Edited sentence: "  Dan Restrepo, director of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the National Security Council, denied any American involvement saying, "The United States has had nothing to do with the happenings in the last 24 hours.A senior US government official is quoted as saying the US would only recognize Zelaya as president, as did Ambassador Hugo Llorens.Before the coup, Michael Shifter, a Latin American analyst, said that Zelaya seems to have "a very strong appetite for power".Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, accused members of the Honduran upper class and the United States of orchestrating the coup, though the US Government has strongly denounced the coup.US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a statement saying "The actions taken against Honduran President Mel Zelaya violates the precepts of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, and thus should be condemned by all