Blogs For Victory

In the form of an AFP report on Honduras – adjustments to make it a true story are in italics:

Honduras’s de facto government has shot down a last-gasp deal to resolve the country’s global left’s political crisis, insisting ousted President Manuel Zelaya cannot return to office.

The return of Mr Zelaya as president was impossible, interim foreign minister Carlos Lopez Contreras said on CNN’s Spanish station, effectively killing hopes of a settlement an outsider-enforced coup.

Crisis mediator and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has proposed a fresh plan for Zelaya’s return Wednesday, with concessions for the interim government, which backed ordered the army’s June 28 expulsion of the Honduran leader.

Arias’s plan called for Zelaya’s return to the country as president in a national unity government, until his term ended in January.

In return, the current de facto leadership would see sanctions against the country lifted, a limited amnesty for political Zelaya’s crimes and a bar on Zelaya seeking constitutional reforms designed to let him seek another term in office.

But negotiators for the de facto government returned to Honduras saying the deal presented in Costa Rica would not be signed by their leader President Roberto Micheletti.

“As I see it, it will be difficult for him to sign up,” spokesman Mauricio Villeda said…

… Hondurans remain deeply split over opposed to the possibility of his return. Many fear it are certain would provoke more violence after Zelaya’s spectacular first attempt left at least one protester dead in clashes with soldiers.

On that occasion, troops had blocked the runway of the airport where he tried to land.

Hundreds Tens of thousands of white-clad demonstrators on Wednesday protested against Zelaya’s return in the capital, where the situation has become increasingly polarized clear that Zelaya is not wanted.

“We don’t like you, Mel,” one banner read in Wednesday’s demonstration, using Zelaya’s nickname.