Editing Armed Forces of Honduras (section)

==Military-civilian relations and leadership==
According to a statement in July 2009 by a legal counsel of the Honduras military, Colonel Herberth Bayardo Inestroza, part of the elite Honduran Military generals were opposed to President [[Manuel Zelaya]], whom the Military had removed from Honduras via a military [[Coup d'état]], because of his [[left-wing politics]]. Inestroza stated, "It would be difficult for us [the military], with our training, to have a relationship with a leftist government. That's impossible."<ref name="MH-03-07-2009" />

The current Head of the Armed Forces is [[Carlos Antonio Cuéllar]], graduate of the [[General Francisco Morazan Military Academy]] and the [[Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation|School of the Americas]]. In January 2011, the General Rene Arnoldo Osorio Canales, former Head of the Presidential Honor Guard, was appointed Commander.

As of 2012 the Honduran Military has the highest [[List of countries by military expenditures|military expenditures]] of all [[Central America]]. They have 52,225 troops in their Army, they have 16,500 troops in their Air Force, and 5,300 troops in their Navy.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}