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Zelaya: US-Brokered Pact For Honduran Crisis Fails

Source: Huffington Post

Nov 06, 2009

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that a U.S.-brokered pact failed to end a four-month political crisis after a deadline for forming a unity government passed.

But the U.S. still thinks the accord can work, and is working to move forward on it, said a State Department official speaking on condition of anonymity because an official statement was still being prepared.

The Obama Administration's position contradicts the ousted leader of Honduras.

"The accord is dead," Zelaya told Radio Globo from the Brazilian Embassy where he has been holed up under threat of arrest. "There is no sense in deceiving Hondurans."

Zelaya spent Friday huddled in meetings with supporters and it was unclear what his next move would be.

Hondurans went back to work as normal and streets were busy with shoppers and traffic, but Jacinto Martinez, a construction worker, said the crisis is draining.

"I am tired of so many things happening in Honduras and I just want things to go back to the way they were," he said. "People want a quick solution to

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