Editing Óscar Arias (section)

===Mediator in 2009 Honduran Constitutional Crisis===
{{See also|2009 Honduran constitutional crisis|Roberto Micheletti#Presidency of Honduras}}

In 2009, the [[Supreme Court of Honduras]] issued an arrest warrant for Honduran President [[Manuel Zelaya]] because of violations of the constitution and laws.<ref>
On 12 November 2008, the Supreme Court of Justice determined that the modifications to articles 239 and 240 promulgated by Congress in 1998 and 2002 were unconstitutional and returned these two articles to their state in the 1982 constitution. [http://www.laprensahn.com/index.php/content/view/full/67916/ Vigentes artículos pétreos]. Retrieved 5 August 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090803135911/http://www.laprensahn.com/index.php/content/view/full/67916/ Archived] 5 August 2009.</ref><ref name=art239>Articulo 239: El ciudS Congress Communiqué explaining why ex President Zelaya was removed. Accessdate 9 July 2009</ref> Two days later, the [[National Congress of Honduras]] (in which Zelaya's own party held 62 out of 128 seats, more than any other party), also voted to dismiss Zelaya.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laprensagrafica.com/el-salvador/lodeldia/42701-micheletti-podria-asumir-en-honduras.html |title=Micheletti podría asumir en Honduras |language=es |date=28 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106170618/http://www.laprensagrafica.com/el-salvador/lodeldia/42701-micheletti-podria-asumir-en-honduras.html |archive-date=6 January 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.lapagina.com.sv/internacionales/11730/2009/06/28/Micheletti-seria-el-nuevo-presidente-de-Honduras
 |title        = Micheletti sería el nuevo presidente de Honduras
 |publisher    = Diario digital de noticias de El Salvador
 |date         = 28 June 2009
 |language     = es
 |access-date  = 17 August 2009
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20091204140657/http://www.lapagina.com.sv/internacionales/11730/2009/06/28/Micheletti-seria-el-nuevo-presidente-de-Honduras
 |archive-date = 4 December 2009
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news
|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/28/honduras.president.arrested/index.html
|title=Honduran Congress names provisional president
|publisher=CNN
| date=28 June 2009}}</ref>
Zelaya fled to Costa Rica.  The Honduran constitution mandated that the head of Congress, [[Roberto Micheletti]], who was next in the presidential line of succession, becomes the provisional head of state since [[Vice President of Costa Rica|Vice President]] [[Elvin Ernesto Santos]] had resigned in December 2008 to run for president. Micheletti's term ended 27 January 2010.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/congress-names-new-interim-honduran-president-20090629-d1fb.html
|title=Honduran president overthrown, new leader voted in
|work=The Sydney Morning Herald
|date=29 June 2009
}}</ref>

Arias began serving as mediator between Zelaya and Micheletti in the [[2009 Honduran constitutional crisis]]. Representatives of the two Hondurans met with Arias on various occasions but so far have failed to reach any kind of agreement.  As described above (with factual citations), Arias himself was initially prohibited by Costa Rica's constitutional court from another term, due to constitutional [[term limit]]s, but this was reversed using legal means, with the consent of the Costa Rican Sala IV court, unlike in Honduras. New elections in Honduras are planned for 29 November 2009. Micheletti's government stated on 2 July 2009 that it is willing to hold this year's presidential election early. Arias presented a seven-point agreement, which calls for the return of Zelaya as president – a condition deemed unacceptable to the interim government. Zelaya's representatives accepted the Arias proposal "in principle" but Micheletti's representatives balked at the key point of Zelaya returning to power in Honduras.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/honduras-negotiations-snag-over-unity-government-1.420590|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101023331/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090728/honduras_leader_090728/20090728?hub=World&s_name=5|url-status=live|archive-date=1 January 2013|title=Honduras negotiations snag over unity government|publisher=CTV (Canada)|date=28 July 2009}}</ref>