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| Zelaya 'to make fresh return bid' | Zelaya 'to make fresh return bid' |
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| Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya is to return home "in the coming hours". | Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya is to return home "in the coming hours". |
| Mr Chavez was speaking after talks in Bolivia with other left-wing Latin American leaders supporting Mr Zelaya. | Mr Chavez was speaking after talks in Bolivia with other left-wing Latin American leaders supporting Mr Zelaya. |
| But journalists in Nicaragua, where Mr Zelaya has been staying, said he was still in the capital Managua and there was no indication that he was leaving. | |
| The interim government, which has vowed to arrest him if he returns, prevented his attempted homecoming on 5 July. | The interim government, which has vowed to arrest him if he returns, prevented his attempted homecoming on 5 July. |
| Mr Chavez said: "Zelaya is going back to Honduras. Let's see what the gorillas will do," referring to the coup leaders. | |
| He was speaking in La Paz, following talks with Bolivian President Evo Morales, Ecuador's Rafael Correa and Paraguay's Fernando Lugo. | He was speaking in La Paz, following talks with Bolivian President Evo Morales, Ecuador's Rafael Correa and Paraguay's Fernando Lugo. |
| Mr Zelaya's foreign minister has also said the ousted leader is returning to Honduras. | |
| On Thursday Mr Zelaya said he was said he was preparing to come home by air, land or other routes. | |
| The chief mediator in the crisis, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, has called the rival factions to a new round of talks on Saturday. | |
| The US called on Honduras' regional neighbours to support the continuing negotiations. | |
| "No country in the region should encourage any action that would potentially increase the risk of violence either in Honduras or in surrounding countries," said State Department spokesman P J Crowley. | |
| 'Final battle' | 'Final battle' |
| Supporters of Mr Zelaya have blocked roads in the capital | |
| Mr Zelaya told Venezuelan television on Thursday that he was getting ready to return to his country from neighbouring Nicaragua. | Mr Zelaya told Venezuelan television on Thursday that he was getting ready to return to his country from neighbouring Nicaragua. |
| "I am preparing various alternatives: by air, by land, and others," he told Venezuelan television. | "I am preparing various alternatives: by air, by land, and others," he told Venezuelan television. |
| The foreign minister in the deposed government, Patricia Rodas, said Mr Zelaya was returning to wage a "final battle" against those who ousted him. | The foreign minister in the deposed government, Patricia Rodas, said Mr Zelaya was returning to wage a "final battle" against those who ousted him. |
| On Friday, thousands of Zelaya supporters blocked key Honduran roads for a second day, in preparation for his possible return. | On Friday, thousands of Zelaya supporters blocked key Honduran roads for a second day, in preparation for his possible return. |
| Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said the interim government had deployed forces on the border with his country. | |
| "I don't know why they are so terrorised by President Zelaya that they have put tanks and cannons, artillery, mortars, anti-aircraft guns to shoot President Zelaya down if he tries to enter by plane," he said. | |
| Interim Honduran President Roberto Micheletti took over at the head of a military-backed government after Mr Zelaya was bundled out of the country on 28 June. | Interim Honduran President Roberto Micheletti took over at the head of a military-backed government after Mr Zelaya was bundled out of the country on 28 June. |
| Mr Zelaya was forced out amid a dispute with the country's Congress and the courts over his plans to hold a non-binding public consultation to ask people whether they supported moves to change the constitution. | Mr Zelaya was forced out amid a dispute with the country's Congress and the courts over his plans to hold a non-binding public consultation to ask people whether they supported moves to change the constitution. |
| Mr Zelaya's critics said the move was aimed at removing the current one-term limit on serving as president, so paving the way for his possible re-election. | Mr Zelaya's critics said the move was aimed at removing the current one-term limit on serving as president, so paving the way for his possible re-election. |