Honduras Update: Micheletti Spirals Downward as the

U.S. Fails to Fully Condemn the De Facto Regime and

Insists on Mincing Around with the Appointees who

Don’t Wear its Colors

After realizing his swaggering actions had severely backfired, the interim president of Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, is asking the Supreme Court to reverse last Sunday’s decree, which suspended civil liberties throughout the country as part of its 45-day “state of emergency.” As part of its crack-down on dissent, the Micheletti regime closed the two top Honduran news media outlets that had been covering ousted President Manuel Zelaya’s statements from his refuge inside the Brazilian embassy. The siege suspended constitutional guarantees of civil liberties, including freedom of assembly, press, and privacy. The Honduran Congress, Supreme Electoral Court, and the country’s four main presidential candidates for the November elections clearly have stated tha t they will not tolerate Micheletti’s efforts to suspend civil liberties.

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