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The country's de facto leader, Roberto Micheletti, forms a new government without the ousted president.

Deposed President Manuel Zelaya and his opponents have agreed to a U.S.-brokered deal that he believes will return him to power four months after a coup shook faith in Latin America's young democracies....

Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya tells the BBC why the latest talks with the interim government broke down.

Negotiators on Wednesday reached a deal that may resolve a crisis in Honduras sparked by a coup three months ago, but the agreement needs to be approved by ousted President Manuel Zelaya and de facto leader Roberto Micheletti, Zelaya's lead negotiator, Victor Meza, told reporters.

The rivals in Honduras' political crisis open new talks on Tuesday to discuss the proposed return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, a thorny issue that could derail the fragile negotiations altogether.

Two stations that regularly broadcast calls from the deposed president were closed in a crackdown on civil liberties by the de facto government.

Honduras is accusing Brazil's government of instigating an insurrection within its borders, and gave the Brazilian Embassy 10 days to decide the status of ousted Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya, who has taken refuge there.

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has taken refuge inside the Brazilian embassy in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, Telesur television network reported on Monday.

The ousted president, Manuel Zelaya, briefly stepped a few feet inside Honduran territory on Friday afternoon and demanded that he be allowed to return to power.

Negotiations to resolve Honduras' political crisis failed Sunday after representatives of its interim government and ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya were unable to reach a consensus.