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Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
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Country in Central America
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Manuel Zelaya
President of Honduras from 2006 to 2009
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales is a Honduran politician who served as the 35th president of Honduras from 2006 until his forcible removal in the 2009 coup d'état; since January 2022, he has served as the inaugural first gentleman of Honduras. He is the eldest son of a wealthy…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
2009 Honduran coup d'état
2009 deposition of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya by the military
The 2009 Honduran coup d'état, which took place during the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis, occurred after President Manuel Zelaya failed to follow a Honduran Supreme Court ruling. On 28 June 2009, the Honduran Army ousted him and sent him into exile. Zelaya had attempted to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Honduran fourth ballot box referendum
Political initiative of Honduran president Manuel Zelaya
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Constitution of Honduras
Fundamental law of Honduras
The Political Constitution of the Republic of Honduras was approved on 11 January 1982, published on 20 January 1982, amended by the National Congress of Honduras 26 times from 1984 to 2005, and 10 interpretations by Congress were made from 1982 to 2005. It is Honduras' twelfth…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
2009 Honduran constitutional crisis
Political crisis in Honduras
The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis was a political crisis in Honduras over plans by President Manuel Zelaya to hold a popular referendum to either rewrite the Constitution of Honduras or write a new one.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
June 28
Day of the year
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