This article can be found here.
October 31, 2009
When simply one's presence brings terror to a nation's entire government, one knows the strength of one's power. After only two days of American officials being on Honduran soil, the same government that so violently ousted President Zelaya, signed an agreement to let him back into the nation. The United States promised the de facto government that their upcoming elections would not be recognized if Zelaya was not restored his position as President until those elections took place. Neither Zelaya or the man who took his place after the coup, Micheletti, will be on the upcoming ballot. The only obstacle preventing Zelaya's return is approval from Congress, the very institution that sanctified the coup to begin with. The thousands of protestors that had been oppressed by armed forces only a month ago, were not celebrating across the capital.
The article included contributing reports from Mark Landler from Islamabad, Pakistan. The legitimacy of his report seems like it should be held under much scrutiny since he is almost 9,000 miles away from the event he is reporting on.
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