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Honduras in Crisis over Referendum Vote

HeadlineJun 26, 2009

Honduras is facing an internal political crisis over a planned referendum by President Manuel Zelaya. Zelaya wants to hold a referendum on Sunday that would let voters decide on rewriting the constitution. But Honduran Supreme Court justices and other government officials say the referendum is illegal. On Thursday, hundreds of soldiers deployed around the Honduran Congress after Zeyala fired the head of the Honduran military. Critics say Zeyala has overstepped his authority, while Zelaya says he’s being undermined by elite groups who oppose the referendum.

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