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News Source: Zaman.com
| 5 months ago
But bayonet-wielding soldiers aren't the biggest threat to democracy in the region, where more than a dozen presidents have been removed prematurely since 1990. In recent years, a crop of elected, authoritarian-minded leaders has packed courts with...
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News Source: The Independent
| 5 months ago
Manuel Zelaya, right, with the Ecuadorean President, Rafael Correa, left, and the Argentinian President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, in Washington on Sunday Honduras was under lockdown last night as the coup leaders attempted to return the...
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News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| 5 months ago
ET The Associated Press Supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya vowed Monday to widen protests and block trade nationwide as the deposed Honduran leader headed to Washington for a meeting with U.S...Thousands of Zelaya supporters have...
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News Source: International Business Times
| 5 months ago
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to meet Zelaya in Washington on Tuesday, a U.S. official said, in a sign the Obama administration wants to provide visible support after already condemning his ouster. Honduras' interim authorities...
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News Source: The Hill
| 5 months ago
In an interview with TeleSUR, a Caracas-based network launched by Chavez to carry a "Bolivarian" message, Chavez said, "It would be good to hear the president of the United States voicing a clear stance, because it all has been cut-and-thrust."...
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News Source: The Daily Star
| 5 months ago
Honduran coup leaders faced further isolation Monday, after blocking ousted President Manuel Zelaya from flying into the capital's airport, where soldiers killed two of his supporters, according to police. Zelaya's attempt to return to the polarized...
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News Source: Times Online
| 5 months ago
The abortive attempt by Manuel Zelaya, the Honduran President bundled out of the country in his pyjamas in a military coup last week, to fly back to Tegucigalpa has raised tensions in the impoverished central American state. Thousands of his...
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News Source: The Observer
| 5 months ago
The interim government, increasingly isolated and beleaguered, banned all flights for 24 hours to try to keep the exiled leader out and to dampen fresh protests by his supporters. Zelaya promised yesterday to make another attempted return from...
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News Source: BBC
| 5 months ago
Mr Ban told a Geneva news conference on Monday that the OAS must find a peaceful solution to the crisis...The OAS has condemned the "military coup" and has suspended Honduras from membership. On Sunday, Mr Zelaya failed in an attempt to fly back to...
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News Source: Voice of America
| 5 months ago
Thousands of supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya marched through the streets of the nation's capital, Tegucigalpa, Sunday and jammed the roads around the international airport awaiting his return. Authorities blocked the runway,...