US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton said “the action taken against Honduran President Mel Zelaya violates the precepts of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, and thus should be condemned by all. We call on all parties in Honduras to respect the constitutional order and the rule of law, to reaffirm their democratic vocation, and to commit themselves to resolve political disputes peacefully and through dialogue. Honduras must embrace the very principles of democracy we reaffirmed at the OAS meeting it hosted less than one month ago.”

The coup took place 28th morning, when members of the Honduran military reportedly arrested democratically elected president José Manuel Zelaya.

According to news reports, tension between Zelaya and the military and Supreme Court had been mounting all week. Zelaya had called for a nationwide poll today on a variety of issues, including the possibility of calling for a constituent assembly to modify the Constitution to allow the president to run for another term. The military opposed the poll, which the country’s Supreme Court had ruled illegal.