The Honduran crisis both shows the continued problems with Latin America's democratic transitions and the difficulties of dealing with abuses of executive power. What are the prospects for a resolution of this crisis? Does this situation have any relevance for the rest of the hemisphere? What is U. S policy and what are its constraints?

Dr Richard Millett is Professor Emeritus of History at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Dr Millett is a member of the Executive Council of the American Committees on Foreign Relations, and Senior Advisor for Latin America to Political Risk Services. He has testified before Congress on 19 occasions, and participated in election supervision in four nations. He has taught at the University of Miami, St. Louis University, the U.S. Air Force War College, and the U.S. Marine Corps University.He has published over a hundred books and articles, including Latin American Democracy: Emerging Reality or Endangered Species (co-editored, 2008), Guardians of the Dynasity: The History of the Guardia Nacional in Nicaragua (2006), Colombia's Conflicts: The Spillover Effects of a Wider War (2002), Beyond Praetorianism: The Latin American Military in Transition (1996), and Searching for Panama (1993).
Dr Millett was Fulbright Professor at Center for the Study of the Americas, CBS in 2007-2008.