuba's Raul Castro may participate.
"Ecuador expresses its complete rejection of the infamous brutality of these oligarchys of old and some armed forces which have never been with their people," Correa said, adding that he would never recognize any government but Zelaya's.
Ortega said on Sunday that "Honduras' oligarchy" had condemned themselves to the "scrapheap of history" and said that all of Central America's presidents would meet in Nicaraguan capital Managua later on Sunday to discuss the crisis in Honduras that follows the early Sunday coup d'etat.
