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"They kidnapped him like cowards," Melissa Gaitan, 21, an employee of the official government television station, screamed as tears streamed down her face. "We have to rally the people to defend our president."

President Go Fuck Yourself is expressing his, surprise, concern... again. Some accounts say it was not only the president of Honduras but ambassadors of other countries as well.

Granma

venezuelanalysis.com

Let's see how much media coverage Honduran protesters get, shall we?

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Yeah, well, he spoke too soon:

Honduras's Zelaya says US helped thwart coup-paper
Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:12am EDT

MADRID, June 28 (Reuters) - Honduran President Manuel Zelaya told Spain's El Pais that a planned attempt to wrest power him was thwarted after the United States declined to back the move.

"Everything was in place for the coup and if the U.S. embassy had approved it, it would have happened. But they did not ... I'm only still here in office thanks to the United States," he said in the newspaper interview published on Sunday.

"Last (Friday) morning, at around 1 or 2 a.m., Congress was passing a decree to incapacitate me and the armed forces were mobilised. But phone calls were made -- I can't say by who or from where -- but these calls stopped the coup," he said.

Zelaya, an ally of Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez, is holding an unofficial vote on Sunday to gauge public support for lifting constitutional limits on presidential terms despite objections by courts and the military.

Sunday's vote will hold no legal weight after a court ruled it invalid.

Zelaya told El Pais he had no intention of re-running for the presidency. Opposition groups say the referendum is designed to keep him in power after the national election in November.

"My government ends January 27, 2010 ... but I want to make it possible that a president can be re-elected in the future. Although I don't know whether I'll be available then," he said.

The whole world has been duped by our President Smooth Operator. I mean, should we call him Lover Boy? No place for beginners or sensitive hearts?