Monday, June 29, 2009

Honduran President Deposed, Interim President Named

Soldiers entered the presidential palace in the capital, Tegucigalpa, and disarmed the presidential guard on Sunday, military officials said. Esteban Felix/Associated Press

Honduras Torn Between Ousted Leader, Replacement -- Yahoo News/AP

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Honduras is now torn between two presidents: one legally recognized by world bodies after he was deposed and forced from the country by his own soldiers, and another supported by the Central American nation's congress, courts and military.

Presidents from around Latin America were gathering in Nicaragua for meetings Monday to resolve the first military overthrow of a Central American government in 16 years, and once again Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez took center stage, casting the dispute as a rebellion by the region's poor.

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Angry civilians gather at the presidential residence in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, on word of President Manuel Zelaya’s ouster, but there are no large-scale protests. It is the first coup in Central America since 1993. Orlando Sierra / AFP/Getty Images

More News On The "Coup" In Honduras

Honduras isolated over Zelaya ouster -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Honduras interim leader orders curfew -- Yahoo News/AFP
Ousted Honduran President Arrives in Nicaragua for Presidents' Meeting -- Voice of America
Coup Rocks Honduras -- Wall Street Journal
Honduran Military Ousts President -- Washington Post
Honduran President Is Ousted in Coup -- New York Times
Honduran president ousted in coup; replacement is named -- L.A. Times
Military Coup Shakes Up Honduras -- Slate
Coup in Honduras - Correction: This is NOT a coup -- Fausta's Blog
Honduras Tense After Army Coup -- Wall Street Journal
Honduras supreme court 'ordered army coup' -- The Telegraph
Army overthrows Honduras president -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Honduran military ousts president ahead of vote -- Washington Post
Honduran President Removed in 'Coup' -- AOL
Honduran leader forced into exile -- BBC
Coup in Honduras? -- Christian Science Monitor
Honduras's Zelaya says US helped thwart coup-paper -- Reuters
In pictures: Honduran president ousted -- BBC
FACTBOX: Reaction to coup in Honduras -- Reuters
World reaction: Honduran crisis -- BBC
U.S., Venezuela condemn Honduran coup -- Washington Times
Rare Hemisphere Unity in Assailing Honduran Coup -- New York Times
How Should the U.S. Respond to Honduras? -- Tim Padgett, Time
Honduras Defends Its Democracy -- Mary Anastasia O'Grady, Wall St Journal
Honduras: Back to the bad old days? -- The Guardian

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