tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post1696658214098938595..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Coup in HondurasGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-2244416911637838682009-06-28T18:53:15.540-04:002009-06-28T18:53:15.540-04:00It may be a coup, but only a specialist in Hondura...It may be a coup, but only a specialist in Honduras constitutional law could say.<br /><br />Zelaya's attempt to push for the ilegal plebiscite, despite clear orders to the contrary from the other powers, was also a coup attempt of sorts.Gabrielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-79512432942792399232009-06-28T17:23:08.826-04:002009-06-28T17:23:08.826-04:00I think that coup is the appropriate term, even th...I think that coup is the appropriate term, even though I have seen some commentators argue that the fact that SCJ was involved somehow makes it something other than a coup.<br /><br />Stopping the plebiscite is one thing, arresting and exiling the president is another. Extralegal is extralegal.<br /><br />Some more thought <a href="http://www.poliblogger.com/?p=16106" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Steven Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-75801964001287848652009-06-28T16:30:30.142-04:002009-06-28T16:30:30.142-04:00all wish is peace for honduras...all wish is peace for honduras...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-29407610352382742892009-06-28T13:43:44.828-04:002009-06-28T13:43:44.828-04:00Sad, isn't it?
It's also like something o...Sad, isn't it?<br /><br />It's also like something out of a bad soap opera. Zelaya, who started this mess by ignoring rulings of his country's Supreme Court, turns to Chavez and Ortega for support! Is that ironic or what?<br /><br />But as Costa Rica's Arias pointed out, this simply shows how weak democracy still is in the region.Gabrielnoreply@blogger.com