Gov’t Officials: United States set to terminate aid to Honduras over Zelaya ouster

October 1st, 2009 UN rights council condemns abuses in Honduras coupGENEVA — The U.N. top rights body is condemning abuses following the June 28 coup in Honduras.

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 US confirms ousted president back in HondurasTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The U.S. State Department confirms that deposed President Manuel Zelaya has returned home to Honduras to reclaim his presidency.

September 3rd, 2009 US cuts aid to HondurasWASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Thursday cut all non-humanitarian aid to Honduras over the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya, making permanent a temporary suspension of U.S. aid imposed after he was deposed in June.

August 27th, 2009 Clinton ponders action against HondurasWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is considering action against Honduras in the wake of the ouster of its president, a move that could lead to suspension of millions in U.S. development aid, a senior State Department official said Thursday.

August 12th, 2009 Ousted Honduran leader asks for more US helpBRASILIA, Brazil — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says the United States could help restore him to power by putting more economic pressure on the Central American country's interim administration. Zelaya says the U.S.

August 8th, 2009 Interim Honduras gov't insists Zelaya won't returnTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' coup-installed president says an OAS delegation traveling to the Central American country next week won't persuade him to allow the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Roberto Micheletti says the diplomats are welcome to come and learn about what led to Zelaya's June 28 ouster, but he vows that "no one will come here to give us orders." Micheletti insists he will leave the presidency in January, when a new president would take power following previously scheduled elections in November.

July 5th, 2009 Zelayo says he's optimist, will return to HondurasWASHINGTON — Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya says he's optimistic and is still planning to return Sunday to his country a week after he was overthrown by a military coup. Zelaya said as he arrived at the Organization of American States building that everyone is rejecting the coup.

July 5th, 2009 Zelaya says he's optimist, will return to HondurasWASHINGTON — Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya says he's optimistic and is still planning to return Sunday to his country a week after he was overthrown by a military coup. Zelaya said as he arrived at the Organization of American States building that everyone is rejecting the coup.

July 4th, 2009 OAS eyes Honduras suspension, but beaten to punchWASHINGTON — The Organization of American States is meeting in Washington to consider suspending Honduras' membership because of the military coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya. But even before Saturday's emergency session, Honduras' interim government decided to pulled out of the OAS rather than meet demands to reinstate Zelaya.

July 3rd, 2009 SC senator defends ouster of Honduran presidentWASHINGTON — South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is defending the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and says the rule of law is working in Honduras.

June 30th, 2009 White House: Honduran president should returnWASHINGTON — The United States said Tuesday it saw no acceptable solution to the ouster of the president of Honduras other than returning him to power. The comments came as Honduran President Manuel Zelaya planned to travel to Washington for a special gathering of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States.

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 30th, 2009 NEW YORK - The UN General Assembly Tuesday condemned the military coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, saying that the event interrupted the democratic and constitutional order in the Central American nation. Zelaya was present in the 192-nation assembly when that body adopted a resolution to condemn Sunday's coup.