Summary
Over the course of the summer, as Zelaya's supporters and opponents, both in Honduras and abroad, debated whether the ouster was a coup d'etat or a lawful action, street battles between the pro-Zelaya "insurgents" and the police and military officials of the Micheletti government marred public debate (and resulted in several deaths). On October 23, Secretary of State HiIlary Clinton had a long telephone conversation with de facto president Micheletti, persuading him to resume the brokenoff negotiations; and on October 30 an agreement was announced, calling for the formation of a coalition government until the Honduran Congress could vote on whether to reinstate Zelaya, followed by a national presidential vote at the end of November.
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Democracy Undone
Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Westem hemisphere - a land, it has been said, where even the rich are poor. A casual observer might expect Honduras's reputation for political tranquility, favorable location for trade, and valuable natural resources to generate some modest level of prosperity. Yet just the opposite happened in the twentieth century, as Honduras became, in the words of Alison Acker's Honduras: The Making of a Banana Republic, "a ...
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