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The gist of it:
Honduran military in the Presidential palace:
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Zelaya in Costa Rica holding a press conference, still in his pajamas:
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The Supreme Court says the removal was lawful, and that they had in fact ordered it:
Zelaya defends himself, alleging his ouster is a plot to oppress poor people:
Communist dictators rallied in support of the pajama man:
Yup, that Fidel Castro claiming constitutional term limits aren't important.
I doubt Chavez has problems with indefinite term limits either.
[Reuters] Leftist leaders rally around Honduran presidentReuters said:Tension mounted this week when Zelaya, a Chavez ally, angered the Honduran Congress, Supreme Court and army by pushing for a public vote to gauge support for changing the constitution to let presidents seek re-election beyond a single four-year term.
Before he could hold the poll on Sunday, the Honduran military seized Zelaya in his pajamas and flew him to Costa Rica in Central America's first successful army coup since the Cold War.
Honduran military in the Presidential palace:
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Zelaya in Costa Rica holding a press conference, still in his pajamas:
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The Supreme Court says the removal was lawful, and that they had in fact ordered it:
[BBC] Honduran leader forced into exileBBC said:Mr Zelaya, elected for a non-renewable four-year term in 2006, had wanted a vote to extend his time in office.
His arrest came just before the start of a referendum ruled illegal by the Supreme Court and opposed by Congress.
There had also been resistance within Mr Zelaya's own party to the plan for the vote.
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Later the Honduran Supreme Court said it had ordered the removal of the president, who had been due to leave office next January
[New York Times] Honduran President Is Ousted in CoupNYT said:The military offered no public explanation for its actions, but the Supreme Court issued a statement saying that the military had acted to defend the law against “those who had publicly spoken out and acted against the Constitution’s provisions.”
Zelaya defends himself, alleging his ouster is a plot to oppress poor people:
(ibid) [BBC] Honduran leader forced into exileManuel Zelaya said:"This was a plot by a very voracious elite, an elite which wants only to keep this country isolated, in an extreme level of poverty," he said.
Communist dictators rallied in support of the pajama man:
[Reuters] Cuba condemns Honduras coup as 'criminal, brutal'Reuters said:Cuba condemns Honduras coup as 'criminal, brutal'
HAVANA, June 28 (Reuters) - Cuba condemned Sunday's military coup in Honduras as "criminal, brutal" and demanded the immediate return to office of deposed leftist President Manuel Zelaya.
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"Their resignation should be demanded and younger officers not beholden to the oligarchy should take over the military," Castro wrote in a column for Cuba's state media.
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"I denounce the criminal, brutal character of this coup," Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez told a news conference in Havana earlier in the day.
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Zelaya is viewed by Cuba's communist leadership as a leftist ally and former Cuban leader Fidel Castro had expressed backing for his efforts to hold an unofficial public vote on Sunday to gauge support for his plan to hold a November referendum on allowing presidential re-election.
Yup, that Fidel Castro claiming constitutional term limits aren't important.
[Reuters] Chavez threatens military action over Honduras coupReuters said:Chavez threatens military action over Honduras coup
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday put troops on alert after a coup in Honduras and said he would respond militarily if his envoy to the Central American country was kidnapped or killed.
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The socialist Chavez has in the past threatened to use his armed forces in the region but never followed through. He said that if a new government is sworn in after the coup it would be defeated.
"We will bring them down, we will bring them down, I tell you," he said, while hundreds of red-shirted supporters gathered outside Venezuela's presidential palace in solidarity with Zelaya.
I doubt Chavez has problems with indefinite term limits either.
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