More Turmoil Surrounds Zelaya

January 2008 | Ratings Update

President Manuel Zelaya has been forced to endure the sixth and seventh resignations from his cabinet since taking office in 2006. The first was Minister of the Presidency Yani Rosenthal, who quit on January 2 in order to stand for the 2009 presidential election. The second was Foreign Minister Milton Jiminez, who resigned a day later after local television stations showed a video of him engaged in a fist fight with police officers after he was arrested for driving while intoxicated. While the departure of key aides is bad news for Zelaya, it has little effect on our short-term political

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