Roberto Micheletti

Honduras: What Now?

Alternet (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

The Honduran Congress voted this week not to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya. "Mr. Zelaya is history," said Roberto Micheletti, who took power after the coup.

Lawmakers' refusal to reinstate Zelaya refutes Chavez: Honduran leader

People Daily (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

The Honduran National Congress' vote against restoring ousted President Manuel Zelaya was a clear rebuttal of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's remarks on Honduras, said Honduran de facto leader Roberto Micheletti Thursday. "It is a message for all countries which try to dominate a country with money, force and oil, such as Mr. Chavez' Venezuela," Zelaya said, adding Honduras told Chavez...

Honduras congress rejects Zelaya reinstatement

JURIST (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

[JURIST] The Honduran National Congress on Wednesday voted 111-14 not to reinstate ousted president Manuel Zelaya who was removed by a military coup earlier this year. The vote was held in accordance with the Tegucigalpa/San Jose accord, brokered in October, which gave Congress the power to decide whether to allow Zelaya to serve out the remainder of his term ending January 27. Elections were held...

Honduras votes against Zelaya's return

PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

NY Times: The Honduran Congress voted Wednesday night against restoring the ousted president, Manuel Zelaya , to office to serve out the last two months of his term, throwing into further disarray an American-backed plan to end the country’s political crisis. Congress voted 111-14 to ratify its decision on June 28 to vote Mr. Zelaya out of office after he had been arrested by the military and...

Honduras's presidential election: Voting to move onwards and upwards

The Economist (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

Porfirio Lobo, pictured below, has won the support of Hondurans. Now he must convince the outside world of his legitimacy THE day after Manuel Zelaya was ousted as Honduras’s president in late June, Barack Obama warned that “it would be a terrible precedent if we start moving backwards into the era in which we are seeing military coups as a means of political transition.” This week...

Honduran Congress Teaches Obama a Lesson in Democracy

YID With LID (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

Looks like ousted Honduras President Zelaya will be holed up in the Brazilian embassy for a while longer. The Congress of Honduras voted not to reinstate the deposed dictator-wannabe. Honduras has been the object of Obama's attacks ever since they threw Zeyala out of office. The former President's disposal was ordered by the Honduras Supreme Court and was in line with the Honduras Constitution. Following...

Honduras: the devastating effects of the June 28th coup on the Honduran economy are not likely to be undone by illegitimate elections

Council on Hemispheric Affairs (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009

Whether one sides with the ousted President Manuel Zelaya or with the interim leader Roberto Micheletti, there is no denying the devastating impact of the June 28 anti-Zelaya coup d’etat on the Honduran economy. With the November 29 election of Porfirio ‘Pepe’ Lobo of the conservative Partido Nacional, backers of the status quo hope [...]

The Successful Coup

Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009

After everything, the Honduran coup was an unmitigated success for Roberto Micheletti, the army, the business owners, and the other elites who supported it. Last weekend's election saw the left hobbled, the conservative candidate victorious, and the United States basically agreeing to recognize the results. Spain and most of the world refuses to recognize the elections. But with the United States signaling...

Int'l community at odds on Honduran general elections

People Daily (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009

The political crisis in Honduras has continued for more than five months since President Manuel Zelaya was ousted on June 28 and forced to flee to Costa Rica in a coup led by Congress leader Roberto Micheletti. Under the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord reached on Oct. 29, the two sides agreed to form a unity government and to hold general elections on Nov. 29. Opposition candidate Porfirio Lobo claimed...

Honduras: Elected President focuses on future

People Daily (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009

The elected President of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo of the National Party (PN) said on Monday that his main concern is the future, starting on June 27, 2010 when he will take office and begin a four-year term. Lobo said in a press conference that he is willing to start the national dialogue to solve the political crisis in the country, However, he said the issue related to the de facto President Roberto...

The vote in Honduras

Dinocrat (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009

The WSJ reports on Honduras: Neither of the two men claiming to be president during the past five months — Mr. Zelaya and interim President Roberto Micheletti — was on the ballot. The vote hands power to Mr. Lobo, a conservative rancher who was narrowly beaten by Mr. Zelaya four years ago. “It’s going to be [...]

Elections in Honduras

LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009

Elections in Honduras Lucky Lobo Has a successful presidential election in Honduras helped to legitimise a military coup? THE members of a conservative coalition behind the toppling of Manuel Zelaya as president of Honduras, on June 28th, have since been betting that presidential elections would serve to legitimise their military coup. Despite intense pressure from abroad, the de facto regime that...

• Elections in Honduras: Lucky Lobo - The Economist

The supremacy of Honduras

Power Line (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009

According to today's Wall Street Journal , 61 percent of Hondurans turned out to vote in the country's presidential election yesterday. By a wide margin Hondurans elected conservative rancher Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo to their presidency. The Journal reports: "The results gave Mr. Lobo 56% of the vote, well ahead of Liberal Party candidate Elvin Santos at 38%, confirming voters' expected...

Big Losers In Honduras Election, Barack Obama, Hugo Chavez

YID With LID (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009

The results from today's elections in Honduras are beginning to roll in and it looks as if Porfirio Lobo,from Honduran opposition National Party, is leading in the election at least according to the local media. According to preliminary data, the 61-year-old opposition leader received around 56% of the vote. His main rival, 46-year-old businessman Elvin Santos representing the ruling Liberal Party,...

Honduras' de facto leader goes to vote

People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009

De facto Honduran President Roberto Micheletti attended on Sunday to the voting center in his city of origin, El Progreso in the north of the country. Micheletti attended to vote at 9:15 a.m. (1515 GMT) and after voting he told the press that "Hondurans have not paid attention to the fear that some bombs tried to arouse, here is the people ofall sectors voting." Micheletti said he hopes the...