Zelaya rules out deal with Honduras coup leaders - BBC

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Ousted president say terms offered by military-backed government are 'totally outside any possibility of agreement'


Manuel Zelaya speaking to supporters at the Brazilian embassy after returning from exile. Photograph: Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty


The ousted Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, said after talks last night that there was no possibility of a deal with the military-backed government that ousted him.

Zelaya has been threatened with arrest by the coup leader Roberto Micheletti if he steps outside the Brazilian embassy, where he has been sheltering with his family and dozens of supporters since sneaking back into the country on Monday.

He told the country's Channel 36 television last night that an official from Micheletti's administration had taken "an extremely hard" stand and the government's positions were "totally outside of any possibility of agreement".

Zelaya, who upset conservative elites by allying himself with the socialist Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, is insisting on his reinstatement while the de facto government has said he faces arrest and elections will be held in November.

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