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...measures could move de facto Honduran President Roberto Micheletti to sign on to the San Jose Accord, brokered by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, which stipulates Zelaya's restoration and immunity for the coup participants. They may also help restore President Obama's standing among Latin American leaders, who have unanimously condemned the coup, as Obama has, but who have questioned the U.S. President's commitment to matching his rhetoric with action. U.S. officials called the latest sanctions "a strong signal" that Obama has reversed Washington's historic tendency to abide if not back coups carried out against its foes...
...been noted and honored with such frequency as to become perfunctory and cliché, saw the integration of baseball and with it, the opening of the door to greater integration in society. The deaths of the Kennedy brothers and Martin Luther King, Jr. had their baseball echo in Roberto Clemente’s death in 1972, which served as an explosive punctuation mark at the close of the “60s” and ushered in the era of what-do-we-do-now malaise, stagflation, oil shocks and Nixon’s demise. Finally, the economic boom...
...what should Obama be doing? The U.S. and Europe have each suspended almost $100 million in aid to Honduras, while the U.S. has canceled diplomatic visas for a few officials tied to the coup. But Honduras' provisional President, Roberto Micheletti, still insists that Zelaya's return is "impossible." To raise the heat, the U.S. needs to impose tougher economic sanctions (while remaining mindful of the 70% of Hondurans living in poverty), or enforce visa bans for a broader swath of the élite behind the coup. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
...longer the stalemate continues, the closer the government gets to achieving its goal of holding a new presidential election in November. A fresh vote may allow Honduras to re-establish order and restore its tarnished image. "This was a constitutional succession," de facto President Roberto Micheletti said at a news conference. "I won't allow for people to call this a coup." But many other Latin American leaders see the maneuver as exactly that--and fear it might set a dangerous regional precedent...
...Honduras IT'S NOT GOODBYE. IT'S SEE YOU LATER Eight days after he was expelled from Honduras in a military coup, President Manuel Zelaya attempted a dramatic return to his country--but his flight never touched down on home soil. At the behest of interim leader Roberto Micheletti, airport authorities denied Zelaya permission to land in Tegucigalpa on July 6. Tens of thousands of people rallied in support of the banished President, sparking clashes that killed two. Despite the showdown, Zelaya and Micheletti agreed on July 7 to participate in talks led by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias...