Ousted ex-President Zelaya returns to Honduras - CNN.com

Manuel Zelaya has spent months in exile in the Dominican Republic, waiting to be able to return to Honduras

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• NEW: Manuel Zelaya calls on his supporters to pursue peaceful, democratic change
• NEW: He tells CNN en Espanol he does not intend to run for president right now
• Zelaya was overthrown in a coup in 2009
• The country is divided over his rule and return

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(CNN) -- Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted in a coup nearly two years ago, returned to his homeland Saturday.

His plane touched down in the capital, Tegucigalpa, in the afternoon. Thousands of supporters cheered his arrival at the airport.

While Zelaya has entered Honduras since the military roused him in his pajamas and sent him into exile, Saturday marked the first time he returned without fear of prosecution.

Wearing his trademark cowboy hat, Zelaya addressed his supporters, calling on them to pursue peaceful, democratic change.