President Zelaya Was Constitutionally Removed From Office in Honduras. There Was No Honduran Coup.

"Honduras does not need any one person to remain in office indefinitely, and the constitution must be respected by everyone, not just the citizens. What President Zalaya is being accused of doing is in direct violation of the constitution." - Sheila Matute

"Zelaya was 24 hours away from being in a position to tear up the constitution and rule indefinitely. The Honduran Supreme Court and Army rightfully took Zelaya out of office before he could do this. Why will the world not applaud the government for standing against this man?" - Paul Johnson, Roatan, Honduras

"Todays events are painful as we see leaders of the hemisphere take solidarity with Zelaya and abandon a whole nation. It is called betrayal. Nevertheless, we Hondurans must pay the price of being shunned, if we are to learn to look after ourselves and not continue living on an international pseudo charity that carries high interest rates, both moral and financial." - Mario Mendoza, Tegucigalpa

"No one outside this country has been checking the facts and have blasted not only the decision of the congress and the supreme court but have sided with someone who ran rough shod over the constitution. He convicted himself by his actions. While unfortunate he was run off to another country, the country has been a peace within because of the decision made by the Military. His return will cause untold problems." - Tripletango, La Ceiba

"Chavez has worked hard throughout Latin America to align governments to his socialist cause. He has used petro-dollars to fund insurgents and finance political campaigns for regime-change. (Remember the suitcase of his cash that was intercepted going to Argentina?) Bravo to the Hondurans for not rolling over." - Simon, W Palm Beach FL

"If Zelaya thought it was in the best interests of Honduras to have a longer term, he should have followed proper channels with open discussion, not seeking to use the armed forces for his own ends by the back door. He should stay away to keep the situation calm and then we will see how the new leader performs. Far from being a military coup this was an example of the army standing up for a countrys democratic constitution." - Dave, Manchester

"It is funny how the OAS was in a hurry to welcome back Cuba with a 50 years dictatorship and a history of no human rights in complete disregard for the OAS regulations and now is claiming that Honduras is not complying with them. Either the OAS Secretary is in someones payroll or they now have a double standard. For the leftist presidents, they are fighting it, because that is exactly what they did, change their constitutions to remain in power forever, and now are afraid their people do as Honduras." - Margarita Albaladejo, Miami, FL USA

"Obama is a dope: rigged elections, political prisoners, and killing of innocent civilians in Iran and his response is lets not jump to conclusions. And in Honduras the military peacefully removed a radical leader who wanted to follow in the footsteps of Castro and Chavez by destroying their constitution, and we got to take a stand against this." - Victor, New York

"Honduras should reward the OAS by declaring its sovereign independence. She will advance faster untied to leftist consensus. Freedom from big brothers money will enhance integrity. Given her location, deep sea ports, roads, and superior political stability, Honduras is the most strategically positioned nation in C.A. So those seeking to isolate us simply cut their own throat. A historical US alliance will wax more worthy with increased independence - just as the UK has benefited outside of the EU." - Zack Clark, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

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[rodriguezfernando75]

Excuse me!!!!!! None of you people are honduran!!!! For God's sake!!!!! I was born and I lived all my life in Honduras and is insulting to me that you people are talking BS of our political affairs. Zelaya is the first person to do right things for the poor and abandoned people of our society. The wage rise is fair. Imagine yourselves living with 150 US Dollars, or less, a month. That is no life!!!! Zelaya rose that from US$ 150 to almost US$ 300. Here we have people dying of hunger.

[CloeBuckingham]

@rodriguezfernando75 Zelaya destroyed the poor by pricing the Honduran labour market far about the world price, so that companies relocated in neighbour countries with lower labour costs. He rose the minimum wage 60%, so all those unskilled jobs were destroyed.

Living with 150 dollars per month is easy in rural Honduras where things are cheap. Nobody starves in Honduras. The so-called poor people even look fat.

[coolestmcse]

@CloeBuckingham Nobody starves in Hondura? Wow, you're the Anti-Christ...

[CloeBuckingham]

@coolestmcse Hunger is moderately low in Honduras. You may go to wfp dot org and download the hunger map to see where the problems lie. Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Bolivia, most of Africa, India, and Pakistan are all far worse off than Honduras.

People like to make scare mongering about Honduras, but there is no list of names of those who starved to death.

[Miguelopezzz]

bla bla bla....read the discussion below... a poll of public opinion is legal and does not violate the Constitution...

[Onodera1980]

You're wrong. It is upholding the constitution. The president has certain powers. When they try to abuse those powers, extend them, etc. they are violating the constitution. The president needs to be kept in check.

[CloeBuckingham]

@RolandoC20 Since when do Communists need evidence? Whenever something happens to their pet dictator, it "must" be the fault of the great satan USA, riiiight?

[RolandoC20]

@Hiromae33 Just what evidence do you have that what happened in Honduras was a result of US intervention. The United States office of the secretary of state and the state departmet did not approve of zelaya's removal and did not support the interim government that came afterward. Your statement is ambiguous. Were you or were you not in support of Zelaya?

[CloeBuckingham]

It's really obvious that Zelaya wanted to illegally change the Constitution to make himself a Chavez-like dictator of Honduras for life. That some ordinary people support him is sad. They are begging to be slaves, just like the USSR under Stalin.

[CloeBuckingham]

@rodriguezfernando75 What do you mean? Of course, the Constitution of Honduras CAN be reformed. Please read Article 373. However, there are certain aspects that cannot be reformed: Article 374 states, "It is not possible to reform, in any case, the preceding article, the present article, the constitutional articles referring to the form of government, to the national territory, to the presidential period, the prohibition to serve again as President of the Republic..."

[CloeBuckingham]

@rodriguezfernando75 When you increase wages 60%, it helps temporarily, but soon the jobs are shifted to other countries with lower labour costs. In the longer term, he destroyed jobs for the working poor. The proper way to improve wages is to improve people's skills and education, not by meddling with the free market. If meddling worked, the USSR would not have collapsed.

There are unresolved inequalities, but Zelaya would only make everyone poor. Education and opportunity are key.

[rodriguezfernando75]

And because the same rich and powerful are the owners of the media they launched a dirty campaign against Zelaya. In his administration life for the great mayority was made better: cheaper fuel, cheaper food, better wages more fluid comerce, etc. But we all know that if the people is better the richer earn less for their fortunes. Our natural resources are being exploited savagely only because a few want to get richer. As a honduran I am being insulted when people that knows nothing talks.

[rodriguezfernando75]

How come that our Constitution cannot be reformed?? Even US Constitution can be changed via Amendments. Ours cannot. That is stupid because times since 1982 changed. I assure that none of you has read our Constitution and are talking garbage of the Zelaya administration. I am a honduran citizen and I want to be asked. I invite all of you to read the Honduran Constitution and you will realize that it was made to protect the rich and powerful. We the people are forgotten in that Carta Magna.