Honduran coup and counter-coup

We normally do not find ourselves applauding military juntas. In the case of the Honduran military's overthrow of Zelaya, however, the coup may be justified. President Zelaya had boldly ignored the condemnation of his own party, his congress and his supreme court, all of which called for his ouster. Zelaya had been following the clarion call of his mentor, Hugo Chavez, in his quest to toss out the constitutionally mandated term limits on his reign as president. Chavez had been coaching Zelaya on how to bamboozle the public into believing he was on the right and then quietly transform himself into a left wing autocrat and change the constitution to allow himself to stay in power, essentially accomplishing a coup and making it look democratic. As international human rights attorney Bob Amsterdam pointed out on Air America's Lionel show this morning, "we need to understand that he was acting in violation of the orders of his own supreme court and was acting in an unconstitutional way. There are tremendous forces in Latin America opposed to the interests of our country. We live in a globalized world and the Iranians and the Russians are trying to pressure US activities and policies in Latin America. We are working on a much larger chessboard than we're used to seeing."
Bob also spoke about President Obama's Moscow summit today. The Russians are much more anxious for a nuclear deal than the US because they are cash strapped, the Putin model is broken and the Russian economy contracted by 9% in the first quarter.