Honduras crisis deepens after collapse of deal
TEGUCIGALPA – Honduras sunk into further disarray after President Manuel Zelaya, ousted in a military-backed coup, said a US-brokered deal to end the nation’s four-month crisis had collapsed. Presidential elections due on November 29 were in jeopardy as Zelaya called on his supporters to boycott them and return to the streets of the polarized nation. Hundreds marched from the Congress to the Brazilian embassy, where Zelaya has been holed up since September 21, in a protest in the capital Friday. Zelaya said last week’s crisis deal was no longer valid after de facto leader Roberto Micheletti formed a new “national unity” government without his participation. “The accord now has no value,” Zelaya told AFP Friday.
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