Another Day in Honduras

After an eventful Wednesday, there is not much to report here on a quiet Thursday.  We’ve been working all morning and trying to figure out our travel plans for the weekend.

The paper this morning had pictures of the rally yesterday.  Here is a group of peace marchers beginning to gather at the beach:

Side note: The ocean in the background looks incredibly blue and inviting, but alas, even though we live not more than a few miles from the beach, this water isn’t clean enough to swim in (at least not clean enough for us particular gringos!)

As far as support for Honduras goes, the majority of the world, including the US and the UN, continue to back Zelaya.

Yet despite this condemnation, the new government of Honduras continues to stand firm, and the national media remains predominantly anti-Zelaya.  This political cartoon that appeared in today’s paper gets the point across pretty clearly:

The robot represents Mel Zelaya (carrying the illegal ballots that started the crisis), while Chavez holds the controls.

Recently, according La Prensa, a Honduran newspaper, a few countries have moved to support the new governemnt.  Italy, Egypt, Israel and Taiwan have all backed the new governement, while both Panama and South Korea have voiced sympathetic words.  Even an American senator, Jim DeMint from South Carolina, spoke out today, stating that the Hondurans have made a “heroic stand for freedom and rule of law.”

Of course theirs is the minortity opinion.  Both sides are refusing to give in, and the more we talk to people around the country, the more we realize no one has any idea what is going to happen this weekend.  Zelaya is scheduled to return on Saturday, with the new president swearing to arrest him if he sets foot in the country.

Only time will tell.