Brazil’s Michel Temer, Paraguay’s Federico Franco and Hondura’s Roberto Micheletti were close allies to their presidents until they moved to take office — without winning elections. By Sebastián Lacunza Editor-in-Chief If ousted, Brazilian president would ask Mercosur to suspend Brazil. What should Macri do? Roberto Micheletti was already a veteran businessman and politician of the Honduran Liberal Party (PL) when he managed to become president on 28 June, 2009. As he had not even been able to win the primaries in the PL the year before, he took a shortcut to the presidency. That Sunday of June, Congress removed President Manuel Zelaya (from the populist wing of the PL). The reason given by Congress, presided by Micheletti, was that the president intended to hold a non-binding referendum and eventually amend the constitution. Micheletti’s coup was accompanied by the military troops raiding Zelaya’s residence during the small hours. After a stopover at a milit...
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