Republican lawmakers slammed U.S. President Barack Obama for branding Honduras' political upheaval a "coup," saying he was aligning himself with leftist Latin American leaders.
Republican lawmakers said Obama's reaction to President Manuel Zelaya's ouster had placed the U.S. in line with the presidents of Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua.
"By calling this a coup and by early statements insisting on the reinstatement of Mr Zelaya, the administration now stands with the likes of (Hugo) Chavez, (Evo) Morales and (Daniel) Ortega, and not with the Honduran people," Republican Connie Mack said during a hearing by a panel of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
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