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By the way, they just had a coup in Honduras.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
Via Fausta’s Blog:
Soldiers arrest Honduran president: AP+
MECIXO CITY, June 28 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Soldiers on Sunday arrested the Honduran president and took him to an air force base just before voting was to begin on a disputed constitutional election, according to the Associated Press.
President Manuel Zelaya’s private secretary told the AP that Zelaya was arrested and brought to a base on the outskirts of the capital, Tegucigalpa.
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Zelaya had pledged to go forward with a referendum on constitutional ...
Will Chavez intervene in Honduras?
Belmont Club —
... military had refused to help organize the balloting. The president fired the armed forces chief of staff General Romeo Vasquez last week for failing to support him. … President Zelaya was elected in 2006 to a four-year term. The 1982 constitution bans re-election. The president enjoys the support of leftist Latin American leaders, including Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Cuba’s Fidel Castro. Fausta notes that Chavez has already declared he will not accept Zelaya’s arrest. Translating a Noticias 24 report, Fausta writes: Hugo Chavez declared that “we are not going to watch with ...
Honduras First Democracy to Fall During Obama Term
Gateway Pundit —
... of the city, his private secretary, Carlos Enrique Reina told The Associated Press. Tanks rolled through the streets and Army trucks carrying hundreds of soldiers equipped with metal riot shields surrounded the presidential palace in the capital's center. About 100 Zelaya supporters, many wearing "Yes," T-shirts for the referendum, blocked the main street outside the gates to the palace, throwing rocks and insults at soldiers and shouting "Traitors! Traitors!" Fausta has a roundup on the Honduras coup. ...
Government Collapses in Honduras!
Snapped Shot —
... Fausta has the whole scoop. From what I can gather, the incredibly pro-Chavez president of Honduras has been overthrown by the Honduran military. He was recently trying to push a referendum through the country which was in flagrant violation of their Constitution, and after clashing with military leaders over getting the illegal ballot out to the citizenry, it would seem that they had finally had enough of his chicanery. ...
Barcepundit (English edition) — ... TURMOIL IN HONDURAS: Fausta is following the events.
Honduran Military Removes Despot From Power
Nice Deb —
... The rumors that Zelaya was shipped off to Venezuela were an unconfirmed rumor. According to Fausta, who has been following the story, all day, he is in Costa Rica. ...
It’s Not a Coup If the Guy Is a Leftist
The Moderate Voice —
... I know next to nothing about Honduran politics, and even less about Manuel Zelaya specifically, but when I saw the headlines about the coup, and then my eyes fell on this headline, from Fausta’s Blog — “Coup in Honduras - Correction: This is NOT a coup” — my first thought was, “Okay, whoever the coup was against must have been a leftist.” ...
WSJ: White House tried to prevent Honduran president’s ouster
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... on the diplomacy. “We made it clear it was something we didn’t support.” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined Mr. Obama Sunday in criticizing the Honduran coup and calling for the restoration of the democratic process.“We call on all parties in Honduras to respect the constitutional order and the rule of law , to reaffirm their democratic vocation, and to commit themselves to resolve political disputes peacefully and through dialogue,” Mrs. Clinton said in a statement. Read Fausta’s amazing round-up of what happened here. In a nutshell, Zelaya wanted another term as ...
Turns out that Honduras did not have a coup after all.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
(Background here.)
They had a court order. Fausta updated:
1:50PM
Indeed, Honduras’ La Prensa states that (My translation: If you use this, please credit me and link to this post)
An official statement of the Supreme Court of Justice explained that the Armed Forces acted under lawful grounds when detaining the President of the Republic, and by decommissioning the materials to be used on the illegal poll which aimed to bring forth Executive Power against a judicial ...
Non-Coup in Honduras
Gates of Vienna —
... is; she reads both English and Spanish news sources. For the latest on the situation, check out her frequently-updated Honduras post. ...
Honduras
Blue Crab Boulevard —
... Go read Fausta , she has it all put together. What is of concern here is that Obama, who ignored, belittled and reluctantly supported Iranian dissidents jumped right out to support a guy who was blatantly trying to destroy his country’s Constitution. categories ...
MUCH MORE ON HONDURAS, from Fausta Wertz.
Instapundit —
MUCH MORE ON HONDURAS, from Fausta Wertz.
Honduras and democracy
neo-neocon —
Fausta’s been on top of the situation in Honduras as news breaks. And here’s a big article on the subject in the WSJ.
A couple of things become clear on reading the WSJ article. The first is that the reason for the coup was to stop deposed President Zelaya from accomplishing an unconstitutional usurption of power:
Mr. Zelaya, a frequent critic of the U.S., has been locked in a growing confrontation with his country’s Congress, courts, and military over his plans for the referendum — planned for Sunday — ...
Larwyn's Linx: How do we fix this?
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... : Depot Economy Carbongate : IBD Gerstner: Obama picked wrong advisers for auto overhaul : Bloomberg Severely Bearish Treasury Development : Denninger The Debt Tsunami: CBO says its even worse : WaPo Democrats are the ones politicizing science : Howling Financial Karate : MYODBP MI offers GM $900M for 1,200 jobs : BlogProf Good ol' fashioned socialism : TAB 2010 may be too late : MoneyRunner World A Coup in Honduras : Fausta Real men of terrorist genius: Palestinian leaders : Rubin Lies of ...
Honduras: This Is Not A Coup?
Riehl World View —
... It would seem the ouster of Honduras' President is not a coup according to their High Court. Via Fausta, who has more.
Please read the 1:50PM update. The Honduran Supreme Court of Justice has confirmed that Honduran president Manuel Zelaya was detained this morning by the military in compliance with an order of the courts of law. ...
Honduras – short version
No Runny Eggs —
... I have to give major props to Fausta for staying all over the top of this, and to most of her readers for a very lively discussion in the post. For the benefit of those who have been following the likes of The News Organization That Cannot Be Quoted™ instead of the likes of ...
A Legal Coup — The Variable Role Of The Military In Politics
PoliGazette —
... has sparked a lively debate over whether or not the takeover should be called a “coup”. The reason for the debate is simple enough — “coup” conjures images of a military junta seizing power by extralegal force and repressing all opposition akin to Argentina in the early 1980s. Defenders of the Honduran military action point out that this action was not extralegal and was, in fact, authorized by the legislature and the courts in response to Zelaya’s own illegal attempt to extend his power in an imitation of his international mentor, ...
Yes, It Is a Coup
The Moderate Voice —
... The right sees this as a simple restoration of democracy. Yet the use of military personnel to detain, arrest, and transport a sitting president to another country against his will is not part of any democratic process that I am aware of. They do have courts in Honduras and a legal system. This is a coup, despite the passions of the right-wing. They also have law enforcement. Anytime the military becomes involved, it is not as simple as impeachment by Congressional edict through military force. Shorter=coup. ...
Obama Immediately Slams Honduras
Right Wing News —
... of referendums or plebiscites 180 days before or after general elections. - The Honduran Congress, led by members of his own party , named a commission to investigate Zelaya. The Commission found (my translation: If you quote it, please credit me and link to this post) Zelaya acted against the mandates of legal and electoral laws, the Public Ministry, the National Congress, the Attorney General, and other institutions of the State, which had declared the poll illegal. Additionally, the court weighed in : Indeed, Honduras' La Prensa states that (My translation: If you use ...
Again, the President Has Chosen Poorly
The Sundries Shack —
... didn’t support.” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined Mr. Obama Sunday in criticizing the Honduran coup and calling for the restoration of the democratic process. “We call on all parties in Honduras to respect the constitutional order and the rule of law, to reaffirm their democratic vocation, and to commit themselves to resolve political disputes peacefully and through dialogue,” Mrs. Clinton said in a statement. The reality is quite different from what’s been happening there. Zelaya was arrested on the direct orders of the Honduran Supreme Court , backed by an ...
Back (Again) to the Honduran Constitution
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
... This was in response to the ongoing argument that because the Supreme Court of Justice in Honduras ordered the arrest, exile and removal of President Zelaya that it wasn’t a coup and/or ...
Friday links – Palin resigning “within weeks,” Obama slammed on Honduras stance, etc
Sister Toldjah —
... that what is going on in Honduras is not a “coup” but instead a “triumph” of the rule of law. Of course, anyone reading Fausta’s blog would have known this within hours of the so-called “coup” that it wasn’t – that gals’ ...
Current Watcher's Council Results
Rhymes With Right —
... Winning Non-Council Submissions First place with 2 1/3 points! Faustas Blog - Responses to Coup in Honduras Correction: This is NOT a coup Second place with 1 2/3 points Christina Hoff Sommers - ...
Ten Days that Shook Honduras
Pajamas Media —
The Council Has Spoken!
The Glittering Eye —
... The winning non-Council post was Fausta’s Blog’s “Responses to “Coup in Honduras – Correction: This is NOT a coup””. I tend to agree more with Stephen Taylor than Fausta on this subject but, since I thought that Fausta’s posts on the situation in Honduras were the more important posts of the week in the American political blogosphere, I voted for it. Second place honors went to ...
LEFTISTS OF A FEATHER...
Dr. Sanity —
... democratic, constitutional rule to Honduras," Kelly said in a statement. The San Jose accord, brokered by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, aims to return Zelaya to power with limited authority until elections now set for November. But Zelaya's replacement, Roberto Micheletti, has refused to accept it, prompting Clinton's decision to cut aid. Of course, the article fails to mention that it was exactly democratic and constitutional actions that led to Zelaya's ouster in Honduras.... Don't you think it interesting that one of fthe ...
