581 Perhaps this is so incredibly under-reported because Honduras is "only" a banana republic with lots of poor people an no oil. Meanwhile many news sources seem to take as absolute truth the unfounded claims of those who perpetrated the coup that President Zelaya's only motivation for wanting constitutional reform was so he could stay in power. Given that he has stated publicly he does not wish to stay in power and given that he is not a candidate for the November election (cannot be), this claim is absurd. Yet it has been repeated like a mantra and many news outlets have some to treat it as a fact. The current constitution was written uner military dictatorship and protects the interests of the most elite sectors of Honduran society - THAT is the reason for reform. Coverage in El País and Le Monde has been far more nuanced and balanced than what you get from NYTimes, CNN, Reuters, etc. 12 2009-06-30T16:57:04Z 0 2009-06-30T17:49:05Z true 28796 false 17244 2009-07-11T02:34:03Z Hartford true 2009-12-30T00:00:00Z false coup-detat-in-honduras 1 2009-07-11T02:34:03Z 17244