Killeen woman: Media skews political crisis in Honduras

Killeen Daily Herald ^ | July 26, 2009 | Jade Ortego

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Killeen woman: Media skews political crisis in Honduras

Posted On: Sunday, Jul. 26 2009 06:39 AM By Jade Ortego Killeen Daily Herald

For a certain Killeen woman, the Honduras political crisis is a personal and painful issue, and one that she finds misrepresented in the American media.

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya camped on the Nicaraguan border near his country Saturday, accompanied by about 150 supporters and about as many journalists.

Friday he risked a less-than-30-minute excursion across the border into Honduras despite government orders to arrest him on his return. Zelaya intends to assert the illegitimacy of the new government and reinstate himself into power.

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Honduran citizen Tamara Kirkpatrick, 23, who lives in Killeen, said that the American perception of the political crisis is wrong.

"It wasn't a coup d'état. They had orders from the Congress," said Kirkpatrick, a secretary at a local therapy center for children with special needs.

"It wasn't the best way to take care of this … It was not a diplomatic way. But what can a people do when no one steps in to help them?"

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not only didn’t help them, America condemned them. shame on us.

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Clinton called Zelaya's trip to the border reckless and said that it would not help restore democratic or international order.

This is so embarrassing as an American.