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August 3, 2009

Roger Noriega Hired as Lobbyist by Honduran Business Coalition
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In other Honduran news, a business coalition of Honduran textile
manufacturers and exporters has hired Roger Noriega to lobby US
lawmakers on behalf of the coup government. Noriega served as assistant
secretary for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under President
Bush. He was a key figure in the overthrow of Haitian President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide in February 2004.



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