BEIJING, Dec. 3 -- Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is calling on Latin American leaders to ignore the election held by the de-facto government and help restore him to power.

    The Honduran Congress itself will decide wether to restore Zelaya on Wednesday. Keith Crane has more.

    In an interview Monday, the deposed leader said he would reject the results of any congressional decision over his future.

    Manuel Zelaya, Deposed Honduran President, said, "Congress can't act without my authorization. I haven't given my authorization."

    In a letter to Latin American leaders from the Brazilian embassy where he is holed up, Zelaya said he hoped for their cooperation so that the coup d'etat does not remain unpunished. But President elect Portfirio Lobo and interim President Roberto Micheletti say the large turnout in the election show a majority of Hondurans supported the vote and want to put the crisis behind them.

    Under a US-brokered pact, Congress must vote on whether Zelaya should be restored to power.

    However, Zelaya's chances of returning to office look increasingly slim, as he says he will reject any such offer.

    Manuel Zelaya, Deposed Honduran President, said, "You who falsified my signature, you who created a false document saying I had resigned, you who on June 28th elected a president without the power...you cannot deliberate over my investiture as president of Honduras. You do not have the power."

    Western hemisphere countries are divided on whether to recognize Sunday's presidential vote. The United States has recognized it. But Brazil and other left-leaning countries say recognizing the election amounts to legitimizing Central America's first coup in 20 years.

    (Source: CCTV.com)

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    Zelaya's associate Rassel Tome on Tuesday made the announcement and asked the presidents to limit their cooperation with the de facto Honduran government so that the coup does not go unpunished. Full story

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    Under the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord reached on Oct. 29, the two sides agreed to form a unity government and to hold general elections on Nov. 29. Full story

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    TEGUCIGALPA, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said the "winner" of the presidential elections in Honduras on Sunday is the abstention of the people.

    In an interview with local radio station "Radio Globo," Zelaya said the abstention was as high as 65 percent according to his information resources.   Full story