To Coup or Not to Coup
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That’s the question in Honduras, apparently, after President Manuel Zelaya tried to call what the country’s highest court said was an illegal constitutional referendum to allow his reelection (got Hugo Chavez deja vu?), Zelaya fired the head of the military for not supporting the referendum, the military busting into the presidential palace this morning and hauling Zelaya off in his PJs, Zelaya asking for asylum in Costa Rica, the new interim president saying there was no coup, and Zelaya’s seemingly sole friend, Chavez, threatening to go to war over the coup.
Now, predictably, there’s unrest in the streets and nuevo leader Roberto Micheletti has ordered a 48-hour curfew and the U.N. is set to take up the crisis on Monday.
And Chavez? Still itching for a fight.
admin @ July 1, 2009