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Ousted Honduran leader 'returns' | |
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Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says he has returned to his country, almost three months after the coup which overthrew him. | |
"I am here in Tegucigalpa," he told local TV. An aide said he was in the UN building in the capital. | "I am here in Tegucigalpa," he told local TV. An aide said he was in the UN building in the capital. |
President Hugo Chavez, a close ally of the deposed president, also told Venezuelan TV that Mr Zelaya was back. | President Hugo Chavez, a close ally of the deposed president, also told Venezuelan TV that Mr Zelaya was back. |
But a government spokesman denied Mr Zelaya was inside the country. He was ousted on 28 June. | |
The left-leaning president had been living in exile since then. | |
The country's de facto rulers, led by Mr Zelaya's former ally Roberto Micheletti, have threatened to arrest him if he returns. | |
The crisis erupted after Mr Zelaya tried to hold a non-binding public consultation to ask people whether they supported moves to change the constitution. |