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Military coup in Honduras.
The President of Honduras
The Corner on National Review Online —
Sunday, June 28, 2009 [image] The President of Honduras [ Kathryn Jean Lopez ] has been ousted . Venezuela is blaming our friend Otto Reich. Reich e-mails: The Venezuelan Ambassador to the OAS, Roy Chadderton has made false and reckless statements attempting to link me to the events of this weekend in Honduras. I categorically deny any such allegations. I challenge Amb. Chadderton to identify which top authorities of the Honduran Government I am alleged to have been in contact with. I have been in touch with none. I urge the representatives of member nations of the OAS to not give any credence to the pronouncements of the representative of the ...
Puzzled By Honduras
Obsidian Wings —
... by hilzoy From the New York Times: "The Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, was ousted by the army on Sunday after pressing ahead with plans for a referendum that opponents said could lay the groundwork for his eventual re-election, in the first ...
Puzzled By Honduras
Political Animal —
Puzzled By Honduras From the New York Times : "The Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, was ousted by the army on Sunday after pressing ahead with plans for a referendum that opponents said could lay the groundwork for his eventual re-election, in the first military coup in Central America since the end of the cold war. Soldiers entered the presidential palace in the capital, Tegucigalpa, and disarmed the presidential guard early Sunday, military officials said. Mr. Zelayaâs private secretary, Eduardo Enrique Reina, confirmed the arrest. (...) Political tensions have increased ...
Crazy week
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings It's late Sunday night. Actually, it's already Monday morning here in the eastern time zone. And I'm tired. I don't have anything new to blog about at the moment, nothing urgent, but I've been spending much of my time thinking back on the crazy week that was: -- Iran; -- Mark Sanford; -- Michael Jackson; -- Farrah Fawcett; -- climate change; -- health care. Of course, ...
Dawn Patrol 06/29/2009
Mudville Gazette —
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ThinkFast: June 29, 2009
Think Progress —
... The first military coup in Central America since the end of the Cold War occurred over the weekend, when “President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras was ousted by the army on Sunday, capping months of tensions over his efforts to lift presidential term limits. … Soldiers stormed the presidential palace in the capital, Tegucigalpa, early in the morning…waking Mr. Zelaya and putting him on a plane to Costa Rica.” ...
Coup in Honduras
Shakesville —
Over the weekend, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a military coup, after "months of tensions over his efforts to lift presidential term limits": ...
Hullabaloo — ... When I think about the 1980s, I am reminded of Pac-Man, The Cosby Show and Central American military coups orchestrated by School of the Americas graduates. ...
Yes, It Is a Coup
The Moderate Voice —
... is sad to see some civilians applaud a coup just because they disagree with policies. This has shown us that democratic institutions in Central America are still fragile . . . vulnerable.”
Bernard Chazelle points out, at A Tiny Revolution, that the referendum Velaya wanted would not have done anything like what its opponents (not to mention that NYT article I quoted from above) claim it would do:
The Times has an informative piece on Honduras.
From the byline alone, you know this is going to be good: Elizabeth ...
6/29: RINO-Hunting
Blogometer —
... ) are portraying the SCOTUS's decision in the Ricci case -- which "revers[ed] a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge" -- as a blow to Sotomayor's chances of having a smooth Senate confirmation. Liberal bloggers ( Benen , Dayen ) are pushing back against this argument. Conservative bloggers ( Johnson , Lane , Hawkins , Gateway Pundit , Allahpundit ) support the military coup in Honduras, and they're assailing Obama for trying to avert the coup during the ...
ThinkFast: June 29, 2009
The Hollywood Liberal —
... .” The first military coup in Central America since the end of the Cold War occurred over the weekend, when “ President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras was ousted by the army on Sunday , capping months of tensions over his efforts to lift presidential term limits. … Soldiers stormed the presidential palace in the capital, Tegucigalpa, early in the morning…waking Mr. Zelaya and putting him on a plane to Costa Rica.” In a new secret Justice Department memo, the Obama administration has “determined that detainees tried by military commissions in the U.S. can claim at least some ...
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