A Tale of Two Media in Honduras Crisis
Here's a chronology of the Honduran crisis, as summarized by Agence France Presse (AFP) and Noticias 24 (my translation, found at the Noticias 24 website).
From left to right, above:
June:
APF:
28th: Coup d'etat, Zelaya removed from power.
Noticias 24:
28th: Zelaya attempts to carry a popular vote to call a referendum and change the Constitution.
200 troops enter his house in the early morning, capture him and expel him to Costa Rica.
Congress names its president, Roberto Micheletti, as new head of state.
The international community unanimously condemns the coup.
30th: UN General Assembly requests that Zelaya be restored to power.
July:
AFP
7th: Costa Rican president Oscar Arias, starts as mediator.
24th: Zelaya briefly steps on Honduran soil, but returns to Nicaragua.
Noticias 24:
2d: European Union ambassadors leave Honduras.
3d: OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza arrives in Honduras.
4th: OAS suspends Honduran membership.
5th: Honduran army prevents Zelaya's jet from landing in Tegucigalpa.
7th: Costa Rican president Oscar Arias becomes the crisis mediator.
9th: Arias meets separately with Zelaya and Micheletti in San José, Costa Rica.
18th: Arias proposes the San José Accord, which supports Zelaya's reinstatement. Micheletti's delegation rejects it, Zelaya's delegation considers the dialogue ended.
20th: The EU freezes 65.5 million euros of aid to Honduras.
24th: Zelaya briefly steps on Honduran soil, but returns to Nicaragua.
August:
AFP
31th: The electoral campaign starts for the November 29 elections.
Noticias 24:
25th: OAS mission to Honduras ends without Micheletti's support.
September:
AFP
21st: Zelaya secretly returns to Honduras and seeks refuge at the Brazilian embassy.
27th: Micheletti restricts civil liberties and silences opposition media.
Noticias 24:
3rd: US suspends aid for $30+ million.
10th: US suspends the visas for Micheletti and dozens of Honduran coup-supporting officials and businessmen.
21st: Zelaya secretly returns to Honduras and seeks refuge at the Brazilian embassy.
27th Micheletti restricts civil liberties and silences opposition media.
October:
AFP
5th: Micheletti admits the possibility of reinstating Zelaya; de facto government reinstates civil liberties, opening the possibility of dialogue.
7th: Zelaya's and Micheletti's delegates start a dialogue supervised by the OAS.
14th: They reach an agreement, which must be approved by both leaders.
Noticias 24:
7th: Zelaya's and Micheletti's delegates start a dialogue supervised by the OAS.
14th: They reach an agreement, which must be approved by both leaders.
