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Honduras Unity Deal Fails

Plan to reinstate Zelaya falls apart as deadline passes

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 6, 2009 5:31 AM CST

(Newser) – The US-brokered deal to end the political standoff in Honduras has collapsed, says ousted president Manuel Zelaya, although the interim president installed after Zelaya's ouster doesn't agree even on that. "The accord is dead," Zelaya said from the Brazilian Embassy, where he has been holed up since slipping back into the country last month. "There is no sense in deceiving Hondurans." The deal failed because lawmakers couldn't agree on whether to reinstate Zelaya before elections scheduled for later this month, according to a Zelaya aide.

Zelaya said there was supposed to be a vote on a unity government by midnight last night; interim President Roberto Micheletti said a unity government had been created even though Zelaya had not participated."Everybody, with the exception of Mr. Zelaya, recommended Hondurans to lead the institutions of our country as part of the new government," Micheletti said. The US has threatened to not recognize the elections unless Zelaya signs off on the deal. A group supporting Zelaya has said it will boycott the vote if he is not reinstated and warns that failure to do so will lead to further unrest.

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A gorilla soft toy with a US flag, sits atop a stick held by a supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya during a protest in Tegucigalpa yesterday. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya protest demanding Zelaya's outside the national Congress in Tegucigalpa, Honduras yesterday. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Police patrol near the National Congress during a protest of supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa yesterday. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A man stands near anti-coup graffiti as supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya attend a rally outside the Congress in Tegucigalpa, Honduras yesterday. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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thezenhaitian

Nov 7, 2009 6:52 AM CST

@Nwambe + Jayster999 What a bunch of propaganda--Zelaya did nothing illegal. When has a vote on a referendum to extend term limits been a criminal act? If that were so, Bloomberg should have been arrested or ousted from office... The US president can serve for eight years--why not the Honduran president, if that is what the Honduran people want? Have a fear of Marxism, do you? How's capitalism working for you? You must be part of the 1% that has most of the wealth. When Bush, Cheney, Rove and their cabal were gutting the US Constitution--where was the same concern?

JoeQ

Nov 6, 2009 6:50 AM CST

That's hardly an answer, Jayster. Its just a blurt of simple-minded knee-jerk partisanship. Like farting in public. Your first post was much better.

JoeQ

Nov 6, 2009 3:13 AM CST

It has been a mystery to me why the US is trying so hard to back the wrong side.

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