Regis Philbin
Jun 28th, 2009, 09:49 PM
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http://news.aol.com/article/secretary-soldiers-arrest-honduran/546931
Honduran Military Ousts President
By WILL WEISSERT and FREDDY CUEVAS, AP
Honduras (June 28) - Soldiers ousted the democratically elected president of Honduras on Sunday and Congress named a successor, but the leftist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced what he called an illegal coup and vowed to stay in power.
The first military takeover of a Central American government in 16 years drew widespread condemnation from governments in Latin America and the world — including the U.S. — and Chavez vowed to overthrow the country's apparent new leader.
Just hours before voting on a controversial referendum was to start in Honduras, soldiers arrested President Manuel Zelaya and sent him off to exile in Costa Rica on Sunday. The country had been set to weigh in on a change to the constitution -- which critics say was an attempt by the leftist leader to extend his stay in power.
President Manuel Zelaya was awakened Sunday by gunfire and detained while still in his pajamas, hours before a constitutional referendum many saw as an attempt by him to stay in power beyond the one-term limit. An air force plane flew him into forced exile in Costa Rica as armored military vehicles with machine guns rolled through the streets of the Honduran capital and soldiers seized the national palace.
"I want to return to my country," Zelaya said in Costa Rica. "I am president of Honduras."
http://news.aol.com/article/secretary-soldiers-arrest-honduran/546931
Honduran Military Ousts President
By WILL WEISSERT and FREDDY CUEVAS, AP
Honduras (June 28) - Soldiers ousted the democratically elected president of Honduras on Sunday and Congress named a successor, but the leftist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced what he called an illegal coup and vowed to stay in power.
The first military takeover of a Central American government in 16 years drew widespread condemnation from governments in Latin America and the world — including the U.S. — and Chavez vowed to overthrow the country's apparent new leader.
Just hours before voting on a controversial referendum was to start in Honduras, soldiers arrested President Manuel Zelaya and sent him off to exile in Costa Rica on Sunday. The country had been set to weigh in on a change to the constitution -- which critics say was an attempt by the leftist leader to extend his stay in power.
President Manuel Zelaya was awakened Sunday by gunfire and detained while still in his pajamas, hours before a constitutional referendum many saw as an attempt by him to stay in power beyond the one-term limit. An air force plane flew him into forced exile in Costa Rica as armored military vehicles with machine guns rolled through the streets of the Honduran capital and soldiers seized the national palace.
"I want to return to my country," Zelaya said in Costa Rica. "I am president of Honduras."