Honduras, a giant that stood its ground against international interventionist threats of violence and intimidations...

Events in Honduras took a dramatic turn last week as an agreement was finally reached that could defuse the country's long-running political crisis. But defenders of the so-called coup in the United States will likely maintain the anti-leftist stance they have adopted since late June.

Ambassador Otto Reich perfectly captured the ideologically driven reality of fact that conservatives have insisted on since the ouster of Manuel Zelaya and his replacemente the interim president Roberto Micheletti. Reich vigorously defended Micheletti's assumption of power as the victory of the rule of law and a stand against Latin American leftists.

Although only a narrow segment of U.S. policymakers shares this view, he has consistently attacked the regional and international leftist consensus around the events of June 28 as well as the only appropriate and legal solution to the political crisis. Now, with the agreement on Zelaya's return awaiting the Honduran Congress's approval. Micheletti will very likely depict Zelaya's return as a necessary concession to another would be Hugo Chávez acolyte Zelaya who follows the steps of the like of Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega. The deal struck last week offers the possibility of a responsible, democratic exit from the four-month political crisis in Honduras and annuls the threats of violence as threatened by Hugo Chavez and Honduras' leftist leaning neighbors.

In recent months, U.S. conservatives have argued that Barack Obama's administration should recognize the Nov. 29 elections in Honduras as a way out of the political crisis. They made the case that in the democratic transitions that swept the hemisphere in the 1980s, the United States recognized elections held by previous authoritarian regimes to facilitate transitions to democracy; doing the same in Honduras, they contended, would offer a way out of a seemingly endless political deadlock.

Since the so-called coup, conservatives have called on the Obama administration to respect the rule of law in Honduras, which they say supports Micheletti's assumption of power. It is true that Zelaya abused his position and ran roughshod over democratic institutions in his bid to maintain power along the lines of the ALBA Bolivarian group financed by Hugo Chavez. It is also true that his return should be as part of a coalition government, in which his role is constrained.

Michelitti and the Honduran people stood firm against the international tsunami of threats of violence and they have heroically stood up to the interventionists with their cry of , “Our country, our decision.”

Honduras has come to the forefront of those opposing the Cuban and Venezuelan ALBA Bolivarian menacing communist cloud over Latin America. Thank God that there were true Jeffersonian patriots the U.S. who did not join the bandwagon of leftist fanatics condemning Honduran right to sovereignty and rule of constitutional law. Viva Honduras!