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Honduran leader forced into exile
Troops in Honduras have detained the president and flown him out of the country after a power-struggle over plans to change the constitution. President Manuel Zelaya was flown to Costa Rica from an air force base outside the capital, Tegucigalpa. Mr Zelaya, elected for a non-renewable four-year term in January 2006, wanted a vote to extend his time in office. His arrest came just before the start of a referendum ruled illegal by the Supreme Court and opposed by Congress. There was also resistance within Mr Zelaya's own party to the plan to hold the vote. Reuters news agency reports that police fired teargas at about 500 supporters of Mr Zelaya who had gathered outside the presidential palace. 'Arrested in pajamas' Protesters reportedly hurled rocks at the soldiers, shouting "Traitors", AP news agency reports, as tanks rolled through the streets and air force jets flew over the capital. “ This was a plot by a very voracious elite, which wants to keep this country in an extreme level of poverty ” President Manuel Zelaya Early on Sunday, witnesses saw dozens of troops surround Mr Zelaya's residence. In other developments: • At an emergency meeting in Washington, the Organization of American States condemned what it called a "coup" in Honduras • Mr Zelaya's ally, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, blamed "the Yankee empire" • US President Barack Obama called on Honduras to "respect democratic norms, the rule of law"; the EU condemned Mr Zelaya's arrest From Costa Rica, Mr Zelaya told Venezuelan TV that Honduran soldiers had arrested him in his pyjamas. "I'm in San Jose in Costa Rica," he said. "I've been the victim of a kidnapping by a group of Honduran soldiers. "This was a plot by a very voracious elite, an elite which wants only to keep this country isolated, in an extreme level of poverty. It doesn't care about the people, it's not sensitive to them." The military's dramatic move came after President Zelaya defied a court order that he should re-instate the chief of the army, Gen Romeo Vasquez. The president sacked Gen Vasquez late on Wednesday for refusing to help him organise the referendum. Mr Zelaya, who under current regulations leaves office next January, also accepted the resignation of the defence minister. 'US opposed coup' The referendum was to ask the population if they approved of a formal vote next November on whether to rewrite the Honduran constitution. MANUEL ZELAYA Elected for Liberal Party in Nov 2005; beat ruling National Party candidate Has moved Honduras away from its traditional ally the US Enjoys the support of Venezuela's leftist President, Hugo Chavez A civil engineer and rancher by profession On Thursday, the Honduran Congress approved plans to investigate whether the president should be declared unfit to rule. In an interview with Spain's El Pais newspaper published on Sunday, Mr Zelaya said a planned coup against him had been thwarted after the US refused to back it. "Everything was in place for the coup and if the US embassy had approved it, it would have happened. But they did not," Mr Zelaya said. The arrest of Mr Zelaya took place an hour before polls were due to open. Ballot boxes and other voting materials had been distributed by Mr Zelaya's supporters and government employees throughout the Central American country. The president has vowed to transform Honduras, saying the system currently favours the wealthy elite. But his opponents accused him of seeking to rule indefinitely. Honduras - an impoverished coffee and banana-exporting nation of more than 7 million people - has experienced military coups in the past. Soldiers overthrew elected presidents in 1963 and again in 1975; the military did not turn the government over to civilians until 1981. Are you in Honduras? Have you seen evidence of military movement in your area? Let us know what is happening near you. You can send your pictures and video to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or text them to +44 7725 100 100. If you have a large file you can upload here. Read the terms and conditions At no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe any laws. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/8123126.stm Published: 2009/06/28 16:26:38 GMT © BBC MMIX |
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Otto Salas M. Teletica.com Actualizado 10:30 a.m. 28 de junio del 2009 El ejército hondureño ha protagonizado un golpe de Estado la mañana de este domingo: secuestró al presidente Manuel Zelaya para llevarlo en avión hasta una base aérea en Costa Rica. Esto sucede el mismo día en que el presiente Zelaya se disponía a realizar un consulta popular en cuanto a si los hondureños apoyarían una modificación a la Carta Magna sobre la reelección presidencial, tema que provocó desacuerdos entre el Gobierno, grupos opositores y las Fuerzas Armadas. “Se trata de una manipulación de una elite voraz que tienen control en el Congreso y que prácticamente maneja el país a su antojo: no menciono nombres para no provocar un daño, pero son 6 ó 7 personas que están haciendo un daño increíble a Honduras”, explicó el mismo Zelaya al noticiero de la cadena venezolana Telesur desde Costa Rica. Según la transmisión de Telesur, la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) se reúne de emergencia para tratar el tema y allí el representante venezolano anunció el secuestro de los embajadores de Cuba, Venezuela y Nicaragua por parte de un grupo armado en Honduras. José Miguel Insulza, secretario general de la OEA, dijo que Zelaya fue llevado solo y fue dejado en la base aérea costarricense en pijamas, mientras el presidente de Costa Rica, Oscar Arias, le comunicaba que está siendo atendido por las autoridades de Gobierno y no a pedido asilo político. ![]() |
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Presidente Morales condena golde de Estado en Honduras
28 Jun 2009 11:48
LA PAZ, jun 28 (Reuters) - El mandatario boliviano, Evo Morales, expresó el domingo su respaldo a su par hondureño Manuel Zelaya, e instó a otros países a condenar el "golpe de estado militar" en el país centroamericano. Soldados de Honduras detuvieron el domingo a Zelaya, al desatarse una crisis política por sus intentos de promover una reelección, dijeron funcionarios del Gobierno. "Hago un llamado a los organismos internacionales, a los movimientos sociales de Latinoamérica y del mundo, hago un llamado a presidentes y Gobiernos democráticos a condenar, a repudiar este golpe de estado militar en Honduras", dijo Morales en una conferencia de prensa en La Paz. Las tropas detuvieron a Zelaya de la casa presidencial en Tegucigalpa el domingo temprano, dijo a Reuters el secretario privado de la presidencia Eduardo Reina. Los militares con equipamiento de combate rodeaban el domingo la residencia del mandatario, mientras dos aviones de guerra cruzaban los cielos de la capital Tegucigalpa, según testigos de Reuters. "Ya no estamos en tiempo de dictadura. Lo que está pasando en Honduras es una aventura de un grupo de militares que atenta contra la democracia y contra el pueblo y por eso este llamado a condenar y condeno ese acto golpista con un secuestro del presidente Zelaya," dijo. El presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, aseguró el domingo que junto a sus aliados en Cuba, Bolivia y Nicaragua abortarán el "golpe troglodita" en Honduras "desde dentro y desde fuera". Zelaya había aceptado la semana pasada la renuncia del ministro de Defensa y despidió al jefe del Estado Mayor porque se negó a ayudarle a organizar una consulta popular sobre la posibilidad de reformar la constitución para poder reelegirse. La consulta fue declarada ilegal por la justicia y había despertado rechazo incluso de partidarios del mismo Zelaya. La Corte Suprema ordenó restituir al jefe del Estado Mayor en su cargo. REUTERS EG LEA |
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Updated: Honduran President, Manuel Zelaya has been taken to Costa Rica. During a telephone conversation with Telesur at 11:10 (VLT), President Zelaya spoke from San Jose Airport in Costa Rica. Ousted Zelaya explained how he was kidnapped by military forces and taken hostage to Costa Rica. He also explained his current status in Costa Rica is as guest and not as a political refugee. Zelaya who was still wearing his pijamas asked the US Obama administration to express its view over the coup against his goverment. Without US backing, this coup woul not take root, Zelaya added. An international press conference is expected soon In Honduras, the President of the National Congress declared himself as povisional Head of State until general election by November 2009. Such political move does not count with a legal backing in the current Honduran Constitution. Caracas, Venezuela, 28 June 2009. The democratically elected President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, has been abducted by the local Air Force from the government Palace at Tegucigalpa early this morning. The kidnapping took place on the very same day Honudurans would vote over a referendum call for a Constituent Assembly. Such political initiative caused opposition at some conservative cadress and the destitution of the Chief of the Honduran Army Romeo Vásquez Velásquez. The ongoing coup has been fueled by military sectors that opposed the attempt to change presidential terms by a Constittutional reform. Zelaya was initially supported by conservatives but then rejected once his government followed a left leaning agenda and established close ties with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and joined ALBA. Pro government supporters of President Manuel Zelaya have been protesting at the presidential palace and confronted military personnel. Power supply has been disrupted. Radio Station are unable to broadcast on the current crisis. Opposition led Honduran channel 11 has been broadcasting cartoons instead of reporting on the coup. The local governmental TV station - Channel 8 -has halted its transmission. Very few private stations are reoporting on the ongoing coup. Only two days ago, OAS had expressed concern over ottempts to ovewrthorow the democratically elected government in Honduras. During a Telesur interview with Hector Zelaya, son of the ousted President, unconfirmed information suggested the Head of State was taken out of the country. It is believed Zelaya is at Costa Rica or Guatemala. All other Minister- except Honduran Foreing Secretay Patricia Rodas- had been abducted too. Local reaction has followed the ongoing coup. Bolivian President Evo Morales and Venezuelan Head of State, Hugo Chavez, comdemned the coup. Chavez called on current US administration to reject the cout. Venezuelan President also pointed out this event was similar to them CIA led attept to overthrow his government in 2002. Chavez stated that not all members of the Honduran Army backed the ongoing coup. Military planes overflight Honduran capital city, Tegucigalpa. |
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