Honduras In A Constitutional Crisis That Now Involveds the military

Honduran soldiers keep a perimeter around the
general staff's headquarters in Tegucigalpa. Photo AFP

Honduras Heads Toward Crisis Over Referendum -- AP

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras' leftist president hurled insults Friday at congressional leaders who are considering whether to oust him from power in a standoff over his push to revamp the constitution.

President Manuel Zelaya is promoting a Sunday referendum on constitutional changes that has plunged the country into crisis by setting the president at odds with the military, the courts and the legislature that have branded the vote illegal.

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