OAS eyes Honduras suspension but beaten to punch; Zelaya says will return

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 23rd, 2009 Chavez: military helped Zelaya return to HondurasNEW YORK — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says the ousted Honduran president sneaked back to his country with the help of Honduran military personnel. Chavez says ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya traveled by plane, in the trunk of a car and in tractors from Nicaragua to Honduras in a secret operation aided by supporters in the military.

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 3rd, 2009 Gov't Officials: US to cut aid to HondurasWASHINGTON — U.S. officials say the Obama administration is cutting all non-humanitarian aid to Honduras over the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya.

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 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 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.

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.

July 5th, 2009 Secretary general: OAS fails to reinstate ZelayaWASHINGTON — The OAS secretary general says his efforts to return Manuel Zelaya to the presidency in Honduras have failed. Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza asked the organization Saturday to punish the de facto government by suspending the country from the organization.

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 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 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 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.