Honduras - Politics and news

so Honduras has been in the news recently - with the 'military coup' that occured on Sunday 28th June. If you read the international news, it'll tell you that most of the countries around the world have condemned the military action which removed President Zelaya from office and from the country, and have made various calls for him to be re-instated in Honduras, sometimes backed up by threats to remove aid, or send troops to ensure his return.

Unfortunately what the news doesn't say -- or it seems, what other countries haven't taken into account is the back story, everything that happened to lead to this point -- and how the Honduran Constitution actually allows for this action in response to the President breaking the same constitution, as he has been accused of. Many people in Honduras would argue that this wasn't a military coup. Although it was the army who removed Zelaya from the Presidential Palace, they were acting under the direction of the Supreme Court and Congress, in accordance with the constitution. The military never attempted to put a military leader in place, and it was the Supreme Court and Congress who swore in the interim President and government.

Although the international community is calling for a 'return to democracy', many people within Honduras see the actions so far as exactly that -- in the removal of a President who thought himself above the law and acted against the constitution.

But it makes you think -- if the international media (and governments around the world) are only prepared to accept one interpretation of events in this case -- how many other global 'stories' have I accepted and never been given the opportunity to see the other side (regardless of which newspaper I choose to read.) Scary!