Oscar Arias

Ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that a U.S.-brokered pact will restore him to power in about a week, ending Honduras ' isolation four months after soldiers flew the leftist leader into exile in his pajamas.The agreement is a U.S. foreign policy victory but casts doubt on Latin America's ability to work out its own problems without Washington's help. In the four months since the coup, talks repeatedly broke down as the government of President Barack Obama tried to let Latin American governments take the lead.In the end, the top U.S. envoy for the Americas flew in Wednesday and won a deal the following night — just a month before presidential elections the U.S. and other countries warned would not be recognized if held under the government that took power in the June 28 coup.The power-sharing agreement calls for Congress to decide whether to reinstate Zelaya and allow him to serve the remaining three months of his term.And while it imposed no deadline, Zelaya told The Associat...

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