Crisis talks delay in Honduras

Honduran MPs must wait until Tuesday to consider a US-brokered agreement that could return deposed president Manuel Zelaya to power, despite diplomats’ pleas not to delay an end to the country’s four-month-old political crisis.

Monday is a holiday in Honduras and many legislators are busy campaigning for November 29 elections that will also elect a successor to Mr Zelaya.

Mr Zelaya was roused from his bed by soldiers on June 28 and flown out of the country. He has been inside the Brazilian embassy since September 21, when he made a surprise return to the Honduran capital.