ousting presidents

I'm back in the U.S.A. safe and sound, but I can't help but wish I was in Honduras to see first-hand how the situation with President Zelaya will turn out. I've been reading updates in the New York Times, but when I compare them to the information I receive from people in Honduras and my own first-hand experiences I'm deeply frustrated.

The Organization of American States (OAS) called the military overthrow an "old-fashioned coup" and has given Honduras three days to replace their ousted president. The OAS says that if Honduras doesn't let Zelaya back they will be suspended from the group.

Here's the thing that makes me livid. The articles do not accurately portray the situation in Honduras. The Honduran president has been trying to change the constitution so that he can stay in power at least for another term. He was telling people to go to the polls to vote to make these changes. Technically, according to the Honduran constitution, this is an act of treason against the country because it goes against the constitution. However, until the president formally published something telling people do vote to change the constitution it wasn't made official. The night before President Zelaya was removed he published this edict, thus giving the military legal reason to remove him.

It wasn't an illegal coup!

The Honduran military wasn't acting unruly or chaotically --- they were simply defending their country's constitution and democracy! The U.S. and other members of the OAS need to get their facts straight!

To get better information about the situation in Honduras read the comments on the New York Times article today.