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Honduran Coup D’état Timeline

June 28, 2009: The coup d’état started. Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was ousted by the military. He was exiled to Costa Rica, was accused of ignoring the court’s ruling and holding a referendum to change the Constitution

June 29, 2009: Zelaya met the Bolivia President Evo Morales, ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya, Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and Ecuador President Rafael Correa in Managua, Nicaragua. They hugged each other as if they were brothers.

June. 30, 2009: Manuel Zelaya gained a lot of international supports. The UN voted to demand Zelaya’s immediate restoration.

July 1, 2009: The US President Barack Obama, along with OAS, backed up ousted President Zelaya. Obama said that the removal of the democratic president in Honduras was unconstitutional. The OAS was called in session in Washington; it threatened to suspend Honduras’s membership unless restoring Zelaya.

July 2, 2009: The supporters of President Manuel Zelaya protested in front of the National Congress in Tegucigalpa. Soon violence was erupted. The police threw tear gas at the throng.

July 3, 2009: The Supreme Court of Honduras rejected the ultimatum for Zelaya’s restoration. The interim government of Honduras had announced that the country has decided to quit the OAS (Organization of American States) on Friday.

July 4, 2009: President Zelaya decided to return tomorrow despite the danger and warning that he could be arrested.

July 5, 2009: Despite Zelaya’s plan to return Honduras today, the police blocked him from entering Tegucigalpa. The plane hovered over the country, and then flew back to El Salvador

July 6, 2009: Zelaya was very unhappy. He condemned the military that blocked him from entering the country.

July 7, 2009: President Zelaya was scheduled to meet Clinton, the Secretary of States of the US. Obama again boosted him and backed him up, saying that the US would “respect the universal principle that people should choose their own leaders, whether they are leaders we agree with or not.”

July 8, 2009: The Honduran interim government gave the sign of flexibility about the possible return of Manuel Zelaya.

July 10, 2009: The Costa Rican President Oscar Arias held a clsed-door meetings with both Manueal Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti. Ousted Zelaya appeared first, and left Arias' home in Cota Rica's capital shortly before Roberto Micheletti showed up

July 23, 2009: Manuel Zelaya announced that he is going back to Honduras on Saturday. The interim government that sent Manuel Zelaya into exile vows to arrest the president if he sets foot in Honduras

July 25, 2009: Manuel Zelaya set up a camp along the border of Honduras. He said he is going to settle there until the coup ended.

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