But the interim government of Honduras is facing more pressure with a new delegation of Zelaya fans coming in to Tegucigalpta.
All the pressure, including the shameful collusion of our own government in undermining the efforts by Honduras to protect their constitution from the proto-dictator Zelaya, may compel Honduras' interim government to allow the sainted international community to nullify the Honduran constitution:
Some of the ousted president's opponents in Honduras are coming round to the idea that allowing him to serve the three remaining months of his term might be a solution, and even a victory, for them.
They argue that the former cattle rancher would be seen as the lamest of lame duck presidents. Mr Zelaya's supporters would view his return to power very differently, as a victory for democracy.
But our correspondent says finding a solution where both sides can claim to have won is perhaps the only way to end this crisis.
That's quite a lesson to be established--violate your country's constitution as Zelaya did but surround yourself with foreign allies and you can escape the consequences of trying to establish a dictatorship.
Micheletti and his allies may think that they are destroying the constitution (just a little) in order to save it, but I fear that letting Zelaya back into office will come to no good end.
Doesn't anybody recall how the actual coup against Chavez failed five or so years ago, when the coup plotters lost their nerve and allowed Chavez back into the presidential palace? That worked out swell for Venezuela, now didn't it?
UPDATE: The Hondurans will not go meekly to the slaughterhouse:
Honduras' coup-installed leader resisted calls by diplomats from across the hemisphere to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya, at one point angrily telling the visitors they "don't know the truth or don't want to know it."
I again protest that the Zelaya Affair was not a coup.
