Thursday, July 2, 2009

Unrest In Honduras -- News Updates And Commentaries -- July 2, 2009

Demonstrators supporting the ousting Of President Manuel Zelaya
(Photo from El Heraldo.hn)

Showdown Looms In Honduras -- Christian Science Monitor

Interim President Roberto Micheletti vows to have ousted President Manuel Zelaya arrested if he returns Thursday. Hondurans are concerned about foreign intervention.

Tegucigalpa, Honduras; and Managua, Nicaragua - International pressure on the coup leaders in Honduras could force them to accept leftist President Manuel Zelaya back into the country under a political arrangement in which he promises not to circumvent a Supreme Court ruling against changing the Constitution to allow him to run for another term.

Mr. Zelaya could resume power until elections at the end of the year and then go quietly back to the countryside, which he promised to do Tuesday in front of the United Nations.

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More News On Honduras

Honduran coup leaders defy international pressure -- Yahoo News/AFP
Interim Honduras government digs in -- Reuters
Honduras' interim leader blames Chavez for crisis -- Yahoo News/AP
Ousted Honduran President Plans Return But Future Is Unclear -- Washington Post
Compromise Is Sought to Honduras Standoff -- New York Times
Honduras Targets Protesters With Emergency Decree -- Washington Post
OAS Sets Deadline to Suspend Honduras -- Wall Street Journal
Honduras Given Deadline to Reinstate Ousted President -- Los Angeles Times
Honduras's Coup Is President Zelaya's Fault -- Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Washington Post opinion
Ally's Ouster Gives Venezuela's Chávez a Stage, an Opportunity -- Juan Forero, Washington Post

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