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beachmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 09:06 AM
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Update on Honduras: Congress has officially voted NOT to reinstate Zelaya
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Well, that is that.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/12/02/honduras.president/index.html

Honduran congress votes against ousted president

Deposed Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya will not be reinstated as head of state, a majority of the Honduran congress voted Wednesday.

Of the 128 lawmakers, more than half voted in favor of a motion against the reinstatement of Zelaya.

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At the moment that Zelaya's detractors reached a majority, only eight lawmakers had voted to reinstate him.

Wednesday's vote was a key part of a U.S.-brokered pact that representatives for Zelaya and de facto President Roberto Micheletti signed October 29. The pact gave the Honduran congress the power to decide Zelaya's fate, rather than negotiate it directly within the agreement.


I haven't decided whether the U.S. screwed up on accident or on purpose. I think right wing elements in our country had a big effect on the suddenly soft stance the State Department had on whether or not Zelaya was reinstated.

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