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Denouement to a Coup D’etat?

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Zelaya voiced confidence that the deal will return him to the presidency.

A resolution to the Honduran coup d’etat may be near after the country’s interim government agreed to a deal that could lead to the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. International pressure has been immense against the coup leaders, with most countries supporting Zelaya’s return.

The Guardian:

The interim government of Honduras yesterday appeared to have succumbed to international pressure as it agreed a deal that could pave the way for the return of the country’s deposed president, Manuel Zelaya.

Victor Rico, the secretary of political affairs at the Organisation of American States, said an agreement had been reached to leave an opening for the reinstatement of Zelaya – ousted in a military coup in June – by creating a power-sharing government.

He did not reveal the text of the agreement, but called it “a beneficial accord for Honduras and Honduran democracy”.

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By DBM, October 31 at 7:19 am #

Virginia,

Let’s clarify ... “Most countries” has been pretty much all countries except the United States and its satellite states (Columbia?).  The reason they care is because of “the rule of law”. 

When the rule of law is weakened civilisation is diminished.  There has been a concerted effort to move Western democracies (most advanced in the U.S.) away from the rule of law to the rule of money ... which used to be called “Feudalism”. 

In Honduras, monied interests objected to some of Zelaya’s positons and chucked him out by force.  Most countries objected and applied what pressure they could.  In the U.S. where money is everything, feelings seemed more ambivalent.  The whole thing would have been over in a week or two if the U.S. hadn’t maintained neutrality (which of course meant support for the status quo ... a coup regime).

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By PatrickHenry, October 30 at 8:37 pm #

Banana republic coups ain’t what they use to be and thats improvement.

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By Virginia777, October 30 at 7:25 pm #

“Immense” international pressure??

Most countries have cared less about this Coup (including ours)

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