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Hondurans are going to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, hoping to unlock a political paralysis five months after a coup that ousted the last one.

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.

As if pockets of trigger- and machete-happy drug gangs and infamy as the cradle of swine flu weren't enough, Mexico is now losing half of its "Love Boat" cruises.

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