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Weekly Report - 15 May 2014 (WR-14-19)
HONDURAS: Tantrums and tear gas in congress
Dramatic images - broadcast worldwide - of former president Manuel 'Mel' Zelaya (2006-2009) clutching a handkerchief over his mouth while clouds of tear gas poured out of the national congress building were suggestive of a terrorist attack of some kind. In fact, Honduran security forces were acting on orders from the congress president, Mauricio Oliva, to remove Zelaya and fellow deputies for failing to adhere to new security measures in the building and for disorderly conduct inside the legislature. All in a day’s work, an unrepentant Oliva intimated the following day.
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