Clinton Praises Newly Elected Honduran President

In remarks made at the U.S. State Department Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that Honduran "President-elect Lobo has launched a nation dialogue, he's called for the formation of a nation unity government and a truth commission, as set forth in the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord. That is an agreement that the Hondurans themselves reached. We helped to facilitate it, but the Hondurans decided they wanted a local resolution." (0:43)
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Clinton: U.S. Condemned Honduran President's Expulsion

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses the coup in Honduras involving ousted President Manuel Zelaya, saying that "since the coup, the United States has been committed both to our democratic principles and to providing help to the Hondurans to find a way back to a democratic and constitutional order. We condemned President Zelaya's expulsion, we've taken concrete steps to demonstrate unequivocally our opposition. But we've continued to try to reach out and work with diverse sectors in Honduras." (0:27)
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Former Honduran Official Says Coup Was Constitutional

Guillermo Perez-Cadalso, former Foreign Minister and Honduran Supreme Court Justice, says that in the midst of all the media has failed to seperate the issue of President Zelaya’s removal from the country versus his proper removal from office under the terms of the Honduran Constitution. He highlights the fact that Zelaya was “legally and constitutionally removed from office.” (0:18)
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Florida GOP'er Says Zelaya's Ignored Honduras's Laws

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) says Honduran President Manuel Zelaya refused to listen to his nation's Supreme Court as well as its Congress. He says Zelaya is a man who tried to "undermine the legislature, the judiciary, the Attorney General" and many others, including his own party. Mack also says the illegal referendum ballots that he seized and distributed "had Hugo Chavez's fingerprints all over them." (0:39)
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Honduras: The ABCs Of The Military Coup

Human rights attorney Robert Amsterdam gives a brief summary of what caused Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, to be overthrown by the military. Amsterdam attributes the cause to fundamental differences between the "Chavez line" who favor "constitutional editing" and the "institutional elite" who do not believe that changing the constitution should be decided through a referedum. (0:30)
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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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Human Rights Expert Says Obama Should Keep Out Of Honduras Situation

When asked what he believes President Barack Obama's reaction to the military overthrow of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya should be, human rights attorney Robert Amsterdam insists that Obama should have "no major role" in the situation. Amsterdam says Obama will keep his distance because of the instability of the situation. (0:37)
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