Well, things appear as though they are moving in the right direction to resolve the crisis that has taken hold of the country over the past week and a half. Tomorrow Manuel Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti will meet in Costa Rica, where talks will be mediated by Oscar Arias, President of Costa Rica and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his involvement in putting an end to the civil wars in the region.

Zelaya says it is non-negotiable whether or not he will return to power as President of Honduras. At the same time Micheletti is not willing to reinstate Zelaya as President. Micheletti, the previous head of Congress, who was named President just hours after Zelaya was sent into exile in Costa Rica on June 28^th, has been trying to get his voice heard across the world that what happened that Sunday morning was not a coup, but that the removal of President Zelaya by the military occurred following orders from Congress and the Supreme Court of Honduras. Those currently in power feel as though they are upholding democracy, by withdrawing the previous president from power, as they had ruled his desire of holding the referendum to revise the Constitution as illegal. As a result of Zelaya disobeying their ruling, they had a unanimous vote to withdraw him from power. Reports say Zelaya has committed 18 crimes throughout his presidency, which led to his removal.

I have heard that peaceful demonstrations continue in the city, and across the country. From the sounds of it, highways have not been blocked as mentioned in the previous post (this was reported by one of the local newspapers). National borders remain open, and Toncontin Airport in Tegucigalpa was reopened today.

People here are hopeful that the mediated talks that are to be held over the next few days will provide some sort of resolution for the leaders of this country in need of peace.

In other important news, the Honduran national soccer team is scheduled to play the US in just matter of minutes. And of course, as luck would have it, just as I was getting ready to take off to watch the game (sorry – but I put on my Honduran jersey for this one) a storm rolled in and the power went out. Maybe they will deem the soccer game worthy of generator power? We’ll see…