"The Intentions of the OAS have changed"
Rhodes said the Honduran crisis has been "unlocked".
On the eve of the arrival of the mission of foreign ministers of the Organization of American States to Honduras, the chancellor of the deposed government of that country, Patricia Rodas, said the Honduran crisis has been "unlocked" with the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya Tegucigalpa.
Visiting Washington to finalize details of that mission, the chancellor Rodas acknowledged that Zelaya as "guest" of the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, is not in control of power but ensures that his presence has enabled a new opportunity to find a negotiated solution to the political crisis in Honduras.
On recent visits by U.S. Republican congressmen in Tegucigalpa, the diplomatic representative of the deposed government does not give much importance to the political courage of the interviews that they have had with interim President Roberto Micheletti.
Rodas said that these delegations do not represent the official position of the U.S. Congress or the White House and says she is pleased with the support Washington had given the President Zelaya, but added that "there's always more you can do."
What will happen in the next few days in Tegucigalpa when you get the commission of OAS foreign ministers?
We have held from day one which raised the initiative of San Jose as the optimal output for the crisis in Honduras. President Zelaya has been willing not only to sign the agreement of San Jose but that dialogue be established immediately. For the intransigence of the coup was regrettable it was not possible until now to reach a settlement.
President Zelaya has aimed to return home to begin a great national dialogue to resolve the crisis within the country
Apart from the arrival of President Zelaya to Honduras, has changed somewhat to suggest that the agreement of San Jose is closer to being signed?
Has anything changed and it is the intent of the OAS to continue this process. (...) However the conditions surrounding this dialogue are not giving us signs of willingness by the coup plotters.
It is possible that we are stuck with a crisis, given that President Zelaya's presence seems to have contributed to unlock the situation.
On the contrary the presence of President Zelaya is one that is unlocking the situation. If President Zelaya weren't in Honduras the regime would never have again received a mission from the OAS. If President Zelaya weren't in Honduras the Coup regime would not be looking for solutions to what is already recognized as a serious misreading one hundred days have been slow to recognize. We believe that if we're in this initiative is because President Zelaya is inside Honduras.
But between the estimates of the return of President Zelaya was not revive the popular mobilization to weaken the de facto government Michelleti?
The interim president of Honduras has already shown signs of wanting to negotiate directly with Zelaya.
President Zelaya returned to Tegucigalpa because such is the duty of a president. You are not talking with the leader of an irregular force, you are speaking of the constitutional president of the republic which has not been overthrown and is recognized by the entire international community. President Zelaya has aimed to return to begin a great national dialogue to resolve the crisis within the country.
But the fact is that President Zelaya is in the country although it is not exercising the power at this time. Would they not unlock the crisis and carry out the November election what would President Zelaya do?
The problem is that if the process continues there is no single national community or the international community who can trust the outcomes or whom it issues, because if the de facto authority issues it does not enjoy any legitimacy or legality for their actions are legal.
We will believe that there's always more to do to end this threat against democracy and against life itself.
But if there is a high popular participation?
But who will ensure that this was a high turnout that has taken the popular vote for someone? Who is the authority that will ensure that data are being transparent if they are outlawed? What the regime says has no legitimacy, so who are elected officials have no legitimacy. (...) We have not yet invented a system that ensures a seditious democratic process .
What is the legal status of President Zelaya's embassy in Brazil?
He is a guest of the government of Brazil in terms of diplomatic protection under the fence that have mounted irregular military forces of Honduras in its embassy.
What about American parliamentary delegations have visited Tegucigalpa in recent days?
According to Rodas, the presence of Zelaya in Tegucigalpa has been crucial.
It's normal, remember that its parliament is not attending . Some members of the parliament attended by virtue of personal reasons and political and ideological affinities who visit their friends, but not an official mission of the parliament nor the U.S. government.
It does not evidence recognition, remember that they are as supporters of an idea, as members of a political party that is sympathetic to the idea of a coup.
But it could show that there is political debate in the U.S. on how to handle the political crisis in Honduras
Have to see how representative these gentlemen are, how many voters they represent and how much power they have behind the camera. That's an analysis of U.S. domestic inner politics that as chancellor, within international standards, I'm not allowed to say.
Do you believe that Washington should still do more to pressure Mr. Michelleti to leave power.
Washington does what it can and has acted on principles (...) We believe that there needs to be greater awareness in the circles of power that Washington needs to act because they are playing in Honduras, they have been democratic principles defended by U.S. . as a nation. (...) We will believe that there's always more to do to end this threat against democracy and against life itself.
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