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