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U.S. Condemns Coup in Honduras but Makes No Firm Demands
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Obama says coup in Honduras is illegal
reuters.com — Arshad Mohammed and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday the coup... that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was illegal and would set a "terrible precedent" of transition by military force unless it was ... (more) Obama says coup in Honduras is illegal
In a Coup in Honduras, Ghosts of Past U.S. Policies
In a Coup in Honduras, Ghosts of Past U.S. Policies
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Was It a Legal Coup in Honduras?
realclearworld.com — The expulsion of former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya by the Honduras military 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... (more) Was It a Legal Coup in Honduras?
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New York Times Finds A Way To Blame America For Honduras
Pirate's Cove — ... Interestingly, Hillary Clinton states that the U.S. government was holding off in calling it a coup. Sorry, Hillary, too late. President Neophyte has ...

New York Times Finds A Way To Blame America For Honduras
Stop The ACLU — ... So, to what point is the headline “In a Coup in Honduras, Ghosts of Past U.S. Policies“? To what point are those two paragraphs, other then to paint the United States as a past bad guy? But, considering the amount of meddling the Obama admin. was involved going back to early June, maybe the headline should read “In a Constitutional Presidential Removal, Ghosts of Current anti-Constitutional Leftist U.S. Policies.” Interestingly, Hillary Clinton states that the U.S. government was holding off in calling it a coup . Sorry, Hillary, too late. President Neophyte has ...

MORE ON THE HONDURAN ‘MILITARY IMPEACHMENT’
Right Wing Nut House — ... . Once again, our Keystone Kops foreign policy makes us look ridiculous when the president brands the action “illegal” while the State Department rejects that term “coup.” Mary Beth Sheridan of the Washington Post: President Obama said yesterday that the military ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was illegal and could set a “terrible precedent,” but Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United States government was holding off on formally branding it a coup, which would trigger a cutoff of millions of dollars in aid to the impoverished Central American ...

New York Times Finds A Way To Blame America For Honduras
Right Wing News — ... So, to what point is the headline " In a Coup in Honduras, Ghosts of Past U.S. Policies "? To what point are those two paragraphs, other then to paint the United States as a past bad guy? But, considering the amount of meddling the Obama admin. was involved going back to early June, maybe the headline should read "In a Constitutional Presidential Removal, Ghosts of Current anti-Constitutional Leftist U.S. Policies." Interestingly, Hillary Clinton states that the U.S. government was holding off in calling it a coup . Sorry, Hillary, too late. President Neophyte has ...

DeMint on Honduran coup: It was ‘no more a coup than…Al Franken’s election to the Senate’
Think Progress — ... by the international community and President Obama has said that the coup threatens to establish a “terrible precedent” for the future of Latin American democracy. ...

A national disgrace : Obama’s harrassment of freedom-loving Honduras
RedState — ... . Indeed, after reviewing the Constitution and consulting with the Supreme Court, the Congress and the electoral tribunal, respected Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga recently stated that the only possible conclusion is that Zelaya had lawfully been ousted under Article 239 before he was arrested, and that democracy in Honduras continues fully to operate in accordance with law. All Honduran bishops joined Rodriguez in this pronouncement. Yet Obama called it a ‘coup’, and continues to do so. President Obama said ...

Honduras deal: Breakthrough or fig leaf?
Majikthise — ... When the junta seized power, the world immediately and forcefully condemned the coup, the first military takeover of its kind in Latin America in years. The United States, the ...

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UN General Assembly condemns coup in Honduras (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 7/1/2009
AP - The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday unanimously condemned the military coup in Honduras and demanded President Manuel Zelaya's immediate return to power, a decision the ousted Honduran leader called "historic."