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Monday, August 10, 2024
By Steven L. Taylor

Via the BBC: Honduras yields on OAS delegation

The interim government in Honduras now says that it is willing to accept mediation talks with a delegation from the Organisation of American States.

But it says it will only do so if the OAS Secretary-General, Jose Miguel Insulza, attends only as an observer.

It had earlier refused to accept the delegation because it said Mr Insulza lacked objectivity.

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Mr Insulza was to be accompanied on the visit to Tegucigalpa on Tuesday by the foreign ministers of Argentina, Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

But on Sunday, the Honduran foreign ministry announced that it would turn back the group because of the presence of the OAS secretary-general.

And the dance continues whilst the interim government asks “is it November yet?”

The OAS continues to push the Arias plan:

The OAS hopes Mr Micheletti can be persuaded to accept a detailed plan proposed by the Costa Rican President, Oscar Arias.

Under this, Mr Zelaya would return to serve out his presidency and a government of national reconciliation would be set up. There would be an amnesty for political crimes committed during the crisis, and presidential elections would be brought forward to 28 October.

But the interim government says his return to power is an impossibility. Mr Zelaya says it is “non-negotiable”.

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One Response to “Kicking the Can Down the Road in Honduras”

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    1. ken Says:

      The US must have put immediate pressure on the Micheletti government. Even so Micheletti still insists on insulting the OAS by trying to impose mere observer status on Insulza. The government also claims that the return of Zelaya is non-negotiable even though that is the whole purpose of the exercise.
      I am quite surprised that the coup regime is so intransigent since the San Jose Accords involve amnesty for them, international recognition, and only an interim lame duck presidency for Zelaya. It is Zelaya who should have rejected the accords. In the end I would expect that the coup govt. will accept a negotiated agreement. Already the military has signed on to backing an agreement and the presidential candidate for the Liberal party has disowned the coup. The elite may soon decide that saving face is not worth the decline in the economy. The agreements in no way challenge their sway.


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