Talks to resolve political crisis in Honduras collapse

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Source: The Guardian World News

Negotiations fail as de facto government refuses to reinstate ousted president Manuel Zelaya
Rory Carroll, Latin America correspondent guardian.co.uk, Friday 23 October 2009 16.56 BST

Envoys for the leftist leader declared the negotiations a failure after yesterday's deadline passed with no agreement on returning him to power.

"As of now we see this phase as finished," Mayra Mejia told reporters in the capital, Tegucigalpa. "The fundamental point is the reinstatement of President Zelaya and for this, there was no political will."

Zelaya's envoys accused the de facto government, headed by Roberto Micheletti, of dragging out talks over the past three weeks to run down the clock to 29 November, when an election is slated to choose a new president.

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