President Manuel Zelaya

Honduran de facto leader Roberto Micheletti has called for ousted President Manuel Zelaya to rejoin dialogue to form a unity government, though the deposed leader quickly responded by declaring the offer a "non-starter." "The government of Honduras reiterates its readiness to proceed with the implementation of the agreement and urges the other side to return to the dialogue framework to enable the formation of a government of national unity and reconciliation," Micheletti said through a spokesman. Zelaya, ousted in a coup in June, however later told Radio Globo that the deal was a "non-starter" because Micheletti had failed to reinstate him and his ministers. ... Read Full Story

Honduran police say gunmen ambushed a convoy carrying the country's top prosecutor, but neither he nor his bodyguards were harmed. Police spokesman Orlin Cerrato says Attorney General Luis Alberto Rubi was riding on a northern highway when assailants opened fire Saturday night. Cerrato says no one was hurt. One car was damaged. He did not give a motive Sunday but speculated that the attack could be an attempt to "provoke unease in the country." He did not say specifically whether it could have been related to Honduras' four-month political crisis. After the June coup, it was Rubi who filed criminal charges against ousted President ... Read Full Story

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A bitter four-month dispute over who is president has left many Hondurans too jaded with politics to care about voting for their next leader. A June coup that toppled President Manuel Zelaya and cut Honduras off from international aid has dampened interest in the November 29 presidential election, which some countries say they won't recognize unless Zelaya is restored first. As a U.S.-brokered deal to resolve Central America's worst political crisis in two decades crumbled on Friday after de facto leader Roberto Micheletti formed a "national unity" cabinet without Zelaya, already low-profile presidential campaigns slipped further out of sight. With only ... Read Full Story

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 ... Read Full Story

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran de facto leader Roberto Micheletti said on Thursday night he would install a national unity government without the participation of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. The rival leaders had agreed last week to end a four-month political crisis and form a so-called unity and reconciliation cabinet by Thursday, but they then disagreed who would lead the cabinet. Zelaya declined to name any members to the cabinet, but Micheletti said he was going ahead without them. "We've finalized the process of confirming a unity government ... It represents a wide spectrum despite the fact that Mr. Zelaya did not send a list ... Read Full Story