The World mourns Michael Jackson

In a military coup, Honduras' president is deposed

In a move to thwart an attempt to rewrite the Honduran constitution, soldiers have arrested President Manuel Zelaya in what one leader has called a coup and which the European Union has condemned as unconstitutional.

Just before polls were to open on a controversial referendum to allow the president more than a single four-year term, which had led to escalating political tensions in this Central American nation in recent days, soldiers surrounded the president's home and took him into military custody.

Speaking to a local television station Sunday from the airport in Costa Rica's capital, San Jose, Zelaya said soldiers arrested him in his pajamas and beat his body guards in what he criticized as "a coup" and "a kidnapping."

Zelaya is an ally of leftist leader Venezuela President Hugo Chavez, who expressed support of his referendum along with Cuba's Fidel Castro. Honduras had joined ALBA, the alliance of leftist leaders in the region as an alternative to free-trade agreements they say are dominated by the U.S.

In Washington, President Barack Obama expressed concern over the developments on Sunday. "I call on all political and social actors in Honduras to respect democratic norms, the rule of law and the tenets of the Inter-American Democratic Charter. Any existing tensions and disputes must be resolved peacefully through dialogue free from any outside interference," Obama said in a statement.

Across Latin America, leftist leaders have successfully rewritten their constitutions to enable their re-elections. But while Chavez, Evo Morales in Bolivia, and Rafael Correa in Ecuador have successfully modified their charters to elongate their rule, it seems Zelaya miscalculated his institutional backing.

"Zelaya confused himself with (other) governments by assuming that he had a constituency when he didn't really," says Larry Birns, head of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs in Washington. "He is not a person who had hit a respondent chord in the population, which he could politically rely upon. It was a miscalculation."

Zelaya fired the head of the armed forces Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Romeo Vasquez, after his refusal to support an unofficial referendum to modify the nation's constitution, and then refused to back down even after the Supreme Court deemed the referendum illegal and Congress failed to support it. Soldiers, in dozens of white pickup trucks, reportedly put Zelaya in military custody in his home before taking him to an air force base outside the capital city.

Neither the military nor presidential advisers have said who is in charge of the government right now.

"We're talking about a coup d'etat," said union leader and Zelaya ally Rafael Alegria. "This is regrettable."

Despite a history of coups, Honduras has been stable since military rule ended in the 1980s. But the drive to modify the constitution deeply polarized the country.

The European Union has condemned his overthrow, saying the leader should be returned immediately. In a statement, the 27 ministers of the EU called it an "unacceptable violation of the constitutional order in Honduras."

In a show of support for Zelaya in recent days, Chavez, according to the Miami Herald, said: "there is a coup d'etat under way in Honduras," led by the "retrograde bourgeoisie."

Events in Honduras could have deeper political ramifications. "If he is unseated, this will represent the first political reversal that the ALBA countries have had," says Birns. "They have scored a noticeable victory with Ecuador, and recent elections in El Salvador. This will mark a reversal of its prospects."

El mundo del espectáculo llora la muerte de Michael Jackson

The king is Dead

The Whole World cries for the King's POP Death

    THE KING IS DEAD

(MICHAEL JACKSON IS DEAD) 

 Everybody cries the king's pop death

El mundo del espectáculo está hoy conmocionado por la repentina muerte del "rey del pop" Michael Jackson, fallecido el jueves de un paro cardíaco.

La cantante y actriz Madonna, que vive en Londres, dijo a través de un comunicado que el mundo ha perdido a "uno de sus grandes".

Sismo de 5,4 grados sacude Caracas

Un temblor de 5,4 grados en la escala de Richter se sintió este lunes en la madrugada en Caracas, sin reportar hasta los momentos daños materiales ni víctimas.

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OTRA FUENTE:

Lunes, 4 de Mayo de 2009, 5:13hs
Fuente: Reuters

ZONAS - América Latina

Fuerte sismo sacude a Caracas antes del amanecer

CARACAS, mayo 4 . - Un fuerte sismo despertó a los residentes de Caracas y sacudió varios edificios de la capital venezolana antes del amanecer del lunes, dijo un testigo de Reuters.

El sismo tuvo una magnitud de 5.3 y su epicentro se ubicó 40 kilómetros al sur de Caracas, de acuerdo a la información publicada en el sitio web del Centro Geológico de Estados Unidos, que estimó la hora del temblor a las 0910 GMT.

Hasta el momento no había reportes de daños o víctimas. 

REUTERS HG/

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