Honduras non-coup and Article 239

Miguel Estrada does a good job explaining Article 239 of the Honduran constitution and how ex-President Manuel Zelaya was not the subject of a coup.

In addition, Article 239 specifically states that any president who so much as proposes the permissibility of reelection "shall cease forthwith" in his duties, and Article 4 provides that any "infraction" of the succession rules constitutes treason. The rules are so tight because these are terribly serious issues for Honduras, which lived under decades of military rule.

Unfortunately, Estrada doesn’t tackle the actions of the Honduran military since Zelaya was removed from office. And, per Talk Left, given Estrada’s childhood and family background in his native Honduras, he’s not exactly a disinterested observer, either.