Thanks so much for your very interesting and informative comments! This is why it is crucial to get information out there and clarify the facts. I am so glad that all of you posted great blogs to check out to get more information. I will definitely follow up on that and encourage my readers to do the same. Information is very powerful, as we can see by huge amounts of misinterpretations and accounts of what is going on in one county.

Thanks!
Amanda

Thank you for your account of this event. Sadly, Hondurans and Honduran institutions have not been given the same opportunity to present their case. The real facts are these: Honduras is a democratic republic, and the government resides in three independent powers, the Executive, the Legislative and the Judiciary. The Honduras’ Supreme Court issued on June 27th an arrest warrant for Zelaya because he committed crimes against the Constitution. Zelaya wanted to hold an ill called popular consultation that the Courts, the National Congress, the Attorney General, and the Electoral Tribunal had deemed illegal because it is expressly prohibited by the Constitution. He was legally removed from office. Although having him expelled from the country might have been against the law, it is true that having him arrested in Honduras might have led to violence and bloodshed. The military have accepted that they probably broke the law, but they also appeal to a higher need to maintain peace, and are willing to go to trial for this (this is documented).
Roberto Micheletti assumed the presidency because he was next in line, simple as that. The National Congress remains working normally, the Supreme Court and the judiciary systems is working normally, and the new Executive is working normally (and more efficiently than before June 28th, I might add). General elections will be held on November 29th (primaries were held a year ago), and a new president, national congress and municipal authorities will be elected freely by the people. There is even an independent, leftist presidential candidate, among 5 different candidates. Does this seem like a military coup to you? Does this seem like Democracy is not working in Honduras??
A chronology of events, as well as documentation can be found at: http://www.laverdadenhonduras.com
I recommend everybody wanting to know the truth about the recent events in Honduras visit this site (most of the documents are in spanish, though, as they are copies from official documents).

Zelaya has hurt our country tremendously. He committed many crimes, some political, some common. His administration was probably the most corrupt in the history of Honduras. It is with sadness that we are witness to a world blind to the truth about Honduras. But most of Hondurans are relieved that he is no longer our President, and hope that the elections and the new government will provide for an opportunity to continue on the path of peace, democracy and development.

Saludos!

José

Thank you for writing about this. The way Zelaya was removed was constitutional except for one thing…he should not have been exiled. The Supreme Court called for his arrest, together with congress, because they had ruled the referendum you mentioned “unconstitutional” and “illegal”. To that he replied that only God and the Virgin of Suyapa could stop the referendum, and stormed the Air Force with a mob of his followers to “rescue” the ballots. He fired the military chief of staff for saying he wouldn’t provide security for an illegal referendum.

Then Congress and the Supreme Court ordered his arrest. This was done by the military, but that is in the constitution, it isn’t wrong or even unusual. The only thing they did wrong was to take him out of the country. Our constitution says that if any government official suggests modifying the articles that define the presidential term or reelection, they are automatically removed from office and barred from any public office for 10 years.

But, it seems Zelaya was provoking a self-coup. He would get his agenda through, either directly, or indirectly when the congress threw him out and the international community reinstated him.

Read La Gringa’s blog (http://lagringasblogicito.blogspot.com), it has excellent explanations of the situation, in English, and written by an American woman living in Honduras.

This is a cry for help form the youth in Honduras. Blessings come in disguise. Thanks to Z’liar the young people in the country seem more motivated to get involved. That is the best way to bring out change.

If you think the situation in Honduras is unfair to the constitutional succession government and the general population then please write letters to your representatives in the USA government and use the school newspapers and websites to promote others to do the same.

God bless the Honduran people and the students of GW

The truth is there is much more to know. There is a large movement called ALBA that has been spreading for about ten years. It was an idea of Fidel Castro being executed by Hugo Chavez and there is suspicion that they are backed as well by Iran.
The goal is to create one superpower Americas that is stronger that the USA> They plan to have nothing but communist run states with Chavez as the head. Irans interest is to use it to neutralize USA so they can destroy Israel as they have publicly threatened to do.

There hasn’t been a crimininal trial yet, it will occur when he comes back as a citizen.

Regards

I stumbled on your twit. I’m a world citizen too. Have lived in Honduras over 14 years. Love it.

Zelaya was truly working against democracy. I can see you see through his charade.

Now, if the State Department understood…well, we’d all be happier here in Tegucigalpa!

Thanks for your comment. I heard that pajama story was a lie, but I didn’t know for sure and so didn’t say anything.

I agree that Zelaya certainly wasn’t aiming for democracy. I understand that you say it wasn’t a “real coup,” but I don’t believe that Micheletti and the people in power didn’t go through the right methods to take Zelaya out of control.

Do you think that it is okay to work outside of the system if you believe that the ends justify the means? What are your experiences, as someone who is living there currently and probably much more knowledgeable than myself?