As diplomatic talks between deposed Honduran President Miguel Zelaya and the representatives of the government that took over following his ouster continue to mire in deadlock, questions remain as to whether or not his removal was really a coup or a necessary action to stop a would-be dictator.
According to Tulane professor Anthony Pereira, the answer to those questions lies in the way it all went down.
"In my opinion this was a coup," says Pereira, professor and chair of the political science department. "The nature of the endgame that removed the president he was removed at gunpoint by soldiers and sent out of the country would indicate that it's a coup."