Could actions this week provide the breakthrough needed in the Honduran political crisis?
Liaisons of ousted president Manuel Zelaya and de facto chief Roberto Micheletti are planning to meet for discussions. According to a representative from the Organization of American States both presidents may not meet face-to-face but their envoys will talk about how to resolve the rupture in Honduras caused by the ouster of Zelaya over three months ago. For example, Micheletti was quoted as saying that he would lift a controversial emergency decree against civil liberties; a move that Zelaya would surely support.
While Honduras’ leaders tussle and argue over who’s in charge, the country’s people are the ones most suffering. As the video from Al Jazeera English shows, they’ve suffered from an already weakened economy made worse by the political struggle:
Online Sources- Voice of America, BBC News, AFP, YouTube
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