Honduras' ousted leader declares pact 'totally dead'

Honduras' ousted leader declares pact 'totally dead'

Reporting from Mexico City - The political crisis in Honduras deepened Friday after ousted President Manuel Zelaya declared "totally dead" a U.S.-brokered agreement that he believed would restore him to power.

Zelaya, ousted in a military-backed coup four months ago after ignoring a court order to stop efforts to revise the nation's constitution, said the accord had collapsed after the de facto rulers formed a new "reconciliation government" without him.

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