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31 Oct 2009 11:00

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World: Coup canceled? Manuel Zelaya might be Honduras’ leader again

The U.S. sealed the deal, again playing its solid diplomatic hand and got something done without a single military push. Hopefully it sticks. source
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24 Jul 2009 21:33

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World: Zelaya sure can’t stay away from Honduras, can he?

  • Weeks after being booted in a coup, Jose Manuel Zelaya returned to Honduras for 15 solid minutes, making a volatile situation even worse and being a bit cavalier. Fortunately, as he was crossing, he happened to have some cameras around him. source
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19 Jul 2009 11:21

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World: Still a major sticking point in Honduras: Zelaya’s return to power

One side will only agree to putting Jose Manuel Zelaya back in power. The other side will agree to anything but that. Ah, impasses. source
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15 Jul 2009 21:28

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World: Honduras’ interim prez: I’ll step down for anyone except Zelaya

  • He wants to calm down tensions in the country. Roberto Micheletti, the dude who got put into power in the wake of Jose Manuel Zelaya’s coup last month, is softening his hold on the throne … er, presidency. He says he’s “willing to leave office if at some point that decision is needed to bring peace and tranquility to the country, but without, I stress, the return of former President Zelaya.” That last part, of course, is key. Don’t want no elected leaders returning to office! source
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06 Jul 2009 11:08

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World: Manuel Zelaya didn’t get in Honduras yesterday, so he’ll try today

  • As you’ll see in this video, Jose Manuel Zelaya attempted to get in the country but instead found himself circling the bowl. Which isn’t really helping out the country’s volatility, by the way. source
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05 Jul 2009 21:45

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World: Manuel Zelaya can’t get his plane into the country anyway

  • The runway’s blocked. There’s no way I can land.
  • Honduran president Jose Manuel Zelaya • From a loudspeaker in Tegucigalpa, explaining that he won’t be landing in the country today. We have a feeling he might be playing a cat and mouse game with the transition government.. “If he pushes it, there will be 10,000 people on the runway to prevent him,” said Enrique Ortez, the current foreign minister. • source
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05 Jul 2009 21:35

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World: Manuel Zelaya wants to go to Honduras to deal with this?

Not that he shouldn’t try to decoupify his country, but the situation sure seems awful unstable. People are dying in riots. Yikes. source
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05 Jul 2009 10:38

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World: Manuel Zelaya’s return to Honduras could lead to a “bloodbath”

  • Do not bring weapons. Practice what I have always preached, which is non-violence. Let them be the ones who use violence, weapons and repression.
  • Jose Manuel Zelaya • In a message to supporters asking them to join him on his return to Honduras later today. Zelaya will be flying in with the leaders of two Central American countries, and Honduras has threatened to do everything in his power to prevent him from coming in. As tensions are running high, it may be a bad time for him to show up. “We think that a return to the country at the moment could provoke a bloodbath,” said Tegucigalpa Archbishop Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez. The cardinal has asked the former president to stay away. • source
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04 Jul 2009 13:19

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World: Honduras: You’re gonna kick us out? Well, WE’RE LEAVING!

  • Post-coup, the country left the Organization of American States. Honduras has been in a state of disarray this week after ditching their President Jose Manuel Zelaya in a coup. Outside the Central American country, support for the new regime is very low, and they’re becoming increasingly isolated. “We wanted to ask that this situation be reversed,” said Jose Miguel Insulza, the Secretary General of the OAS. “Unfortunately, one must say that there appears to be no willingness to do this.” source
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01 Jul 2009 10:50

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Politics, World: Honduran interim leader: Take me out of power! I dare ya!

  • He can no longer return to the presidency of the republic unless a president from another Latin American country comes and imposes him using guns.
  • Honduran interim president Roberto Micheletti • On what it would take to return ousted leader Jose Manuel Zelaya to power. Basically, this guy is giving notes to Zelaya’s buddy, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (who survived a coup himself, on how to do it. If you want to stay in power, man, just … shut … up … JUST SHUT UP! • source
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