Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, of which the morning of June 28, the local military was arrested and taken to a nearby airbase, flew to neighboring Costa Rica, reported Agence France-Presse, referring to Venezuelan television.
Zelaya himself, speaking to journalists in Costa Rica, said that was the victim of a conspiracy and kidnapping by the generals who want to depose him from his post.
Released its putschists voluntarily or he managed to escape from them, Zelaya did not specify.
Meanwhile, President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, which is considered a friend and associates Zelaya, said that in his opinion, the coup in Honduras - the work of the United States.
Chavez has condemned the coup and urged the American counterpart Barack Obama to do the same.
Obama, in turn, said that "deeply concerned" news coming from Honduras and urged all political forces of that country to adhere to democratic norms.
Condemning the coup was made, and the Organization of American States.
The conflict with the President of Honduras, the military, parliament and the judges began after Zelaya, wishing to stay for a second term, initiated a referendum on the introduction of a permit, the country's Constitution.
However, most of the local political, military and legal elite opposed this initiative. In their view, the provisions of the Constitution to allow elected president only one term, had to be left unchanged.
Nevertheless, Zelaya decided to insist on his, and began preparations for the referendum. In the military refused to comply with its orders and build sites for a vote.
The President in response, dismissed the entire military top, but towards the officers took the Supreme Court: it is recognized as illegal for a referendum, and the dismissal of army commanders. After that, to the capital, Tegucigalpa became subtend troops.
June 28 - the day when a referendum was held, the military arrested the president and derail the vote.
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