The Farce in Honduras: Courtesy of Obama Administration

Micheletti has again snubbed his nose at the international community and the OAS and also the US. The agreement brokered by the US was supposed to be ratified by the Honduran congress but Micheletti has not even set a date for the congress to consider it! Yet he goes ahead and forms a unity govt. on his own without re-instating Zelaya and without his participation. All along even Obama has said he considered Zelaya the legitimate president of Honduras but now US authorities say that they will recognise the elections run under the auspices of a govt. of national unity formed only by Micheletti and coup supporters with Zelaya supporters not involved at all. And all this is taking place without ratification of the agreement by the Honduran congress. There is not a word in this article about the reaction of those who were supposed to be verifying the carrying out of the terms of the deal. One would think that what they have to say might have some importance. But not in this farce I guess. Meanwhile one of the main opposition groups will boycott the presidential elections. The excerpts below can be found in this article at all voices.

Power-sharing deal in Honduras collapses as Zelaya demands to lead• De facto regime sought to form 'unity' government
• Ousted president refuses to continue 'charade'

A power-sharing deal between the de facto government of Honduras and the ousted president, Manuel ZelayaManuel Zelaya, has collapsed, reigniting the country's political crisis. Zelaya refused to join a new "unity" government on Friday after it became clear he would not be heading it. "The accord is dead," he told Radio Globo. "There is no sense in deceiving Hondurans."

The leftist leader, toppled and exiled in a coup four months ago, signed up to a US-brokered pact last week thinking it would be his ticket back to power. But opponents in the Honduran congress delayed a decision on Zelaya's reinstatement and the de facto president, Roberto Micheletti, went ahead with forming a new administration without his rival.

The accord had set a Thursday midnight deadline for the new government and left the decision over Zelaya's return to power in the hands of congress. "It's absurd what they are doing, trying to mock all of us, the people who elected me and the international community that supports me. We've decided not to continue this theatre with Mr Micheletti," Zelaya said.

He urged Hondurans to boycott a presidential election slated for 29 November in which neither he nor Micheletti are candidates - raising the spectre of a discredited poll and continued crisis.

...In a televised speech Micheletti said the new caretaker administration would rule until the January swearing-in of the election winner. "We've completed the process of forming a unity government. It represents a wide spectrum despite the fact that Mr Zelaya did not send a list of representatives."

Foreign condemnation of the coup has been near universal, leaving the impoverished coffee exporter isolated but defiant.

European and Latin American governments said they would not recognise the looming election unless Zelaya was first reinstated. US negotiators clinched last week's agreement by apparently reinforcing that message. The Obama administration appeared to have scored a significant diplomatic victory. But since congress stymied Zelaya's reinstatement the US has said it will recognise the election regardless, which could deepen Latin American frustration that Washington has not done more to pressure the Honduran regime.

A state department spokesman said the pact did not demand Zelaya's return. "The only deadline was to form a government of national unity, which was done."

Washington's decision to recognise the new government gave the Honduran congress little incentive to bring back the ousted leader, said Michael Shifter, an analyst with the Inter-American Dialogue thinktank. He suggested there was still hope for a negotiated settlement.