Did the egg come before the chicken, or did the chicken come before the egg?
Was it the Honduran military and Supreme Court that overthrew President Zelaya, or was it President Zelaya who tried to overrule the power of the Supreme Court?
Whatever the case, there was no trial. Not in the courts that opposed Zelaya's plan and ruled it illegal nor in the Honduran Congress. In the 21st century, you can't go up to the President's house, fire upon his guards, seize him, and then exile him to Costa Rica and think things will be just fine and dandy. This is a delicate situation that could easily take a turn for the worse.
Hugo Chavez immediately claimed the U.S. was somehow involved in the coup much like how his government said that the U.S. should stop "acts of interference in the internal affairs" of Iran. Remind me why anyone believes a word coming out of either his mouth or his state-controlled media? Remind me why he's better than Uribe, and not just the same thing from the other side of the political-spectrum? The Venezuelan President also claimed that Venezuelan and Cuban ambassadors were not only arrested, but beaten as well. Maybe they were, but when it's just him claiming it I just don't know why I should believe it.
Hugo Chavez has promised to overthrow the current government of Honduras, even putting his army on alert(he has barked often, but will he bite?). Who said cowboy diplomacy was dead? Think he would have made a similar threat if Ahmadinejad were overthrown in the days after the election? Chavez has no shame when it comes to jockeying for camera time, either with current and past threats of military action(see; Columbia) or by shoving a book into a U.S. President's possession. I don't make apologies for Uribe, and I don't know why people make apologies for the Clown of Caracas.
Note the reaction from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton;
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the action taken against Honduras' president should be condemned by everyone
And the big man himself, U.S. President Barack Obama;
"I call on all political and social actors in Honduras to respect democratic norms, the rule of law and the tenets of the Inter-American Democratic Charter," Obama's statement read.
The U.S. is with Zelaya. Our ambassador to Honduras has said that we will not recognize the new government. Follow this diary by LithiumCola on how the U.S. government is currently working to bring Zelaya back to power. Ask yourself; do you prefer Obama's way, or Chavez's way?
Chavez is charging into a very delicate situation, and a bull in a china shop can do incredible damage. Of course, we're talking about human lives. Their blood and their freedom. Mr. Chavez should let the grown-ups try to keep Honduras from blowing up rather than giving the establishment exactly what they want; a reason to crackdown in the face of a foreign threat. Given his staunch support of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mr. Chavez should have known that.