Despite international pressure, Honduras refuses to return would-be-dictator Manuel Zelaya to power:
Honduras’ interim leader warned that the only way his predecessor will return to office is through a foreign invasion, setting up a dramatic showdown with the ousted president who is preparing to come home accompanied by world leaders.
(Via Hot Air.)
Also, there’s this additional wrinkle:
His foreign minister, Enrique Ortez, threw a wild card onto the table, telling CNN en Espanol that Zelaya had been letting drug traffickers ship U.S.-bound cocaine from Venezuela through Honduras. Ortez said the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration was aware of Zelaya’s ties to organized crime.
DEA spokesman Rusty Payne could neither confirm nor deny a DEA investigation.
UPDATE: The Wall Street Journal reviews what Zelaya was up to. Bottom line, democratic institutions in Latin America are not so strong that they need not be defended. (Via Instapundit.)
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