Ousted Leftist Zelaya & Honduran Government Sign Pact

Ousted Honduran leftist Manuel Zelaya and the interim government of Roberto Micheletti signed a pact late yesterday.
The agreement will allow the Honduran Congress to determine the fate of the ousted leftist leader.
The AP reported:

Representatives of ousted President Manuel Zelaya finally reached an agreement with the interim government that could help end the monthslong dispute over Honduras’ June 28 coup, and possibly pave the way for Zelaya’s reinstatement.

The Organization of American States announced the deal late Thursday but did not release a text of the accord, in which Zelaya appears to have agreed to throw his fate into the hands of a congress that has largely supported interim President Roberto Micheletti.

“We are optimistic because Hondurans can reach agreements that are fulfilled,” Zelaya told Radio Globo, an opposition station. “This signifies my return to power in the coming days, and peace for Honduras.”

The agreement, if it holds, could represent a much-needed foreign policy victory for the United States, which dispatched a senior team of diplomats to coax both sides back to the table.

Speaking to reporters in Islamabad, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called it “an historic agreement,” noting “this is a big step forward for the inter-American system.”

The agreement appears to soften Micheletti’s previous stance that the Supreme Court — which has already rejected Zelaya’s reinstatement — decide the issue. Instead, the high court would make a recommendation, but the final decision would apparently be left to a vote in Congress.

The Honduran Congress and Supreme Court both sided against Zelaya in June.
It’s hard to see how the Honduran Congress is going to change their minds now and reinstate the Chavez wannabe as president.

American Thinker has more.

More… Power Line adds this, via Chisum:

It is perfectly fitting that the signal diplomatic triumph of President Obama’s first year in office is the restoration to power of the lawfully deposed Honduran thug and friend of Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega and Hugh Chavez. It is inimical to the national interest of the United States. it is a setback for the supporters of democracy in the beleaguered country of Honduras. And it is a defeat for those who believe in the rule of law. It is, in other words, a triumph of “smart diplomacy.”

Fausta says the Honduran Government caved to pressure from the Obama Administration.

#1 October 30, 2009 at 5:43 am
Richard of Oregon commented:

Zelaya apparently thinks he has the votes in Congress, but how? This seems to give Obama an out from the embarrassing position he put himself in, but why would Zelaya go for it? I’m not sure this new ‘break through’ is going anywhere.
#2 October 30, 2009 at 5:53 am
TwilaSC commented:

I’ve been rooting for the Honduran democracy to prevail. Hope this isn’t a trap for them.
#3 October 30, 2009 at 6:12 am
Chisum commented:

Zelaya returns

Today’s news brings word that Manuel Zelaya will return as the president of Honduras thanks to American diplomatic pressure. It is perfectly fitting that the signal diplomatic triumph of President Obama’s first year in office is the restoration to power of the lawfully deposed Honduran thug and friend of Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega and Hugh Chavez. It is inimical to the national interest of the United States. it is a setback for the supporters of democracy in the beleaguered country of Honduras. And it is a defeat for those who believe in the rule of law. It is, in other words, a triumph of “smart diplomacy.”

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/10/024831.php
#4 October 30, 2009 at 6:32 am
J commented:

His nephew is assassinated and the present President folds his hand…..I understand. God help that country.

#5 October 30, 2009 at 6:50 am
Smarty commented:

Ortega is doing the same thing now, he waited until part of their court was out of town, then the rest of the supreme court voted to allow him the president for life thing for him.

Smart diplomacy breeds smart diplomacy.
#6 October 30, 2009 at 6:51 am
JimRich commented:

Hoft notes that “It’s hard to see how the Honduran Congress is going to change their minds now and reinstate the Chavez wannabe as president”

Actually, given the enormous economic and diplomatic pressure already applied by the U.S. administration, and which will undoubtedly continue, or even increase, it is hard to to believe that the Honduran Congress will be able to resist the pressure to reinstate Zelaya, especially in view of the assasination of Michelettis nephew and the implied threat by this to all who oppose Zelaya.
#7 October 30, 2009 at 7:45 am
Fred Beloit commented:

This will go down in history as one of the worst Central American foreign policy efforts of the Ununited States. Obama has further disgraced himself with H. Clinton’s complicity. This crowd has just got to go.
#9 October 30, 2009 at 7:59 am
wow commented:

This is a sad day for Honduras and Honduran democracy and a sad day for the U.S., as this administration supports the wrong side yet again (par for the course). This also explains why Kerry demanded that the Law Library of Congress withdraw its report declaring the removal of Manuel Zelaya from the Honduran presidency legal. I only hope the Honduran people prevail and can last until the elections. Just don’t let Carter monitor elections or else you will be in the same situation as Venezuela!! I cry for what our country now supports. Never thought I would see this here.
#11 October 30, 2009 at 9:16 am
Gina commented:

Shameful.
#12 October 30, 2009 at 9:16 am
avery commented:

Well what did you expect,Manuel Zelaya,doing to Honduras,What Omaba,doing to U.S.A.
#13 October 30, 2009 at 9:24 am
Andreas K. commented:

The message this sends is clear. It reads “Dictators of the world, do whatever you want, President Obama will approve.”
#14 October 30, 2009 at 9:33 am
Larkin commented:

How many family members of Honduran congressmen will be in chavez’ cross hairs until the vote.

zelaya uses the words, “return to power”. Doesn’t sound very democratic to me.
#15 October 30, 2009 at 10:37 am
Sybil commented:

Does the octopus George Soros has his tenacles stuck in this:

Just raises the questions and some more dots?

George Soros and the Illegal Drug Trade Behind Obama’s Honduras Policy?

http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2009/10/george-soros-and-illegal-drug-trade.html

Soros has categorically denied receiving money from drug cartels or any criminal network, but the fact remains, however, that at least some of his financial operations have been based offshore, in banking and financial centers that are widely reported to be considered conducive to money laundering. The Soros fund is based in the Netherlands Antilles, a self-governing federation of five Caribbean islands. A CIA factbook describes the region as “a transshipment point for South American drugs bound for the U.S. and Europe; and a money-laundering center.” In fact, Soros’ partner, Peter Lewis, considered by the Washington Post as “one of the country’s 10 most generous philanthropists,” was arrested in 2000 in New Zealand for “importing” drugs, including hashish and marijuana. [11]

Soros and Lewis together founded “America Coming Together”, a political organization designed to defeat George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. Both have helped bankroll a campaign to legalize marijuana, featuring a public relations effort that falsifies the dangerous nature of marijuana and presents it as “medicine.” Since 1991, Lewis has contributed $5 million to the ACLU to fight drug laws, and has made large contributions to drug “legalization” campaigns in Arizona, Nevada, California, Oregon, Utah, Florida, Maine, and Massachusetts. [12]

http://www.drugpolicy.org/searchresults.cfm?cx=011411054294062790617%3Adr9ppmvxtwk&cof=FORID%3A11&q=George+soros&sa.x=13&sa.y=12#855

The Lindesmith Center (TLC) was founded in 1994 by Ethan Nadelmann, JD, PhD, a professor of politics at Princeton University, whose writings on drug policy had attracted international attention. The Lindesmith Center, named after Prof. Alfred Lindesmith, an Indiana University professor who was the first prominent scholar in the U.S. to challenge conventional thinking about drugs, addiction and drug policy, became the first domestic project of George Soros’s Open Society Institute (OSI). It rapidly emerged as the leading drug policy reform advocacy institute in the United States.

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=103323

Letter to obama from Rep McCotter on Oct 30 ref Zelaya’ drug links.

pay for play hmmmmm
#16 October 30, 2009 at 11:05 am
Joanne commented:

The Obama administration is an administration of thugs. How they manage to turn Judges of the Courts into Sponge Bob Squarepants is beyond me, but it must entail some heavy thuggery.
#17 October 30, 2009 at 11:11 am
rumcrook® commented:

some one correct me if im wrong but arent the hondurans going to have elections within a month?

if so, wouldnt this news still kinda be like running out the clock?

zelaya cannot possibly make it back into office and still exercise any power.

I could be wrong but seems to me his aspirations of permanent presidency are dead. the dynamics in honduras are different than venezuala and thier is no military support for him.

chavez was the military prior to his taking control of Venezuela.

I still hold out hope honduras can weather this storm of external pressure zelaya has had the fortune of riding.
#18 October 30, 2009 at 11:20 am
starboardhelm commented:

Smart move by Micheletti, actually. Zelaya will be for all intents and purposes a prisoner in his own palace, rousted from the embassy he’s hiding out in. Honduras will have elections he can’t stop or steal without digging himself a deeper hole. Venezuela and others will be prevented from interfering in the election (now they could use Zelaya’s ouster as an excuse to disrupt them). And Obama is given a face-saver for his blunder (he can now reverse himself without admitting error) and would then be forced to recognize the results of the election, and maybe he would even have to help assure the election is legitimate. Brilliant. Bet the Honduran Congress deliberates for a week or so, to minimize the time Zelaya is ‘returned to power’, yet give enough time to get the US behind the elections.
#19 October 30, 2009 at 11:33 am
wow commented:

rumcrook®No Gravatar
October 30th, 2009 | 11:11 am | #17

It only took 3 days in Venezuela, and don’t think Chavez, Noriega, the Castro Brothers et.al have been sitting there twiddling their thumbs all these months.
#20 October 30, 2009 at 11:36 am
rumcrook® commented:

could also be this~~~ via http://ibloga.blogspot.com/2009/10/obama-saves-faces-forces-honduran.html

pastorius says they will deliberate then re-affirm thier prior position that what he did violated the law and constitution of honduras.
#21 October 30, 2009 at 12:18 pm
wow commented:

Good read.. thank’s for your patience Jim

http://competinghypotheses.blogspot.com/2009/10/honduras-sold-out.html
#23 October 30, 2009 at 1:24 pm
bg commented:

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#24 October 31, 2009 at 7:45 am
bg commented:

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Honduras 1, Hillary 0

[Secretary of State Hillary Clinton trumpeted the result as a diplomatic triumph, but it's more accurate to say that it extricated her and the Obama Administration from the box canyon they entered by throwing in with Mr. Zelaya. Hondurans had deposed Mr. Zelaya on entirely legal grounds for threatening violence and violating the country's constitution in an attempt to run for a second term. The U.S. nonetheless meddled and demanded that Mr. Zelaya be reinstated.

But Hondurans refused to bend, and the State Department apparently
decided at last that Honduras was going to go ahead with its election
whether the U.S. agreed or not. The Honduran compromise provided
Mrs. Clinton with an elegant diplomatic exit.]

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#25 October 31, 2009 at 8:05 am
bg commented:

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[Fox News Channel’s Glenn Beck Show October 30 featured discussion with former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton and Lord Monckton.

But first: Just in case you want to read the Climate Change bill for yourself to verify what Monckton was saying, here it is, thanks to Pundita (expect an essay from her on this soon). It’s page 38 that you want to read (paragraph 26f at top of the page, continued with 27).]

Glenn Beck Show October 30, 2009

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