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2009 was hardly what I would call a coup, only people not familiar with Honduras politics would call it that. The president was trying to rig the election so they made sure to get him out so they could resume legitimate elections and not have a puppet government in control by Hugo Chavez

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They deserve a lot of praise for defending their constitution without violence. The interim president stepped down when he said he would and did not run for the office. Elections went off without problems. It should serve as an example for the rest of the world.

You can't imagine all the pressure the country had after the coup, almost every embassy and organization got out of the country, we stopped receiving aid, all the development programs were paralyzed, all the funds for help were cut off. The interim had to step down.

I am afraid to tell you that in Honduras the constitution and the law are violated everyday, impunity is so commun here, so that argument "defending the constitution" that the people who were in favor of the coup is bullshit.

OK, I'm confused. Are you saying that it would have been better for Honduras to allow Zelaya to install himself as a dictator for life, Chavez style?

Chavez is there because he got elected with the majority of votes, he also have the support from congress and the military. Mel wasnt that popular, so he was not a real threat. The coup was very hurtful for the country.

It really should. Too bad the President and the State Department didn't agree and refused to recognize the new government as legitimate. I wonder if Obama still holds that opinion.

I am from Honduras, it was clearly a coup, even the current president accepted it

Is funny that he mentions the Madagascar coup.

That was a strange mess.

The President who was looking at charter cities there had just sold half of Madagascar as farmland to China.

This annoyed a lot of people and in the ensuing kerfuffle, apparently supported by the French and some bits of the UN, the former radio DJ Andry Rajoelina was put in charge of the country, with his first action being to throw out the agreement with China.

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