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  • Honduran coup general says army "saved democracy"

    07/10/2009 7:05:42 PM PDT · by Jeff Head · 21 replies · 1,315+ views
    Reuters ^ | July 9, 2009 | Daniel Trotta & Enrique Andres Pretel
    TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The Honduran armed forces chief who ousted President Manuel Zelaya said the decision to throw him out of the country was made by "the state" to save lives, because violence would have erupted had he remained. General Romeo Vasquez Velasquez, leader of the joint chiefs of staff, told Reuters it was a difficult decision for him to topple Zelaya on June 28, because the two were friends. But he said he was following orders from the Supreme Court and Congress, which have accused Zelaya of violating the constitution by trying to lift presidential term limits. "The outside...