Daily News Article - September 22, 2009
1. a) Where is Honduras?
b) List the countries that border Honduras.
c) What is the capital of Honduras.
2. Who is Manuel Zelaya?
3. How has interim President Roberto Micheletti responded to Mr. Zelaya sneaking back into the country and taking refuge at the Brazilian embassy?
4. Why was President Zelaya ousted from Honduras?
5. Some citizens want President Zelaya to return, others do not. In addition to citizens, what institutions do not want Mr. Zelaya to return to Honduras?
6. Watch Greta Van Susteren's interview with President Micheletti in the "Background" below.
a) How did interim President Micheletti respond to Greta's question on how the Honduran constitution can be changed? Be specific.
b) The majority of media outlets appear to support President Zelaya's return to power, calling the Supreme Court, military and interim government's ouster of Mr. Zelaya a "coup" and the interim president a "de facto" president. (NOTE: A de facto government is one which has seized power by force or in any other unconstitutional method and governs in spite of the existence of a legitimate government.)
--What responsibility does the media have to interview or report on what the interim government in Honduras is saying?
--Why do you think they choose not to do so? Explain your answer.