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That is the narrative, sure, but is it the reality? Why would it ever be presented otherwise?

The US government refuses to follow its own laws.



It isn't "the narrative". The Honduran Supreme Court issues the arrest warrant. There was a congressional investigation that reviewed state department cables and found exactly what the part post is claiming.


“Narrative” would be when you use “U.S.-backed coup” to describe a president refusing to leave office legally and the U.S. working to keep him out. There’s valid criticism that the U.S. should have been more aggressive in condemning it as a coup but none of the evidence suggests that the U.S. supported a coup in violation of Honduran law. The State department cables which were leaked show their focus was on preserving aid to people until a new election.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Honduran_constitutional...

Zelaya was constitutionally barred from re-election.


Post-coup


No, he was term-limited to the single term allowed by the constitution and was running anyway, with a fig-leaf of a referendum for a proposed constitutional convention to retroactively legalize the second term, the timing of which could never have allowed him to legally run for president. This was a “constitutional coup” by the judiciary designed to prevent an illegal second term that was clearly otherwise going to happen.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honduran_fourth_ballot_box_r...




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