I was going to wait until the end of the day, but frankly, I think everyone's waiting for the talks to start tomorrow and there won't be anything else to report today. Litho brings us up to date in his diary from this morning.
The only real news thus far comes from a BBC interview (thanks, Litho, also, for the find) in which Arias expresses his optimism that an agreement can come about by the end of the week, possibly by Sunday.
Reports that both the Liberal Party candidate Elvin Santos and Pepe Lobo are both on board with moving up the election date which will definitely help negotiations go forward, if that becomes one of the negotiation items.
Let's hope that Arias is correct and that something does get done, hopefully whereby Zelaya can return, even if for a truncated time period. The other scenario gets messy quick, especially with the US cutting off all but humanitarian aid.
If any updates do come, I'll put them up after the fold.
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