Brazil’s president hopes Zelaya’s presence in Honduras will bring negotiations

October 13th, 2009 Honduran factions resume talksTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' opposing factions have resumed talks aimed at ending the crisis prompted by the June ouster of President Manuel Zelaya. The talks initiated last week produced some signs of progress before breaking off for the weekend.

September 30th, 2009 Honduras sets 10-day deadline on embassy standoffTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras is giving Brazil 10 days to decide what to do with ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who has been inside the Brazilian Embassy since sneaking back into the country last week. The government in charge since a June 28 coup that deposed Zelaya says it will take unspecified "additional measures" if Brazil does not define his status.

September 21st, 2009 Ousted President Zelaya says he's back in HondurasTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Deposed President Manuel Zelaya says he has come home to Honduras to reclaim his presidency, appearing on local television to rally supporters. Zelaya tells local TV Channel 36 he cannot give details of his return, "but I'm here," Zelaya was forced out of the country at gunpoint on June 28.

September 21st, 2009 TEGUCIGALPA - The interim Honduran government and the spokeswoman for the UN in Tegucigalpa denied that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya had returned Monday to the Central American country. Roberto Micheletti, the former Congress speaker designated to lead the country after Zelaya's ouster, and UN spokeswoman Ana Elsy Mendoza both denied that Zelaya had taken refuge at the UN office in Tegucigalpa.

September 12th, 2009 Honduras' interim president: US revoked my visaTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' interim president says the United States has taken away his diplomatic and tourist visas to protest the June 28 coup. Roberto Micheletti says he was expecting the action and called it "a sign of the pressure that the U.S.

September 4th, 2009 Chavez welcomes US decision to cut aid to HondurasCARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is welcoming the United States' decision to cut millions of dollars in aid to Honduras. Chavez says "it's about time" Washington took action against the government that has been in charge in Honduras since a June 28 coup ousted his ally, President Manuel Zelaya.

August 27th, 2009 Central American bank freezes Honduras loansTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Central America's development bank says it is freezing credits to Honduras following the June 28 coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Local media say the decision could affect infrastructure projects like planned highways in the impoverished Central American nation.

August 7th, 2009 OAS announces delegation to HondurasWASHINGTON — The Organization of American States has named a delegation to try to persuade the interim government in Honduras to return ousted President Manuel Zelaya. The OAS says foreign ministers from Argentina, Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico and the Dominican Republic will travel to Honduras on Tuesday.

August 6th, 2009 OAS agrees to send delegation to HondurasWASHINGTON — The Organization of American States agreed Wednesday to send a delegation to Honduras to try to persuade its interim government to negotiate with international mediators seeking the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. OAS Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza said that the organization had not decided in Wednesday's meeting who would represent the delegation.

August 5th, 2009 Human rights delegation to travel to HondurasWASHINGTON — A human rights group plans to send a delegation to Honduras to investigate alleged abuses during the country's June 28 coup. The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights announced Wednesday that it would send a delegation from Aug.

July 24th, 2009 TEGUCIGALPA - Honduras Friday imposed a curfew at its borders with Nicaragua and EL Salvador apparently to block ousted President Manuel Zelaya's return to the country. The interim government said the curfew will remain at the border areas till Saturday morning.

July 2nd, 2009 OAS: No negotiations on Honduras president returnGEORGETOWN, Guyana — The No. 2 official with the Organization of American States says the group is seeking the "unconditional" return of the ousted president of Honduras.

June 30th, 2009 Ousted president seek to return to HondurasTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya says he wants to return to Honduras this week accompanied by the head of the Organization of American States. Zelaya says he will accept an offer by OAS Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza to return to the Central America country with him.

June 29th, 2009 Clinton says Honduras has 'evolved into a coup'WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday the United States believes the unrest in Honduras "has evolved into a coup," but the U.S. is not demanding that deposed President Manuel Zelaya be restored to office.

June 28th, 2009 Obama appeals for Hondurans to respect democracyWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is calling for all sides in Honduras to respect democracy and the rule of law following the arrest of President Manuela Zelaya and his reported expulsion to Costa Rica. Obama says any disputes must be settled peacefully through negotiations that are free from outside interference.