Patricia Rodas
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Patricia Rodas is a Honduran
politician. She was foreign minister in the government of Manuel Zelaya
who was deposed in the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis
in June, 2009. She openly promoted Manuel Zelaya's continuity in power and according to the Honduran constitution she ceased to be foreign minister in the very moment in which she activated the clause contained in the article 239 of the Honduran constitution, which states the following. "ARTICULO 239.- The citizen who has carried out the titularity of the Executive Branch will not be able to be president or designate. Whoever breaks this disposition or proposes its reform, as well as those who support this directly or indirectly, will immediately cease in the performance of their respective positions, and will be disqualified for ten years to perform any public function." This woman is very well known for her permanent attempts to impose on Honduras, a constitution related to Cuba's and Venezuela's, destroying the democratic and republican form of government of Honduras. She openly and flagrantly violated the constitution and disregarded the judicial and legislative branches of government. Forced into exile
she has become a spokesperson for Zelaya in his attempts to regain the presidency
.
She faces criminal prosecution because she has traveled around the world removing and appointing ambassadors in Honduran embassies.
Rodas has a reputation as a doctrinaire, hard-line Marxist.
In 2007, being a government official, Rodas purchased at least 113 hectares of land in Vallecillo, Francisco Morazán for 32,000 lempiras and just days later sold it to the government of Honduras for 3.5 million. She faces criminal prosecution for these charges.
Manuel Zelaya
appointed Rodas as his new Foreign Minister in January 2009.
In early 2009 Rodas tried to fire people from the Foreign Ministry, but lost in court. She violated court orders.
On June 24, she called the country's constitution "an eyesore".
After she was fired by the new interim government, she appointed her nephew to manage the Honduran embassy in Nicaragua.
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
politician. She was foreign minister in the government of Manuel Zelaya
Manuel Zelaya
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales is a politician who was President of Honduras from January 27, 2006 until June 28, 2009. The eldest son of a wealthy businessman, he inherited his father's nickname "Mel," and, before entering politics, was involved in his family's logging and timber businesses.Elected...
who was deposed in the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis
2009 Honduran constitutional crisis
The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis was a political dispute over plans to rewrite the Constitution of Honduras, which culminated in a coup d'état against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya by the Honduran military...
in June, 2009. She openly promoted Manuel Zelaya's continuity in power and according to the Honduran constitution she ceased to be foreign minister in the very moment in which she activated the clause contained in the article 239 of the Honduran constitution, which states the following. "ARTICULO 239.- The citizen who has carried out the titularity of the Executive Branch will not be able to be president or designate. Whoever breaks this disposition or proposes its reform, as well as those who support this directly or indirectly, will immediately cease in the performance of their respective positions, and will be disqualified for ten years to perform any public function." This woman is very well known for her permanent attempts to impose on Honduras, a constitution related to Cuba's and Venezuela's, destroying the democratic and republican form of government of Honduras. She openly and flagrantly violated the constitution and disregarded the judicial and legislative branches of government. Forced into exile
Exile
Exile means to be away from one's home , while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened with imprisonment or death upon return...
she has become a spokesperson for Zelaya in his attempts to regain the presidency
President of Honduras
This page lists the Presidents of Honduras.Colonial Honduras declared its independence from Spain on 15 September 1821. From 5 January 1822 to 1 July 1823, Honduras was part of the First Mexican Empire of Agustín de Iturbide....
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She faces criminal prosecution because she has traveled around the world removing and appointing ambassadors in Honduran embassies.
Rodas has a reputation as a doctrinaire, hard-line Marxist.
In 2007, being a government official, Rodas purchased at least 113 hectares of land in Vallecillo, Francisco Morazán for 32,000 lempiras and just days later sold it to the government of Honduras for 3.5 million. She faces criminal prosecution for these charges.
Manuel Zelaya
Manuel Zelaya
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales is a politician who was President of Honduras from January 27, 2006 until June 28, 2009. The eldest son of a wealthy businessman, he inherited his father's nickname "Mel," and, before entering politics, was involved in his family's logging and timber businesses.Elected...
appointed Rodas as his new Foreign Minister in January 2009.
In early 2009 Rodas tried to fire people from the Foreign Ministry, but lost in court. She violated court orders.
On June 24, she called the country's constitution "an eyesore".
After she was fired by the new interim government, she appointed her nephew to manage the Honduran embassy in Nicaragua.