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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. | 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. |
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez also said Mr Zelaya was back. | |
But a government spokesman denied Mr Zelaya was inside the country. And a UN spokesman said Mr Zelaya was not in the building, reported EFE news agency. | |
He was ousted on 28 June. | |
The left-leaning president had been living in exile in Nicaragua 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 country's de facto rulers, led by Mr Zelaya's former ally Roberto Micheletti, have threatened to arrest him if he returns. |
"I cannot give details, but I'm here," Mr Zelaya told Channel 36 television by telephone. | |
Elisabeth Sierra, a spokeswoman for the Honduran Embassy in Nicaragua, said he was urging his supporters to gather at the UN offices in the capital to "protect the constitutional president of Honduras". | |
Runway blocked | |
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. | 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. |
Shortly after the coup, Mr Zelaya attempted to fly back to Honduras, but failed when the authorities blocked the runway at Tegucigalpa airport. | |
Talks in Costa Rica on resolving the crisis, hosted by the country's President Oscar Arias, broke down without the parties reaching an agreement. | |
Later that month, Mr Zelaya briefly crossed into Honduras from Nicaragua - a symbolic move the US described as "reckless". |