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4 unusual facts about Roberto Micheletti


Alejandro Peña Esclusa

UnoAmerica was one of the few organizations that endorsed as constitutional the 2009 "deposing" (widely described as the 2009 Honduran coup d'état) of president Manuel Zelaya in Honduras, which involved Zelaya being arrested by the military acting on orders by the Supreme Court, removed from office and expelled from the country, and replaced by the person the constitution indicated as his successor, in this case the Speaker of the House Roberto Micheletti, as interim president.

Constitution of Honduras

The Constitution of Honduras gained notoriety because of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis that removed President Manuel Zelaya and saw Roberto Micheletti take his place.

Roberto Micheletti

Born in El Progreso, Yoro Department, Micheletti was the eighth of nine siblings (6 boys, 3 girls).

Costa Rican President Óscar Arias acted as a mediator in the talks between the Honduran government and Manuel Zelaya to try to find a political solution.



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