Ex-Clinton aides advising Honduran coup regime

Ever since the military abducted President Manuel Zelaya at gunpoint on June 28 and expelled him from the country, the Obama administration has cast itself as a steadfast defender of “democracy” in Honduras.

MSM: Hugo Chávez vows to ‘bring them down’ after seeing Honduran ally ousted in military coup

(Guardian) – The army in Honduras has ousted and exiled its leftist president, Manuel Zelaya, , in Central America’s first military coup since the cold war, after he upset the army by trying to seek another term in office.

Venezuelan, Cuban, and Nicaraguan Ambassadors to Honduras Kidnapped

Military personnel kidnapped the ambassadors of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua in Honduras, along with the Honduran Foreign Relations Minister Patricia Rodas, according to Venezuela’s ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Roy Chaderton.

MSM: Honduran President Ousted in Coup

(NYTimes) – The Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, was ousted by the army on Sunday after pressing ahead with plans for a referendum that opponents said could lay the groundwork for his eventual re-election, in the first military coup in Central America since the end of the cold war.