Hope in Honduras for talks to end political crisis

October 3rd, 2009 Rivals edge toward talks in Honduras coup crisisTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The factions fighting for control of Honduras have begun talking days before a meeting that many hope will end a political crisis sparked by Central America's first coup in more than a decade. Interim President Roberto Micheletti told reporters that a dialogue is "beginning" between his supporters and those of President Manuel Zelaya, who was forced from office on June 28 by a military-backed coup and is now holed up in the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa.

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 25th, 2009 Honduran interim leader: No meeting with ZelayaTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' interim leader says ousted President Manuel Zelaya might be allowed to leave the foreign embassy where he has taken refuge without being arrested if he is granted political asylum outside the country. Interim President Roberto Micheletti told The Associated Press in an interview late Friday that the final decision would be up to the courts to make.

September 24th, 2009 Ousted Honduran president: 1st talks a failureTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' coup-installed government plans to block the arrival of a commission of foreign ministers heading to the country this weekend to help resolve the country's political standoff, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias said Friday. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate who moderated previous talks between Honduras' opposing factions said the government of interim President Roberto Micheletti has told the Organization of American States not to send the ministers because they will not be allowed into the country.

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.

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 23rd, 2009 Honduran top court: Ousted president to face trialTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' Supreme Court says ousted President Manuel Zelaya would face trial if he returns to the Central American country. The Honduran top court is giving its opinion on a plan to solve Honduras' political crisis after Zelaya was ousted in a coup.

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.

July 21st, 2009 TEGUCIGALPA - The Honduran de-facto regime Tuesday broke off diplomatic relations with Venezuela, whose president Hugo Chavez has stood by President Manuel Zelaya since his unceremonious ouster and expulsion in late June. The move represented an escalation in the crisis.

July 17th, 2009 MOSCOW - Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has called on the US to withdraw its troops from Honduras to ease the situation after the recent coup in the Central American state. The Honduran military ousted President Manuel Zelaya from office and flew him to Costa Rica June 28, the day polls were due to open for a non-binding referendum on extending the president's non-renewable four-year term of office.

July 17th, 2009 Talks seen as last chance to end Honduras' crisisTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Allies of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya say U.S.-backed talks in Costa Rica Saturday may be the last chance to avert a clash, perhaps even civil war. Zelaya is threatening to return to his homeland with or without an agreement on ending the standoff and has said Hondurans have a constitutional right to launch an insurrection against an illegitimate government.

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 US warns citizens to avoid travel to HondurasWASHINGTON — The State Department on Monday warned U.S. citizens to avoid all nonessential travel to Honduras due to the "current unstable political and security situation" there.

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.