The de facto government in Honduras has succumbed to international pressure after it agreed to reinstate Manuel Zelaya as president. The de facto leader Roberto Micheletti, said Zelaya could return to office after a vote in Congress.
Micheletti said the deal would require both sides to recognize the result of a November 29th presidential election and would transfer the control of the army to the top electoral court.
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| Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya smiles after his meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa October 30, 2009. Honduras' de facto government buckled under international pressure and agreed to allow the return to power of President Manuel Zelaya, who was toppled in a military coup four months ago. The breakthrough late on Thursday followed renewed pressure from senior U.S. officials who traveled to Honduras this week for a last-ditch effort to end a crisis that had handed U.S. President Barack Obama a foreign policy headache.(REUTERS/Edgard Garrido) |