Web Letters: Honduras Crisis Forces Obama's Hand

This looks more like an impeachment than a coup. At least it does to me. A sitting president tries an unconstitutional manuever in direct opposition to the legislative body and against the ruling of the supreme court. After all, how would we react if Obama tried to force an issue both Congress and the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional? Would that not be grounds for impeachment? A violation of his oath to uphold and defend the Constitution?

Zalaya was removed from office and the next elected official in the line of secession is duly sworn in by the legislative body. Based on what I've seen of coups over the decades, a generalissimo or colonel would now be smoking cigars and wearing dark sunglasses in the president's office right now. Zalaya was impeached.

Ashley B. Carrier

Columbus, OH

It was reported today that the foreign minister was also arrested and exiled. While she may have had an opinion on term limits, it is doubtful she could have influenced the election issue. How many of the "former" president's cabinet were exiled?

I see the OAS is threatening to throw Honduras out of the organization if the elected president is not restored. If that happens we will have to pull our troops out of Honduras. Wouldn't that be unfortunate?

Pervis James Casey

Riverside, CA

Don't believe Zelaya. Don't believe outsiders haven't been meddling in Honduras affairs and trying to instigate changes in the Honduran government. Don't believe any group called ALBA or any other name will fix Honduras's problems. Stop playing games with the minds of uneducated people.

Who wants to see gang mentality operating at the state level in Honduras? The congress in Honduras and the supreme court in Honduras took the correct course of action. The alternative, impeachment, would not have worked and would have given Zelaya time to "call in reinforcements," for example--from Venezuela and Nicaragua to help Zelaya declare marital law and suspend the constitution.

The path taken by the military is/was the correct one. Too bad, the US and the UN cannot understand the truth of the situation. Hollow, simplistic, knee-jerk notions point to a weak understanding from the US and the UN. I would hope for more thoughtfulness, but, in these "modern times" it is apparently the norm.

Thank you. Keep Honduras free from Zelaya.

Charles Chassaing

Tampa, FL

Obama's way ahead of you, Tom. So is Hillary, and so are the leaders of the OAS. The fact is that for one of the few times in the region's history, the US is actually on the side of the good guys. This fact is driving the right-wingers nuts, as well as frustrating those far-lefties who apparently think that Obama is Claus von Metternich ("Hey, we had him pegged as an imperialist! How dare he act against our preconceptions of him!").

The best place for non-Spanish or non-Portugese speakers to keep up with events is over at The Field. They'll translate key news articles and even Twitters from Latin America.

Tamara Baker

St. Paul, MN

As a Central American citizen, I want to say that the vast majority of people in my country rejects the unfortunate and despicable military coup that has happened in Honduras. It's unbelievable and it's a shame that some powerful groups still pretend to use force to impose their political interests in our region and so make us return to the worst periods of our history.

The international community must inmediately condemn this act and take actions to re-establish democracy in Honduras.

Jerry Espinoza Rivera

San José, Costa Rica