Human Rights Expert Analyzes Overthrown Honduran President's Reign

Attorney Robert Amsterdam describes recently overthrown Honduran president Manuel Zelaya's last term in power. In particular, Amsterdam cites the President's surprising switch from his Liberal party to a Chavista school of thought; a change that may have brought Venezuela and Honduras closer, and could justify President Hugo Chavez's recent declaration that he may intervene militarily in Honduras. (0:29)
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[Richard]

Honduras and the entire Latin America has been influenced by the US since their indepennde, infact I am sure the US was envolve in helping them acquire independence from their opressorrs in Europe.
But there has alway been the leftist who school the poor with socialism and turn them against capitalism and at the end give them communism.
The only country in Central America that has followed advise and is propering greatly from it, is Costa Rica.
If the rest of Latin America was to focus more on the poor, invest in education rather than the military, they would all be further ahead.
I am a Honduran and I love my country and I would love to see us rise out of poverty, but in order to do this the US need to stop giving millions to the military and millions more for politicians to pocket and start helping us build schools,roads and proper housing.
When the US and the world bank gives these fund, they need to make sure it is spent on the country and the people, after all we are the ones who have to pay it back in high taxes.
The Honduran government also need to regulate banking and enterest rate, because its not right to have to pay the high rates we pay for mortgages and business loan, thats is keeping us in powerty.
We need to rise out of poverty.