Failing

It was crystal clear that Zelaya wasn’t going to be able to get in Honduras easily. The plane were he was traveling had to change its destiny and land in El Salvador after that from Tegucigalpa it was denied the right to land.

Well, technically it wasn’t, but they warn them over firing at him if he tried. Like Pilates, Micheletti washed his hands by saying he didn’t want a dead ex-president of the Republic lying on the airport. Ousted yes; death not, that’s not cool. In the end, El Salvador was only another stop in Zelaya’s trip. Last one will be -for now- Washington.

Meanwhile the OAS expelled Honduras from the organization after the coup. Zelaya could count on that. But the promised support from Latin American leaders was more symbolic than real. They indeed traveled to Honduras with Zelaya, but in a different plane. Just in case the military got nervous and shot them down.

And according to what is going on in Honduras streets, they did well. It’s clear when the military is nervous because the casualties start to appear. In Honduras there are already two, one of them a 15 years old boy. To them we have to add several dozens of detainees and injured in the clashes.

But Honduras is not Iran, and here there is no Twitter revolution like with Mousavi supporters or like in Moldova. The streets shout, but the net stays almost quiet.

And it’s not for ammo to throw at the supporters of the coup. The coup has every day more similarities with the usual overthrows in Latin America, including the positioning of the Church in favor of the military. Even Micheletti, the new president, is a former aspirant to the power.

But the cyber-response of the Hondurans is in line with the coup of the military: equally bad. The coup itself is badly backed with arguments. It is not because of a referendum, or because a personal will of Zelaya to overstay in power. It’s much more innocent: just a question over a question.

And even if the reformation of the Constitution would be approved, it wouldn’t have any effect on Zelaya. He will step down as president in 2010 and by then there only can be talks about the talks. Again another proof of how tense and nervous is the military.

Even though the courage is a pre-requisite for their jobs.



Photo: Orlando Sierra / AFP - Getty Images

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