Western Hemisphere
US Republican Congressmen lashed out on Friday at the US government for saying that there was a coup in Honduras and taking sides in this way with countries, such as Venezuela and Bolivia, but their Democrat counterparts refused the stance and demanded the return of ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya.

Despite conflicting positions, during a hearing at the House of Representatives, where analysts, NGOs and ex diplomats took the floor, all of them agreed to criticize Zelaya for creating a polarized environment before being overthrown on June 28th.

"The idea of a coup is very alarming. Militaries are not in office; therefore, this cannot be viewed as a military coup. They acted as instructed by the Supreme Court," which requested Zelaya's arrest, said Republican Representative Connie Mack.

"By calling this a coup and upon requests to reinstate Zelaya, the (US) government now takes sides with (Hugo) Chávez, (Evo) Morales and (Daniel) Ortega, and not with the Honduras people," said Mack.