28 Jul, 2009
Exiled Honduran leader does border ‘Hokey Pokey’
Posted by: admin In: Around Beijing| News
JACALEAPA, Honduras – Exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has been hanging out in Ocotal, a Nicaraguan mountain town near the Honduras border, for the last four days as he tries to launch his return to power after a coup last month.
It’s been a little bit like the childhood song and dance, “The Hokey Pokey.” On Friday, Zelaya took a few steps into the no-man’s-land between the countries. When he arrived at a sign that said “Welcome to Honduras,” Zelaya claimed he was home. But he didn’t stay long, returning quickly to the Nicaraguan side of the border.
As the song says, “You put your right foot in, you put our right foot out, and shake it all about.”
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| Mayerling Garcia / AFP - Getty Images |
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya (in white hat) greets supporters at an improvised camp site in Ocotal, Nicaragua on Monday. |
It’s unclear, though, what Zelaya thinks his border dance will achieve.
I asked him if his camping stunt was costing him in the court of world opinion. He said it was “a just action” and that the world should not support “a tyrant.” He was referring to de facto President Roberto Micheletti.
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