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 Honduras Unity Deal Fails 

Plan to reinstate Zelaya falls apart as deadline passes

Nov 6, 09 5:31 AM CST
(Newser) - The US-brokered deal to end the political standoff in Honduras has collapsed, says ousted president Manuel Zelaya, although the interim president installed after Zelaya's ouster doesn't agree even on that. "The accord is dead," Zelaya said from the Brazilian Embassy, where he has been holed up since slipping... More »

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military coup • Central America • Honduras • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

Righty Site Yanks Post on US Military Coup

Newsmax scribe said Obama overthrow 'gaining possibility'

Sep 30, 09 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Newsmax columnist—the conservative mag says he's a mere “unpaid blogger”—suggests that a military coup against the Obama administration is “gaining possibility.” “Imagine a bloodless coup to restore and defend the Constitution through an interim administration,” writes John Perry in a... More »

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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

 Honduras Quits OAS 


Jul 4, 09 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Honduras beat the Organization of American States to the punch by quitting the organization today before its membership could be suspended, the New York Times reports. The OAS has been critical of what it calls an illegal coup in Honduras and was to meet today to consider expulsion. Honduras’... More »

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military coup • Honduras • Organization of American States • Manuel Zelaya • Jose Miguel Insulza • Roberto Micheletti

Honduras Refuses OAS Order to Reinstate Prez Zelaya

'Now the OAS has to decide what it will do' says supreme court leader

Jul 3, 09 5:27 PM CDT
(AP) - Honduras' Supreme Court today rejected an ultimatum to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power. Court spokesman Danilo Izaguirre says the head of the Organization of American States asked the president of the court to reinstate Zelaya, but he said no. Izaguirre said today: "Now the OAS has to... More »

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Latin America • military coup • Honduras • Organization of American States • Manuel Zelaya


 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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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

(AP) - Honduras' ousted president, bolstered by international support, said he will return home to regain control and urged soldiers to stop cracking down on thousands of supporters who have protested his overthrow. Flanked by Latin American leaders who have vowed to help him regain power, Manuel Zelaya said yesterday he would... More »

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Barack Obama • United Nations • Latin America • Venezuela • military coup • Honduras • UN General Assembly • Hugo Chávez • Organization of American States • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya • Jose Miguel Insulza

(AP) - President Barack Obama today declared that the US still considers Manuel Zelaya to be the president of Honduras and assailed the coup that forced him into exile as "not legal." "It would be a terrible precedent if we start moving backwards into the era in which we... More »

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Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • military coup • Honduras • Alvaro Uribe • President Obama • Manuel Zelaya

ANALYSIS

Honduran Coup an Opportunity for Obama

President should demonstrate US commitment to democracy: expert

Jun 29, 09 2:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Honduran military coup overthrowing President Manuel Zelaya offers the Obama administration a chance to rehabilitate the battered reputation of the US in Latin America, Reuters reports. "This is a golden opportunity to make a clear break with the past and show that he is unequivocally siding with democracy”... More »

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 Georgia Sees Russian Hand 
 in Mutiny, Coup Attempt  

Tbilisi says Russia-backed revolt was set to topple government

May 5, 09 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A revolt has broken out at an army base near the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, which the government is calling a Russian-backed military coup, the Guardian reports. The Georgian defense minister says the soldiers were being confined in their barracks, and at least one person has been arrested. The Georgians... More »

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Fiji Dictator Defies Calls
for Democracy

Commodore flouts deadline, says he needs another 5 years

May 1, 09 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The military leader of Fiji, where a coup overthrew the elected government in 2006, defied international demands for a restoration of democracy. Frank Bainimarama had been given a deadline of today to announce an election date, but the commodore said that he would not allow a return to democracy for... More »

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New Zealand • dictatorship • military coup • Fiji • Frank Bainimarama • coup d'etat • John Key

 Ex-DJ Takes Over Madagascar 

Military hands power to opposition leader after president steps down

Mar 18, 09 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madagascar's military has handed control of the country over to youthful opposition leader Andry Rajoelina, the BBC reports. The 34-year-old former DJ—who installed himself in the president's office yesterday—promised elections within two years. President Marc Ravalomanana stepped down yesterday after a military raid on his palace, and officers... More »

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 Madagascar 
 Prez Hands 
 Country to 
 Military 

Troops stormed palace yesterday

Mar 17, 09 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madagascar's president has handed over power to the nation's military, Reuters reports, following a months-long power struggle that culminated in a military raid on Marc Ravalomanana’s palace yesterday and the opposition's seizure of his offices today. "He came to the conclusion this is best for the country. He... More »

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Georgia's Outgunned Leader Keeps the Faith

'We cannot compete' with Russia, but don't forget: 'Finland fought this kind of war in 1939'

Aug 11, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - After 5 years of risky political brinksmanship with Russia, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili now finds himself in the fight of his life, the Wall Street Journal reports. The pro-Western leader says he has no regrets about his tactics, which seem finally to have set off long-simmering tensions between his... More »

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Russia • Georgia • war • military coup • Mikheil Saakashvili • former Soviet state

Army Seizes Power in Mauritania

African nation's first democratically elected president captive

Aug 6, 08 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Soldiers in the West African nation of Mauritania mounted a coup d'etat today, arresting the president and prime minister and shutting down state radio and television, the Guardian reports. Troops entered the capital and apprehended Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, the country’s first democratically elected president, after he began taking... More »

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Africa • military coup • Mauritania • coup d'etat • Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi • Yahya Ould Ahmed Waghf

 'Traitor' Musharraf
 Should Be Tried: Sharif 

Pakistan coalition continues to disagree on president's fate

May 28, 08 2:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nawaz Sharif labeled Pervez Musharraf a "traitor" today, and claimed his allies in Pakistan's coalition government had agreed to oust the president, the AP reports. "A high treason case should be registered against him and he should be given the punishment of a traitor," Sharif told members... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • impeachment • military coup • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan Muslim League • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan coalition talks

Deposed Thai PM Returns Home

Crowds and cops greet Thaksin as he flies home for first time since coup

Feb 28, 08 6:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra flew home today after 17 months in exile to cheering supporters and police, who quickly escorted him to court to face corruption charges. Thaksin, the billionaire owner of the Manchester City soccer team who was forced from power by a military coup, knelt and... More »

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Thailand • corruption • exile • Thaksin Shinawatra • military coup • Thai elections • Samak Sundaravej

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