Foreword
At dawn on June 28, 2009, in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, soldiers stormed the residence of their president, Manuel Zelaya, and whisked him off to Costa Rica, where he remains in exile. Later that day, the president of the National Congress, Roberto Micheletti, was sworn in as the country’s interim leader. The move capped months of tension surrounding an impending referendum that Zelaya had hoped would lead to a revision of the Honduran Constitution. Zelaya’s critics said that the referendum was aimed at removing the current one-term presidential limit and paving the way for his possible re-election. Zelaya has…
