"Compromise rejected in Honduran coup" by New York Times | July 23, 2009
WASHINGTON - Efforts to break the political stalemate that has polarized Honduras failed again late Tuesday as leaders of the de facto government rejected a proposal by the head of their own negotiating team to allow the ousted president, Manuel Zelaya, to return to power.
They rejected their own proposal?
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"Visas of Honduran coup leaders revoked" by Reuters | July 29, 2009
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduras’s coup leaders came under new pressure yesterday to allow ousted President Manuel Zelaya’s return to power as the United States revoked visas for four members of the de facto government.
Washington has refused to recognize the government led by Roberto Micheletti, who took over when Zelaya was toppled in a June 28 coup, and it had already cut $16.5 million in US military aid to the Central American country....
Lie!
The de facto Honduran government has not bent to international condemnation.... Zelaya briefly crossed the border into Honduras on Friday. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton described his actions as reckless and not helpful to the negotiation process.
Related: Honduran Hokey-Pokey
And why Clinton is kettling recklessness after her iraq vote is beyond me.
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The SLOW SATURDAY "meat," if you will:
"Honduran chief says Zelaya can’t be restored" by Associated Press | August 1, 2009
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduras’s coup-installed leader has dampened hopes for a negotiated solution to the country’s crisis, capping days of mixed signals by saying firmly that there’s no way the ousted president can return to power.
Also marking a tougher stance, riot police fired tear gas and arrested supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya who blocked a main artery leading into the Honduran capital yesterday. Interim President Roberto Micheletti said his government would no longer tolerate street blockades....
Just wondering why this next phrase was excised form my printed report:
that regularly snarl traffic in Tegucigalpa and other cities....
Related: The Waning and Weakening Protests of Honduras
Aaaah!
Zelaya’s return has been a key demand of crisis mediator and President Oscar Arias of Costa Rica, who....
Another WHACK, WHACK!
He said the envoy would have to meet with several sectors, "especially businessmen... who have been very reluctant to consider the possibility that Zelaya would be reinstated."
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The CUTS tell you SO MUCH!
What BULLS*** FOOLEYS with the ENVOY!
The "de facto" government REJECTED THEIR OWN PROPOSAL, so PFFFFTTT!
And those business leaders? The elites behind the coup!
Interesting that the Globe omitted it for the web, huh?
And now a Sunday brief (and what a brief it is):
"Zelaya supporter dies from injuries
TEGUCIGALPA - A man who was shot during a protest in Honduras last week in support of ousted President Manuel Zelaya died of his injuries yesterday, as efforts to resolve the crisis over last month’s coup remained stalemated. Roger Vallejo, a teacher participating in a rally blocking a road leading out of Tegucigalpa, died of a bullet wound to the head after two days in a hospital’s intensive-care unit, two nurses there said (Reuters)."
I can't hear you, Obama.
Oh, right, Honduras isn't Iran.
