Sunday Must Reads, Honduras joins the disputed election movement
Honduras Struggle for Power
Morning News
Reports: Soldiers arrest Honduran president…
Chavez denounces “coup”& urges Obama to speak out against “military takeover”…
Afternoon
Nicaraguan paper La Prensa Gráfica reports that the Venezuelan ambassador to the Organization of American States claims that the ambassadors for Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua in Honduras were kidnapped, hooded, and beaten. OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza announced he will travel to Honduras.
[1:28 PM EST] Venezuela’s Chavez says he will bring down any new government in Honduras… Reuters says Venezuela military on alert.
[1:32 PM EST] Reuters: Ecuador says it will not recognize any new government after Honduras coup.
[1:36 PM EST] Clinton urges condemnation of Honduras military action WHILE President José Manuel Zelaya says he was ousted in a coup
[6:10 PM EST] Appears the Honduran Congress voted to remove Zelaya
[9:39 PM EST] New president Roberto Micheletti sworn in
The Honduran Congress later voted to remove Zelaya for “putting in present danger the state of law” and appointed congressional President Roberto Micheletti as the new chief executive, as is mandated by the Constitution.
Resource: Fausta’s blog has breaking info Latest report from her blog:
Honduran Turmoil Background
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya’s push to rewrite the constitution, and pave the way for his potential re-election, has plunged one of Latin America’s poorest countries into a potentially violent political crisis (Wall Street Journal
Zelaya, a leftist elected in 2005, has found himself pitted against the other branches of government and military leaders over the issue of Sunday’s planned referendum. It would ask voters to place a measure on November’s ballot allowing the formation of a constitutional assembly that could modify the nation’s charter to allow the president to run for another term.
Zelaya, whose four-year term ends in January 2010, cannot run for re-election under current law.
The Honduran Supreme Court had ruled the poll illegal, and Congress and the top military brass agreed, but Zelaya had remained steadfast. (CNN
More on history of Honduras
- BBC History of Honduras Timeline
Iran state TV continues its assault on Neda’s death
Iran arrests 8 British embassy employees – Hat Tip (Hot Air) … Britain calling for their release
Senators Graham & Schumer are calling for restrictions on tech exports to Iran
Cap & Trade
The Rino Eight and comprehensive list of cap-and-trade materials
Minority Leader John Boehne calls the climate bill a ‘pile of s–t’
Everything Else
Time Warner & Comcast trying to kill online TV
Senate agrees to full funding request by NASA, putting it at odds with House
US & Russia differ on treaty for cyberspace
Harrisburg PA chapter of NAACP urges martial law
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