Breaking: Chavez Warns of Military Action Against Honduras – UPDATED: Obama Meddled in Honduras

There was a military coup in Honduras today, in case you missed it. They arrested the president and kicked his Marxist butt all the way to Costa Rica. Hugo Chavez has his panties all wad and is threatening military action:

Soldiers ousted the democratically elected president of Honduras on Sunday and Congress named a successor, but the leftist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced what he called an illegal coup and vowed to stay in power.

The first military takeover of a Central American government in 16 years drew widespread condemnation from governments in Latin America and the world, and Chavez vowed to overthrow the country’s apparent new leader.

They already have a new president, Roberto Micheletti, and he says the process was completely legal.

The whole problem started with former President Jose Manuel Zelaya planned on amending the country’s Constitution in order to run for re-election again. Everyone and their brother said that was unconstitutional, but he didn’t care. Well, apparently the military did.

The Obama Administration has already condemned the action:

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement that Sunday’s action in Honduras “violates the precepts of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, and thus should be condemned by all.”

So, for the record, oust a Marxist, you get immediate response. Shoot one of your citizens in the chest, killing her in cold blood in the streets of Tehran, go get ice cream.

More to come.

UPDATE:

Hat tip to Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit. It seems that although Obama refused to meddle in Iran, he had no problem meddling in Honduras:

WSJ Update: Obama Worked To Prevent Ouster of Honduras President

By Jay Solomon, Of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

The Obama administration worked in recent days to prevent President Manuel Zelaya’s ouster, said a senior U.S. official. The State Department, in particular, communicated to Honduran officials on the ground that President Barack Obama wouldn’t support any nondemocratic transfer of power in the Central American country.

“We had some indication that a move against Mr. Zelaya was afoot,” said a U.S. official briefed on the diplomacy. “We made it clear it was something we didn’t support.”

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined Obama Sunday in criticizing the Honduran coup and calling for the restoration of the democratic process.