Gunnar Wolf

I agree that if the president follows illegal actions, he must be held accountable. At least in my country, what would happen is that the Congress can take the office from him and hold him to trial - It seems the Congress agrees with what was done (Zelaya has been a very confrontational president, even towards his own party). Ok, so the right path would be to follow the political procedure to judge him.

Now, if instead of a trial he is forcibly put on a plane to a foreign country by soldiers, and soldiers start implementing a repression on communication media and on the population itself... It loses all legitimacy and becomes an illegal coup.

I am hearing the news, interviews with local Hondurean reporters; I am in correspondence with the Hondurean friends I met two weeks ago at ECSL. Even though there is this attempt to mask this as a legal situation, it is very clear that there is repression against all dissenting opinions. The military is telling reporters what to say and what is forbidden, closing stations, cutting electricity and conectivity. That just does not fit in legality.

En las primeras horas del golpe habían mencionado a un líder opositor (izquierda) asesinado, y luego (afortunadamente) se desmintió, indica que está escondido... Pero sí, es dificil aún saber qué pasa en realidad. Me preocupa, porque tiene ya más de un día que no leo a los amigos que nos estaban informando por correo… Esperemos que se desmientan todas las cosas lamentables… que todavía puedan ser desmentidas :(

Of course, I won't claim I completely understand the situation. But if I understand correctly:

1. Honduras' constitution includes some locks avoiding some articles to be modified/amended: The leyes pétreas (stone laws). It is stipulated that pretending to change such articles is a crime.
2. Zelaya pretended to put a fourth booth in November's polls, so people vote for a president, local authority (i.e. city mayors or governors, I'm not sure), congressman, and whether or not to call for an Constitutive Assembly, to draft a new constitution or to amend the current one
3. Many people say that he wanted to amend the current constitution to allow him to be reelected (and that's a stone law). I fail to understand, however, how could that be if it were in the same elections where his successor would be elected.
4. The electoral and judicial powers insisted that installing the fourth booth would be against the law
5. Zelaya decided to run a non-binding poll to ask the people if they wanted the fourth booth to be installed
6. Voting is done with the aid of the military (i.e. distributing voting material, taking care of it after the election). But the Commander of the armed forces disagreed to participate.
7. Zelaya changed the army's commander to one more sympathetic to him (which he can do, as he is the Supreme Commander of the army). However, the Congress forced him to put back the previous commander.
8. The poll was supposed to be this Sunday. Of course, with him sent out of the country and with the military keeping people "quiet" at home, no polls were conducted.

Anyway... It is not an easy situation. Nevertheless, you will agree, if a president breaks the law, he deserves being judged according to the laws, not just thrown out by the military.

Incorporating your changes.

in English I think it's "Honduran" rather than "Hondurean"

I have seen both in different sites... Must be something akin to color/colour…?

The other suggestions have been incorporated

Your CAPTCHA system is one of the most painful I've seen. In one case it seemed to be asking me to type a capital Sigma. :-(

Ouch! Sorry for that... In fact, even with the captcha, I am facing a huge amount of spammers ☹ In any case, each time you visit, a different type of captcha will appear, there are several types.