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TEGUCIGALPA October 23, 2009 (Reuters) - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya pulled out of talks with the country's post-coup de facto leaders on Friday, throwing efforts to resolve a months-long political crisis back to square one.

October 19, 2009 (Press TV) - Leftist Latin American leaders have agreed on using a new intra- regional trading currency, dubbed as Sucre, instead of the US dollar.

TEGUCIGALPA October 16, 2009 (Reuters) - Talks to end a post-coup crisis in Honduras ground to a halt on Friday, as de facto leader Roberto Micheletti resisted international pressure to reinstate toppled President Manuel Zelaya.

TEGUCIGALPA October 14, 2009 (Reuters) - Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti appeared to back away on Wednesday from a deal to end a political crisis sparked when the army ousted President Manuel Zelaya in a coup.

GENEVA October 9, 2009 (Reuters) - U.N. human rights experts voiced concern Friday at reports that former paramilitaries from Colombia had been recruited to protect wealthy people and property in Honduras after that country's military coup.

October 5, 2009 (AFP) - The coup-backed government in Honduras on Monday lifted a decree restricting civil rights, in a step toward dialogue with ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who is still holed up in Brazil's embassy.

TEGUCIGALPA October 1, 2009 (Reuters) - De facto Honduran President Roberto Micheletti on Thursday resisted demands he lift a decree that suspended civil liberties as part of a crisis triggered by the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya.

September 30, 2009 (Al Jazeera) - Honduran security forces have detained 55 people loyal to the country's deposed president who had occupied the country's agrarian reform institute to protest against his overthrow.

September 28, 2009 (Al Jazeera) - Honduran soldiers have raided a radio station in the capital Tegucigalpa aligned with Manuel Zelaya, the ousted president, and shut down its operations.

TEGUCIGALPA September 23, 2009 (Reuters) - A man was shot and killed in a clash between police and supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, as international pressure mounted on the de facto government to let the leftist return to power.