How President Obama Ought to Act in Honduras

Picture from Right to Left: Manuel Zelaya Ex-President of Honduras, Barack Obama President of the United States, and Hector Zelaya, Manuel's son.

President Obama should've backed Honduras in June 2009. Obama had two choices to make: the U.S. could've either side with democracy, as every government in Latin America, or it could've side with the coup regime. The American Government decided to side with the coup. However, what the U.S. does not know is Hondurans are being denied human rights. Obama must no longer allow violence and repression that the Honduran government has practiced against the Honduran people. Hondurans are denied freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, and freedom of press. This is not democracy. Honduras looks more and more like Venezuela everyday.