> Matthias Wasser ----
> Supposedly they've reached an agreement and Zelaya is going to serve
> out his last three months. Does anybody know what the coup planners
> are getting, other than a guarantee that Z won't run again (not that
> he was planning on it anyway?) Supposedly it was the prospective
> American refusal to approve any election they oversaw that pushed them
> over the edge.
> My opinion of Obama is pretty low, but if Zelaya gets back I think we
> have to give him major props. This isn't how I expected it to go at
> all..
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> O ba ma ! O ba ma ! O ba ma !
Apparently the major concession is that control over the army passes to the Electoral Court, although for the rest of the term or indefinitely doesn't appear to be clear. Since the military's loyalties all lie with the right anyway, this seems like a straight win.