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Guatemala's Colom rejects Chávez's proposal about Honduran crisis

Western Hemisphere
Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom rejected in an interview with a Colombian radio station the proposal made by Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez, who asked the United Nations to launch a military intervention if the ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is attacked when he returns to Honduras.

"I totally reject any armed action, any military action," Colom said to the Colombian station RCN Radio that questioned Colom on the proposal made by President Chávez on Tuesday in Managua, AFP reported.

"I would rather wait for the settlement of the crisis in Honduras to be peaceful, quiet and favors the democracy and the Honduran people," Colom said in Panama. The Guatemalan president is attending the inauguration of the new Panamanian President, Ricardo Martinelli.

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