Posted on 08/13/2011 9:29:33 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
Distinguished Senior Fellow in Political Leadership and Constitutional Governance
Laureate, the Samuel Adams-Jose Bonifacio Prize for 2010
Roberto Micheletti (b. 13 Aug. 1943) is a former President of Honduras (28 June 2009 – 27 January 2010). He succeeded to the Presidency as a result of the constitutional crisis arising from then President Manuel Zelaya's June 2009 attempt to illegally change the national Constitution. The Attorney General's office charged Manuel Zelaya with violations of the constitution, laws and court orders. The Honduran Supreme Court found that Zelaya was violating the Constitution and issued an arrest warrant ordering the Honduran military to detain Zelaya. The military arrested Manuel Zelaya and he was exiled rather than held to face criminal charges as the Attorney General of the Honduras had intended.
Zelaya had been leading the Honduras into the political and economic orbit of Castro's Cuba and Venezuela's Marxist dictator and ally of Iran, Hugo Chavez, a major player in international drug trafficking, and this bloc is considered by seasoned observers of Latin America to have been the force behind Zelaya's moves.
The National Congress voted unanimously to repudiate Zelaya's efforts to bypass the Constitution and voted to remove him from office. Vice President Elvin Ernesto Santos had resigned months before in December 2008 to prepare to run for President. Micheletti, then President of the National Congress and constitutionally next in line for the presidency, was sworn in as President of Honduras by the Congress, also unanimously, regardless of party affiliations.
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Happy 68th Birthday Mr. Michelletti (the one with the balls)
May Hondurans always be a brave, strong, free people.
Mr. Michelletti is 68 today.
Oh yes indeed, happy, happy birthday! I saw him interviewed by Greta On The Record and he is a humble good man. I was happy she went down there and reported. Shame on Obama, shame shame. So glad they held strong.
Glad you agree. I missed him on Greta. I don’t watch TV.
I was ashamed of my country for their lack of understanding of the situation and for the fact that they backed up the corrupt Zalaya against the Honduran constitution.
I guess it is the same amount of respect that they show for our constitution!
Yep, it was professional courtesy, One Commie to another.
Obozo is like that, he never saw a Commie or Fascist that he did not like and support.
Something isn’t right about this...Obama, Hillary, and Baby Hugo all said he staged a coup, and illegally threw El Presidente, The Honorable Senor Zelaya out of Honduras.
Surely the Leftist leaders wouldn’t lie...would they?
Well maybe not, if their lips weren’t moving.
Happy birthday, Mr. Micheletti, and many happy returns.
A true patriot who stood up to home grown thugs the Castro brothers, Hugo and Hillary. Happy Birthday Sir!
Would, for the sake of the Honduran people, that he was still President. A great patriot...happy birthday, sir!
His nephew was found murdered in October 2009
Yes. Very sad. Robert is a fine man. It has been a long time since I saw this thread. I admired Hondurans for their bravery then.
The people who stood with Micheletti were incredible. And they did it by their laws and constitution and in the face of Obama exerting extreme pressure for them to put Zelaya back in office. I still have the picture of the parrots “birds of a feather”. It is very hard to find on the web now. It’s been scrubbed.
Found it, here is the pic I mentioned.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_L6pDyjqqsvY/SkpScv-ilUI/AAAAAAAAcg8/rpVMBDsnqhU/s400/obama+chavez.bmp
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