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coup d'etat stories: 46 news summaries

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 Game Plays Out 
 2011 Obama Coup 

Ron Paul fans behind scenario, which also finds Glenn Beck dead

Oct 24, 09 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - For the burgeoning ranks of political paranoids, a scenario in which President Obama dissolves the Constitution, bans guns and drags the US into a union with Mexico and Canada seems not all that far-fetched. Now, thanks to some Ron Paul supporters, you can prepare for 2011 (yep, that soon!)... More »

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Mexico • Democratic Congress • Canada • Fox News • Ron Paul • Michelle Malkin • Glenn Beck • US Constitution • libertarians • online gaming • gun ban • coup d'etat • President Obama • United States of Earth • imam

 In Coup-Torn Guinea, 
 Women Raped in Public 

Cell phone images harden opposition to military junta

Oct 6, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the west African nation of Guinea, where a military junta seized power in 2008, 50,000 people attended a political demonstration in a stadium last week, where they were attacked by soldiers who shot and killed at least 157 unarmed people, according to human rights groups, and raped at... More »

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Africa • rape • Doctors Without Borders • junta • sexual violence • coup d'etat • Guinea

 Coup Leaders Crack 
 Down in Honduras 

Regime curtails freedoms as Zelaya remains holed up

Sep 28, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The interim government in Honduras moved to prevent protests late last night, outlawing public assemblies and giving the army broad new arrest powers. Manuel Zelaya, who has been holed up for a week in Tegucigalpa's Brazilian embassy alongside about 65 family members, has called on his supporters to take to... More »

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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • embassy • Central America • Honduras • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

interview

 Chavez Dreamed 
 of Playing in 
 Yankee Stadium 

Venezuelan talks of favorite American things, rips 'assassin' Bush

Sep 25, 09 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hugo Chavez is fond of Americans and their culture even if their last president did try to have him killed, he told Larry King yesterday. The usually pugnacious Venezuelan president said he used to dream of playing baseball in Yankee Stadium and is a big fan of Walt Whitman and... More »

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Latin America • Venezuela • assassination • George W. Bush • coup d'etat • Hugo Chavez

 Honduras Barricades Zelaya, 
 Cuts Off Water, Electricity 

Ousted president and 70 others trapped inside Brazilian embassy

Sep 23, 09 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Security forces in Honduras barricaded ousted president Manuel Zelaya inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa overnight, cutting off water, electricity, and telephone service to the building. Zelaya and about 70 other people are enduring a de facto siege, reports the Guardian; troops are stationed on nearby rooftops, speakers are blasting... More »

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Latin America • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • Honduras • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya • Honduran army

 Zelaya Returns to Honduras 

Ousted leader announces return on TV, but interim government denies it

Sep 21, 09 2:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Manuel Zelaya is back in Honduras, the ousted president told a Honduran TV station today, prompting thousands of his supporters to gather outside the UN building in the capital to celebrate. “I am here for the restoration of democracy, to call for dialogue,” Zelaya declared. The US State... More »

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United Nations • State Department • Nicaragua • Central America • Honduras • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

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 Fearing Bloodshed, 
 Zelaya Leaves Honduras 

Ousted prez takes action after negotiations fall apart

Jul 24, 09 9:49 PM CDT
(AP) - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya took a symbolic step into his homeland today, vowing to reclaim his post a month after soldiers flew him into exile. But he stayed less than 30 minutes before returning to Nicaragua, saying the risk of bloodshed was too great. He said he would give talks... More »

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diplomacy • Nicaragua • military coup • Honduras • President • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

 Zelaya Plans Honduras Return 


Jul 24, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Manuel Zelaya intends to cross from Nicaragua into Honduras today or tomorrow, a move that could land him in prison or worse, the Miami Herald reports. Honduras has stepped up its border security, with interim president Roberto Micheletti promising that the deposed leader will be arrested on sight and... More »

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Nicaragua • Honduras • junta • military junta • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

(Newser) - Talks to end the political crisis in Honduras collapsed last night, raising the prospect of violence in the Central American nation if ousted president Manuel Zelaya fulfills his promise to return with or without a deal. Pro-Zelaya protesters are marching in the capital today after the interim government rejected a... More »

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Central America • negotiations • Honduras • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

Chavez: Ousted Prez Back to Honduras 'in Hours'

Venezuelan prez pledges support for Zelaya

Jul 17, 09 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya will return to the country “in the coming hours,” Hugo Chavez says. “We're behind him, we have to support him,” the Venezuelan leader said ahead of crisis talks hosted by Costa Rica’s president this weekend, Reuters reports. “This is... More »

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prime minister • Honduras • Hugo Chávez • ouster • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

Castro: Restore Honduran Prez, or Expect More Coups

Other Latin American coups will follow from US-trained forces

Jul 11, 09 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama and Fidel Castro finally agree on something: Both think Honduran President Manuel Zelaya should be returned to power, Reuters reports. Writing on the website of a state-run newspaper, Castro warned that if Zelaya’s ouster isn’t overturned, “a wave of coups threatens to sweep many Latin... More »

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Barack Obama • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Honduras • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

Ousted Zelaya Heads to DC to Meet Clinton

Aims to shore up backing for return to power in Honduras

Jul 7, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(AP) - Diplomatic efforts to restore Manuel Zelaya to Honduras' presidency shifted back to Washington today as his supporters threatened to escalate protests and disrupt business across the empoverished Central American nation. A day after failing to land in Honduras to confront the interim government that ousted him, Zelaya boarded a plane... More »

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Hillary Clinton • protests • Honduras • Washington, DC • protesters • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

(AP) - Ousted president Manuel Zelaya says he can't land at the main Honduras airport because soldiers are blocking the runway with several military vehicles. Groups of police and soldiers are also facing off against thousands of Zelaya supporters around the airfield. Speaking live from the plane carrying him back to Tegucigalpa,... More »

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Latin America • Honduras • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

OAS Boots Honduras Over Prez's Ouster

New gov't blows off Saturday deadline to reinstate Zelaya

Jul 5, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Honduras has been suspended from the Organization of American States for refusing to reinstate its ousted president, CNN reports. The OAS had given the country’s new leaders until yesterday to hand power back to Jose Manuel Zelaya. Meanwhile, thousands held an airport demonstration to support Zelaya, who says he’... More »

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president • suspension • Honduras • Organization of American States • ouster • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

 Honduras Considers 
 Early Election 

Interim gov't may hold Zelaya-free election in effort to end political crisis

Jul 3, 09 2:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The interim government installed by the military coup in Honduras is considering holding an early election to defuse the country's political crisis, Reuters reports. Roberto Michelletti, who heads up the caretaker government, says he is "in total agreement" with moving forward November's presidential election, in which ousted president Manuel... More »

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Latin America • Honduras • election • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

(Newser) - Honduras' dicey political situation could come to a head this weekend. Ousted President Manuel Zelaya tells Bloomberg he will return to the country in the next few days, and he expects US support when he does. “Their words are strong,” he said. “We’re going to see... More »

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president • Central America • Honduras • Organization of American States • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti • Jim DeMint


 Pentagon Cuts Ties 
 With Honduras 

Central American nation isolated as OAS sets ultimatum

Jul 2, 09 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - As thousands of Hondurans protested yesterday in dueling rallies backing both ousted President Manuel Zelaya and the military-backed government that came to power last weekend, the Central American nation grows further isolated, reports the AP. The Pentagon yesterday suspended joint US-Honduran military operations and the World Bank said it was... More »

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military coup • Central America • Honduras • Organization of American States • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

ANALYSIS

Obama's Honduras Response Defuses Chávez Bluster

Condemnation of Honduran coup parries accusations of US complicity

Jul 1, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama confounded Hugo Chávez’s attempts to implicate Washington in the Honduran coup by calling for President Manuel Zelaya’s reinstatement, Simon Romero writes for the New York Times. When the coup was announced, Chávez immediately suggested that the US was financing Zelaya’s opponents or, as... More »

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Barack Obama • Latin America • US foreign policy • foreign policy • military coup • Honduras • Hugo Chávez • coup d'etat • President Obama • Manuel Zelaya

OAS Issues Ultimatum
to Honduras

President installed by coup says only invasion will depose him

Jul 1, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - If its deposed president isn’t reinstated within 72 hours, Honduras will be kicked out of the Organization of American States, the group’s secretary-general said today, in the latest sign of Manuel Zelaya’s overwhelming international support. Zelaya spoke before the UN yesterday, and the General Assembly voted by... More »

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United Nations • military coup • Honduras • junta • UN General Assembly • military junta • Organization of American States • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya • Jose Miguel Insulza • Roberto Micheletti

OPINION

Beck, Drudge Blast Obama for... Opposing
a Coup?

It's yet another way the president's a commie

Jun 30, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck found a new and creative way of insinuating that President Obama is a commie last night, attacking him for—of all things—opposing the military coup in Honduras. See, Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro also opposed the coup, which means clearly any right-thinking non-pinko would support it. “... More »

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Barack Obama • Fidel Castro • Drudge Report • Matt Drudge • Fox News • military coup • Glenn Beck • Honduras • Hugo Chávez • coup d'etat • President Obama • conservative media

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