Via the BBC: Zelaya returns to Honduras border
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has returned to the country’s border with Nicaragua for the second day running, demanding to be allowed home.He says he will set up camp on the Nicaraguan side to keep up pressure on the interim Honduran government.
Speaking into a megaphone, he demanded to be allowed to see his family, who he has not seen since last month’s coup.
This strikes me as an odd move and conjures a mental image of him sitting in a lawn chair telling those kids to get off his lawn.
The situation continues to be problematic within Honduras:
Much of southern Honduras has been paralysed by the crisis, the BBC’s Stephen Gibbs says from Honduras.A curfew remains in place day and night. Supporters of Mr Zelaya, describing themselves as a resistance movement, have blocked main roads, our correspondent says.
Dozens of trucks have been parked for several days in the approaches to the border, unable to make the crossing.
Meanwhile, the NYT has more on the Honduran military’s support for the San José Accords that I mentioned last night: Military in Honduras Backs Plan on Zelaya:
The communiqué was drafted in Washington after days of talks between mid-level Honduran officers and American Congressional aides. Posted on the Honduran Armed Forces Web site, it endorsed the so-called San José Accord that was forged in Costa Rica by delegates representing President Zelaya and the man who heads the de facto Honduran government, Roberto Micheletti.Sphere: Related ContentThe accord, supported by most governments in the hemisphere, would allow Mr. Zelaya to return as president, although with significantly limited executive powers. Mr. Micheletti has steadfastly rejected Mr. Zelaya’s return as president.
