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Honduran Deal Falls Apart

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A deal to resolve the political crisis in Honduras is “dead”, ousted President Manuel Zelaya has said.

He was speaking after interim leader Roberto Micheletti said he was forming a “unity government” without Mr Zelaya’s representatives.

Mr Micheletti acted as a deadline passed for putting a power-sharing agreement into effect.

Honduras has been shaken by a political crisis that began when Mr Zelaya was forced out of the country on 28 June.

The two rivals agreed to a US-backed power-sharing deal last week, with a deadline for it to be implemented by midnight on Thursday (0600 GMT Friday).

Recall that Zelaya was the leftist president who tried to remain in power against his nation’s constitution through a rigged election.  His allies are the likes of Chavez and Castro.  The Honduran Supreme Court ousted him because he was violating the constitution.  We would expect nothing less of our SCOTUS if our president tried the same thing.  This is one of the times when it’s good that President Obama’s administration is inept at brokering a deal in the realm of foreign policy.

Posted by Owen at 1700 hrs
Foreign Affairs

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