While we wait for Jay Bouwmeester news, there are some really smart and opinionated people on CP. Just curious what CP's thoughts are on this development in Honduras
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Background:
President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras has been ousted from office and sent into exile amid a power struggle over his plans for constitutional change.
Mr Zelaya planned to hold a non-binding public consultation on 28 June to ask people whether they supported moves to change the constitution.
Mr Zelaya's critics said the move was aimed at removing the current one-term limit on serving as president, and paving the way for his possible re-election.
The consultation was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court and Congress, and was opposed by the army.
At dawn on 28 June, between 200 and 300 troops came to Mr Zelaya's home, and, in his own words, told him to surrender or they would shoot him.
He was driven to the airport and put on a flight to Costa Rica. Later on Sunday, the speaker of Congress, Roberto Micheletti, constitutionally second in line to the presidency, was sworn in as interim leader.
International condemnation was swift and near-unanimous. Obama and Hugo Chavez both supporting the ousted President
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8125726.stm
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My 2 cents: It's curious to see Obama and Chavez being on the same team for a change. It appears ordinary Hondurians weren't very happy with Zelaya's before this, but are now caught in the middles between the country's military and courts supporters, and those that are loyal to Zelaya. IMO, while there was fears Zelaya wanted to model his governing system similar to Chavez, a Coups probably wasn't the best way idea. They were once very frequent in South America, but there hasn't been one since the 90s and the international community has shown that it's not acceptable.