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To: livius
HUSSEIN BARAKA is in extreme danger of "Trying to fool all of the people all of the time"

A man holds a constitution of Honduras as demonstrators opposed to Honduras President Manuel Zelaya, protest in Tegucigalpa, Friday, June 26, 2009. President Manuel Zelaya is promoting a Sunday referendum on constitutional changes that has plunged the country into crisis by setting the president at odds with the military, the courts and the legislature that have branded the vote illegal. (Photo/Esteban Felix)

68 posted on 06/30/2009 8:16:28 PM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Rome2000
Interim leader says Honduras saved from 'Chavismo'

"The interim president picked to rule Honduras after the army ousted leftist President Manuel Zelaya said on Monday the coup had saved the country from swinging to a radical Venezuelan-style socialism.



Roberto Micheletti -- named caretaker president by Congress hours after the military seized Zelaya and exiled him to Costa Rica -- said Zelaya had lost respect for the law. .............................

..................Micheletti is a veteran of Zelaya's Liberal Party who was head of Congress until he was picked by a near-unanimous vote to head the country until after a more permanent leader is elected in a November 29 election.

A centrist who mixes social programs with deep conservative beliefs, Micheletti is seen as having a stabilizing influence while in power but could also take a swing to the right and crush opponents.

He was formerly an ally of Zelaya but opposed his shift to the left and increasingly close friendship with Chavez. "............
69 posted on 06/30/2009 8:36:49 PM PDT by Girlene
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