CARACAS, August 16.—Honduras National University
researcher Leticia Salomón stated yesterday that 10
of the most powerful families in her country
financed the June 28 coup against Manuel Zelaya, the
legitimate and constitutional president.
During the broadcast of his Sunday program "José
Vicente Hoy," the Venezuelan journalist José Vicente
Rangel reported on Salomón’s information that the
coup was planned by a business group headed by
Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé, former Honduran
president and owner of the La Tribuna
newspaper.
He added that the daily, together with La
Prensa and El Heraldo morning papers, and
Channels 2, 3, 4, 5 and 9 were the main pillars of
the coup.
"History is repeating itself: the Honduran media,
like those of Venezuela in 2002 and 2003, acted as
the spearhead against democracy and fundamental
rights," Rangel emphasized. (ABN)
