Honduran President Manuel Zelaya’s dismissal of the country’s senior military officer was rejected by that country's supreme court...foreshadowing a possible constitutional fight over his efforts to lift the limit of a single four-year term for presidents
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/world/americas/26briefs-Honduras.html?ref=todayspaper
and a nice summary of events...http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124597369604957305.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Meanwhile... Fidel Castro has written an editorial supporting Zelaya's efforts.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/cuban_colada/2009/06/fidel-writes-in-support-of-honduran-prexy.html
And... military coup fears grow...
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/kristin-bricker/2009/06/coup-fears-honduras
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