A busy day researching for an article in DIPLOMAT the manifold examples of people entering Embassies to seek refuge.

The article is prompted by the tragi-comic opera scenes of former President Zelaya as impertinently parked in the Embassy of Brazil in Honduras. As one unimpressed Brazilian diplomat has put it to me, this is what happens when "ideology takes over in foreign policy-making and when incompetence becomes the trademark".

Even Wonder Woman gets involved, accepting the hiketeia responsibilities of a mysterious young lady seeking sanctuary.

Remember disgraced communist Erich Honecker's outlandish defiance from the Embassy of Chile in Moscow?

Who out there knows the world record for someone staying in an Embassy in defiance of the host country's wishes?

As I thought.

No-one.

A mere 15 years.

Let's hope Mr Zelaya brought some spare underpants with him.