faustasblog.com - 7/5/2009
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A brief roundoup of headlines:
Honduras will not allow the landing any airplane that may be carrying Mel Zelaya back to the country.
While Zelaya was saying he was going back, in the company of OAS head Insulza, Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez, Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, ...
Obama responds to Honduras coup
briefingroom.thehill.com 6/28/2009 — President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras was reportedly overthrown in a coup today and is now seeking asylum in Costa Rica.
President Obama issued the following statement on the matter:
"I am deeply concerned by reports coming out of Honduras regarding the detention and expulsion of President Mel ...
Obama stands with Castro, Chavez and Ortega
powerlineblog.com 6/29/2009 — and President Obama sides with the Fidel Castro and this thug epigones Hugo Chavez and Daniel Ortega. As the Honduran President Mel Zelaya sought to conduct an illegal referendum to extend his rule, the Honduran military sought to enforce the rule of ...
Honduras defends its democracy
faustasblog.com 6/29/2009 — Thank you to all the visitors, commenters, and bloggers linking to my coverage of yesterday’s events in Honduras.
More background information on the events prior to Zelaya’s removal from office :
Here is more information on Mel Zelaya’s move:
Zelaya couldn’t get the ...
Honduras's 'Mad' Mel Zelaya: Reckless & Dangerous
corner.nationalreview.com 6/29/2009 — While the world wasn't looking, Honduras's left-leaning President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya tried to trash every legal institution in his country In an attempt to open the door for re-election, Zelaya demanded a popular referendum. (Honduran presidents ...
Honduras: What was on the referendum ballots printed in Venezuela
faustasblog.com 6/30/2009 — I have not seen the ballots printed in Venezuela that were to be used in last Sunday’s referendum that Mel Zelaya had contrived, however, Honduran daily La Prensa reports the referendum question,
¿Está de acuerdo que en las elecciones generales de 2009 se instale una cuarta urna en la ...
Coup are you?
powerlineblog.com 6/30/2009 — Monica Showalter and her colleagues on the editorial board of Investor's Business Daily have distinguished themselves with their coverage of South America Today they comment on the Obama administration's reaction to the removal of Honduran President ...
Things That Worry Me
mypetjawa.mu.nu 7/1/2009 — First of all you have to read Fausta's post on the removal of former Honduran president/aspiring neo-commie dictator Mel Zelaya here.This is in direct violation of the country's Constitution, which forbids the President from calling for changes to the ...
The Exact Text of the Zelaya Plebiscite
poliblogger.com 7/1/2009 — I now have the exact text of the plebiscite that President Manuel “Mel” Zelaya wanted to put to the voters. It is pretty close to what I discussed last night .
Today’s La Prensa ( Si regresa Mel irá a prisión ) 1 has the exact ...
#Honduras: Zelaya postpones his trip back “for the weekend”
faustasblog.com 7/1/2009 —
Yesterday Mel Zelaya was talking tough at the UN and said he would fly back to Honduras on Thursday, accompanied by the head of the Organization of American States . Cristina Fernandez, president of Argentina, said from Argentina that she would accompany him back to Honduras. Zelaya also ...
#Honduras under state of emergency while Chavez talks bloodbath
faustasblog.com 7/3/2009 —
Demonstrators clashed with police and the army in Honduras (link in Spanish), and the country (as I posted yesterday ) has suspended Constitutional protections on freedom of assembly during the curfew. Noticias 24 (see prior link for photos) also reports that Congress authorized detaining ...
Honduras: UN’s D’Escoto says Zelaya will be reinstated soon
faustasblog.com 7/11/2009 — Miguel D’Escoto, the UN General Assembly president who believes that “Fidel Castro is the closest thing we have to a saint”, sees Zelaya reinstated soon :
D’Escoto said his belief was based on “conversations” but he declined to give further details. ...
Honduras’ Micheletti in Costa Rica —
Fausta's Blog
Honduras’ interim president Roberto Micheletti has met privately with Costa Rican president Oscar Arias at Arias’s residence, according to Globovisión . Earlier in the day, Micheletti had refused to leave the airport “unless his personal safety was guaranteed.” ...
Today’s update on Honduras: Arias to negotiate —
Fausta's Blog
At the WSJ: Mediator Chosen for Honduras
Costa Rica’s Óscar Arias, Nobel Prize Winner, to Help Settle Leadership Dispute
Costa Rican President Óscar Arias will mediate talks beginning Thursday to resolve Honduras’s political crisis, in an effort spurred by the U.S. to stave off ...
Coup are you? Part Three —
Power Line
President Obama has claimed that the removal of Honduran president Mel Zelaya is "illegal." However, Max Bader, senior counsel at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, demonstrates otherwise,
Bader points out that Zelaya flouted court rulings by using intimidation to try to get Hondurans to ...
Unratifiable treaties and intransigence —
Fausta's Blog
The Anchoress has two posts you must read:
The first one pertains to this: US-Russian Arms Negotiators “Under the Gun,” Might Temporarily Bypass Senate Ratification for Treaty
With the clock running out on a new US-Russian arms treaty before the previous Strategic Arms Reduction ...
Honduras new turn —
Fausta's Blog
Here’s a recap from yesterday, via Latin Americanist :
The video’s from Al Jazeera, which outdoes CNN when it comes to in-country reporting from Latin America. The victim was Obed Murillo, 19 years old . Honduras’ La Prensa states there is one dead, not two, and ...
Coup are you? part 4 —
Power Line
President Obama has claimed that the removal of Honduran president Mel Zelaya was "illegal." Miguel Estrada explains that President Obama has it wrong:
Something clearly has gone awry with the rule of law in Honduras -- but it is not necessarily what you think. Begin with Zelaya's ...
Honduras: Estrada on Zelaya’s removal —
Fausta's Blog
As Honduras Officials Meet for Second Day of Peace Talks , attorney Miguel Estrada, born and raised in Honduras, writes: Honduras’ non-coup
Under the country’s Constitution, the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya was legal.
Something clearly has gone awry with the rule of law in ...
OAS’s Insulza heading to #Honduras tomorrow —
Fausta's Blog
A few headlines for this Thursday afternoon:
OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza was planning to travel to Honduras on Friday , but says “we’re not going to negotiate”, and warned about sanctions.
El Salvador has reopened its border with Honduras .
The Honduran ...
Honduras: EU withdraws ambassadors —
Fausta's Blog
The pressure on the Honduran government continues :
Spain has recalled its Ambassador to Honduras “for consultations” and “to show the EU’s firmness,” according to Spain’s foreign minister. France and Italy followed suit. Hugo Chavez didn’t waste any ...
Showdown in Honduras: Lessons from the Other Banana Republic —
Politics Daily
It was -- it must be said -- an almost surreal political moment. The heretofore obscure Honduran president, Mel Zelaya, whisked off in his pajamas ... exiled to Costa Rica .... and then resurfacing -- noble cowboy hat in place -- and vowing to return, John Wayne style, to defend the rule of law ...
More on the Honduran Crisis —
Outside The Beltway | OTB
I was able to find the exact text of the plebiscite that Manuel “Mel” Zelaya wanted to proffer to the citizens of Honduras this past Sunday. The text and a photo of the ballot that was to be used can be found here.
The odd thing, and a fact that hasn’t made it into a [...]
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Sec. Clinton on Honduras Coup —
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]State Department[/b]
The action taken against Honduran President Mel Zelaya violates the precepts of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, and thus should be condemned by all. We call on all parties in Honduras to respect the constitutional order and the rule of law, to reaffirm ...
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