Now that the Honduran crisis has moved back into the media spotlight, we should examine what actually took place in Honduras as well as the Obama administration's response because it provides an insight to where our foreign policy is headed. The anti-democratic movement led by the likes of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez (supported by Cuba's Fidel Castro and Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega), who has destroyed democracy in Venezuela, has been derailed in Honduras.
The key issue in the Honduran crisis was the removal of President Manuel Zelaya for his illegal actions to force a referendum to change the Honduran constitution on presidential term limits, similar to what his ally Mr. Chavez did in Venezuela. The Honduran Supreme Court ruled that his unilateral referendum was unconstitutional. The army, acting on orders from the Supreme Court, moved for his arrest and removal from office, and he wasflown to Costa Rica. This was no traditional military coup, as has been portrayed by the media and Mr. Zelaya's left-wing supporters and regretfully by many in the Obama administration.
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