Monday, June 29, 2009

In Honduras, the coup occurred.

Continuing: deposed President of Honduras moved to Costa Rica
Armed Forces of Honduras morning of June 28, surrounded the residence of President Manuel Zelaya, arrested him and taken to a nearby airbase, reported Agence France-Presse, citing a personal secretary to the Head of State Enrique Rhine.
Reyna also said that supporters of the president will make a complaint against the actions of the military and send it to the international body.
In recent days the situation has worsened severely in Honduras: the president wanted to hold a referendum on Sunday on the possibility of re-election for a second term and his opponents from among the senior officers did everything possible to prevent that from happening.
Last week, Zelaya sacked Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces the country, Minister of Defense, the commanders of the Air Force, Army and Marine Corps.
The reason for this was the refusal of leaders to set in parts of the ballot.
After the Supreme Court declared the dismissal of war and the conduct of the referendum illegal, to the capital city - Tegucigalpa - were swift troop.
During the election campaign in 2006 Zelaya made the right slogans, but for the time in office marked "polevel", said the agency. Because local laws allow one person to occupy the presidential seat just once in their lifetime and only for one term, wish to retain power Zelaya proposed a referendum on the possibility of a second term.
But the army leadership, the parliament, the judiciary, and even members of his own Liberal Party were strongly against the initiative.
In Latin America, the president of Honduras is considered a great friend of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.

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