Exiled Honduras leader 'heading home'
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Honduras president Manuel Zelaya lost power in a military coup last weekend. (AFP: Alexis Rivas)
The deposed president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, says he is going to return home within the next 24 hours.
Speaking in a television interview broadcast in Venezuela, Mr Zelaya said he would be accompanied by several presidents of other countries, but he did not name them.
The leader of the Catholic Church in Honduras has called on Mr Zelaya not to return from exile in order to avoid provoking what he called a "bloodbath".
But the president, who lost power in a military coup last weekend, insists he will return.
"I am organising my return to Honduras," he said.
"I call on all peasants, housewives, townspeople, indigenous people, youths - on all the political friends I have around me in the country - that you would accompany me on my return to Honduras.
"This is the return of the president elected by the sovereign will of the people."
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