Friday, July 10, 2009

...Los Angeles Times: Honduras' non-coup...

Under the country's Constitution, the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya was legal.
By Miguel A. Estrada

July 10, 2009

Honduras, the tiny Central American nation, had a change of leaders on June 28. The country's military arrested President Manuel Zelaya -- in his pajamas, he says -- and put him on a plane bound for Costa Rica. A new president, Roberto Micheletti, was appointed. Led by Cuba and Venezuela (Sudan and North Korea were not immediately available), the international community swiftly condemned this "coup."

Something clearly has gone awry with the rule of law in Honduras -- but it is not necessarily what you think....
read the rest here: Los Angeles Times article

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