Posted on 07/02/2009 9:03:43 AM PDT by counterpunch
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Rejecting the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, Honduras' interim leaders dug in for a fight on Thursday after governments across the region demanded the deposed leftist be restored to power.
In the worst crisis in Central America in a decade, Zelaya was toppled by troops and whisked out of the country on the weekend in a widely condemned coup after he angered opponents with plans to amend the constitution to lift term limits.
The Organization of American States on Wednesday issued a weekend deadline for the interim government to reinstate Zelaya, in a standoff that is testing U.S. President Barack Obama's administration after he promised an era of better relations with the region.
"We have established a democratic government and we will not cede to pressure from anyone. We are a sovereign country," said Roberto Micheletti, who was named as caretaker president by Honduran lawmakers shortly after Zelaya's ouster.
Zelaya, a logging magnate fond of wearing cowboy hats with his suits, has promised to return, but appeared to be waiting for the outcome of the OAS ultimatum. An OAS mission will arrive this week to discuss the ouster, the caretaker government said.
Honduras, an impoverished coffee exporter of around 7 million people, has seen days of protests against Sunday's ouster, but the interim government has rallied supporters onto the streets, underlining divisions over Zelaya's return.
The Honduran Congress approved a decree to crack down on opposition during a nightly curfew imposed after the coup. The decree allows security forces to hold suspects for more than 24 hours without charge and formalizes the prohibition of the right to free association at night.
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What are you doing when you try to copy it?
There should be no problem with either copying the location by right-click->Properties or saving it to your hard drive with right-click->Save Picture As...
http://www.elpais.com/encuestas/encuesta.html?id=13028
Qué te parece la respuesta de la comunidad internacional al golpe de Estado en Honduras? How does the international community's response to the Honduras situation seem to you: Bien (good) Mal (bad)
Rooters lies through omission - they leave out key details as to the fraudulent and usurping aspects of that attempted campaign to amend the constitution.
“I’d be happy if even ONE of our republicans would don the man panties and take a stand on Honduras”
Even ONE would be a miracle ;-)
I think it was one of them you posted last night. One of the comments on it mentioned that Americans are ignorant.
Unfortunately I couldn’t disagree because most Americans really are ignorant.
After you save the picture to your desktop, open it using your browser. Should work.
This is Reuters. What did we expect?
Amazing isn’t it? I am a woman and I have my own, personal pair. But no one in the BO administration can find theirs.
That was my first thought as well.
Given the history of US meddling in central american affairs you would assume 0 would not want to be seen as meddling in Honduran matters.
Thanks for the info!
My friends who live there say some of the protestors are coming in from out of the country. Most Hondurans are rallying for their democracy i.e. to keep Zelaya out!!!
both freeped. Thanx.
I just read that the Hondurans arrested 4 Nicaraguans who had infiltrated a district of Honduras and were trying to “disturb the peace.” Nicaragua is largely seen as working on behalf of Venezuela in all this.
Great image!
Oh, and IT WAS NOT A COUP!
Yeah ;-)
Actually, there's a lot more to Honduras than coffee. Bananas, shrimp, sugar, tropical fruits, textiles.......and a growing tourist industry. Honduras is growing economically and they should be commended and supported for their progress over the past 25 years.
Excellent morph! Great job..
“....in a widely condemned coup after he angered opponents with plans to amend the constitution to lift term limits.”
There are other, more truthful ways, to see this. The words he chose prove his bias. Why do the masses still believe what these guys tell them?
That brings me to a question. What is our obligation if our government and our military is so obviously fighting for the wrong side. In Serbia we were bombing Serbs and Milo who was a bad guy, even though the Albanians were bad guys too. This is different. The people of Honduras are doing to their dictator what all countries should do to theirs, including us. What do we do when 0 either gives Huga the green light or starts actively dropping bombs?
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