Exiles Dominican Republic

Former President Salvador Jorge Blanco of the Dominican Republic has suffered a heart attack while being sheltered in the Venezuelan ambassador's home but will be allowed to go to the United States for treatment, President Joaquin Balaguer said. Jorge Blanco, 57, his wife and two children took refuge in the Venezuelan ambassador's official residence on April 30, one day after a criminal judge issued an order for his arrest on corruption charges.

As a new Honduran president took office Wednesday, former leader Manuel Zelaya flew into exile in the Dominican Republic under a deal that ends months of turmoil since his ouster by the military last summer. Zelaya, accompanied by his wife, two children and President Leonel Fernandez of the Dominican Republic, left Honduras just hours after Porfirio Lobo was sworn in as president. Under an arrangement brokered last week by Fernandez, Zelaya agreed to abandon the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, where he had holed up in September, and to leave the country once his term officially ended.

As a new Honduran president took office Wednesday, former leader Manuel Zelaya flew into exile in the Dominican Republic under a deal that ends months of turmoil since his ouster by the military last summer. Zelaya, accompanied by his wife, two children and President Leonel Fernandez of the Dominican Republic, left Honduras just hours after Porfirio Lobo was sworn in as president. Under an arrangement brokered last week by Fernandez, Zelaya agreed to abandon the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, where he had holed up in September, and to leave the country once his term officially ended.

Former President Salvador Jorge Blanco of the Dominican Republic has suffered a heart attack while being sheltered in the Venezuelan ambassador's home but will be allowed to go to the United States for treatment, President Joaquin Balaguer said. Jorge Blanco, 57, his wife and two children took refuge in the Venezuelan ambassador's official residence on April 30, one day after a criminal judge issued an order for his arrest on corruption charges.