Coup in Honduras

Nicaragua: Déjà Coup All Over Again?

Javier Corrales | Posted 05.25.2011

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This week, the United States helped bring an end to a serious political crisis in Honduras. A similar crisis is now brewing in Nicaragua, but this time, the United States won't be as lucky.

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Honduras Won't Let Zelaya Return As President, Defying US

McClatchy | Tyler Bridges | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 05.25.2011

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CARACAS, Venezuela �" Honduras' de facto government remains dead-set against the return of Manuel Zelaya as the country's president, in defiance of ...

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Honduran Coup Government Continues Attack on the Poor with Plan to Seize Indigenous Hospital

Dan Kovalik | Posted 05.25.2011

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Condemning the poor and the vulnerable to further marginalization, and even death, is part of the plan of the current regime in Honduras.

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Honduran Coup: The U.S. Connection

Conn Hallinan | Posted 05.25.2011

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The story most U.S. readers are getting about the coup is that Zelaya was deposed because he tried to change the constitution to keep himself in power. That is a massive distortion of the facts.

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Honduras Lobbyists For Interim Government Sent To Washington

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' interim government ordered Venezuelan diplomats on Tuesday to leave the country as the international community...

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Honduras Coup: Honduran Journo Asks "Who Cares About Zelaya?"

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week I asked my friend Julia what she thought about the coup d'état that deposed our president, Manuel Zelaya. Julia owns a mercadito, an old-fa...

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Is the OAS Against Democracy?

Javier Corrales | Posted 05.25.2011

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Everything Manuel Zelaya did suggested that his ultimate goal was to empower the Executive to the detriment of the other branches of government, and this scared all democratic forces.

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Honduras Coup: Conservatives Rally Behind "Coup For Democracy"

UN Dispatch | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Weekly Standard calls it a "Coup for Democracy." The National Review, "A Counter-Coup." But Ciff Kincaid wins the award for most unhinged reaction...

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Hondurans Call Out for Help From the International Community

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

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One farmer was horrified. "Please, don't let us return to those dark days of death squads and violence," he said.

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Honduras Coup: US Warns Citizens To Avoid Travel To Honduras

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The State Department on Monday warned U.S. citizens to avoid all nonessential travel to Honduras due to the "current unstable polit...

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Romeo Vasquez, Honduras Coup General, Says He Tried To Avoid It

McClatchy News | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Honduran general whose refusal to help carry out a plebiscite set the stage for the president's ouster here says he did not seek to stage a coup -...

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Honduras Coup: Rio Group Demands Zelaya Reinstatement

Granma International | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Rio Group today condemned the coup d'état perpetrated in Honduras and reaffirmed its unconditional backing for the only president of that Central...

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Honduras Coup: UN To Hear Ousted Honduran Pres. Zelaya

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is to address the United Nations, as pressure builds from the international community for him to be reinstated...

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Manuel Zelaya Vows To Return To Honduras To Regain Control

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' ousted president won overwhelming international support Tuesday as he planned a high-profile return to his cha...

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Roberto Micheletti: Honduran Army Is Ready For Threats

Posted 05.25.2011

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Newly-appointed Honduran acting President Roberto Micheletti said on Sunday the country's armed forces are ready to cope with any external threats. ...

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Obama Says Honduran Ouster Was 'Not Legal'

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday declared that the United States still considers Manuel Zelaya to be the president of Honduras and ...

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Honduras Coup: World Leaders Call For President's Reinstatement

AP | WILL WEISSERT and FREDDY CUEVAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Police and soldiers clashed with thousands of protesters outside Honduras' national palace Monday, leaving at least 45 p...

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Honduran President Detained By Soldiers

AP | WILL WEISSERT and FREDDY CUEVAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Soldiers ousted the democratically elected president of Honduras on Sunday and Congress named a successor, but the lefti...

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