Dirty tricks behind the Honduran scenes
Rumors have been circulating for a few days that Mel was going to accept exile in Spain.
I did not believe that Zelaya would agree to that.
His ego is too big to consider what is best for the country.
Though not often reported, since the beginning Roberto Micheletti has offered to resign and be replaced by a third party if Zelaya would do the same, an offer which puts the country above personal interests but was rejected out of hand by Zelaya.
Zelaya may end up accepting exile but I believe that will only happen if he somehow loses support from the international community.
Interestingly, my source in Tegucigalpa tells me that the “international community” are the ones who were pushing for exile for Mel. He said that US President Obama personally called Zapatero of Spain to ask if Spain would accept him.
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