(L-R) Representative of the mission Arturo Coralles of Honduran de facto government, Former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos,U.S. Labour Secretary Hilda Solis and Jorge Arturo Reina, a representative of the mission of the ousted president Manuel Zelaya during a news conference in Tegucigalpa November 4, 2009. Zelaya may have jeopardized his bid to return to power by agreeing to a U.S.-brokered pact to end a four-month political crisis because the pact contains no guarantees for him. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

(L-R) Representative of the mission Arturo Coralles of Honduran de facto government, Former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos,U.S. Labour Secretary Hilda Solis and Jorge Arturo Reina, a representative of the mission of the ousted president Manuel Zelaya during a news conference in Tegucigalpa November 4, 2009. Zelaya may have jeopardized his bid to return to power by agreeing to a U.S.-brokered pact to end a four-month political crisis because the pact contains no guarantees for him.

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  1. Former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos delivers a speech in front of a billboard of Chilean presidential candidate Eduardo Frei, from the government coalition, after a meeting at a hotel in Santiago December 13, 2009. Chileans vote on Sunday for a new president. Chileans vote on Sunday for a new president, and polls tip conservative Chilean billionaire businessman Sebastian Pinera to lead the election and go on to win a January run-off, ousting the left that has ruled for 20 years since the end of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. The billboard reads "Everyone by Chile, everyone by Frei".
  2. Former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos walks past a billboard of Chilean presidential candidate Eduardo Frei, from the government coalition, after a meeting at a hotel in Santiago December 13, 2009. Chileans vote on Sunday for a new president. Chileans vote on Sunday for a new president, and polls tip conservative Chilean billionaire businessman Sebastian Pinera to lead the election and go on to win a January run-off, ousting the left that has ruled for 20 years since the end of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
  3. Chilean presidential candidate Eduardo Frei (L), from the government coalition, and former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos drink coffee at a hotel in Santiago December 13, 2009. Chileans voted on Sunday for a new president, and polls tip conservative Chilean billionaire businessman Sebastian Pinera to lead the election and go on to win a January run-off, ousting the left that has ruled for 20 years since the end of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
  4. Chilean presidential candidate Eduardo Frei (R), from the government coalition, shakes hands with former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos during a meeting at a hotel in Santiago December 13, 2009. Chileans voted on Sunday for a new president, and polls tip conservative Chilean billionaire businessman Sebastian Pinera to lead the election and go on to win a January run-off, ousting the left that has ruled for 20 years since the end of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
  5. Chile's former President Ricardo Lagos walks by a portrait of government coalition presidential candidate Eduardo Frei after meeting Frei for coffee at his campaign headquarters during general elections in Santiago, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009.
  6. Chile's former President Ricardo Lagos speaks to reporters after meeting with government coalition presidential candidate Eduardo Frei at Frei's campaign headquarters during general elections in Santiago, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. The banner reads in Spanish "All for Chile, All for Frei, President 2010."
  7. A supporter of deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya takes part in a meeting in Tegucigalpa on November 1, 2009. Rival sides in Honduras have finalized a deal to end four months of political crisis that paves the way for ousted President Manuel Zelaya's return to his post pending approval by Congress. The accord between Zelaya and de facto leader Roberto Micheletti includes a power-sharing government and a congressional decision on Zelaya's brief reinstatement ahead of presidential polls next month.
  8. Zoe Zelaya, daughter of deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, waits for permission to pass through the siege of the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa on November 1, 2009. Rival sides in Honduras have finalized a deal to end four months of political crisis that paves the way for ousted President Manuel Zelaya's return to his post pending approval by Congress. The accord between Zelaya and de facto leader Roberto Micheletti includes a power-sharing government and a congressional decision on Zelaya's brief reinstatement ahead of presidential polls next month.
  9. A supporter of deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya wears a mask on All Saints Day as he uses his mobile during a meeting in Tegucigalpa on November 1, 2009. Rival sides in Honduras have finalized a deal to end four months of political crisis that paves the way for ousted President Manuel Zelaya's return to his post pending approval by Congress. The accord between Zelaya and de facto leader Roberto Micheletti includes a power-sharing government and a congressional decision on Zelaya's brief reinstatement ahead of presidential polls next month.
  10. Halloween masks are sold during a concert organized by the resistance supporting toppled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, in San Miguel neighbourhood in Tegucigalpa, on October 31, 2009. Rival sides in Honduras have finalized a deal to end four months of political crisis that paves the way for ousted President Manuel Zelaya's return to his post pending approval by Congress. The accord between Zelaya and de facto leader Roberto Micheletti includes a power-sharing government and a congressional decision on Zelaya's brief reinstatement ahead of presidential polls next month.
  11. A backer of toppled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya takes part in a rally in his support, in San Miguel neighbourhood in Tegucigalpa, on October 31, 2009. Rival sides in Honduras have finalized a deal to end four months of political crisis that paves the way for ousted President Manuel Zelaya's return to his post pending approval by Congress. The accord between Zelaya and de facto leader Roberto Micheletti includes a power-sharing government and a congressional decision on Zelaya's brief reinstatement ahead of presidential polls next month.
  12. A soldier leaves the seige of the Brazilian embassy where toppled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is staying, in Tegucigalpa on October 31, 2009. Rival sides in Honduras have finalized a deal to end four months of political crisis that paves the way for ousted President Manuel Zelaya's return to his post pending approval by Congress. The accord between Zelaya and de facto leader Roberto Micheletti includes a power-sharing government and a congressional decision on Zelaya's brief reinstatement ahead of presidential polls next month.
  13. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 03: Members of the Obama administration, including White House National Economic Council Director Larry Summers (2R), participate in the opening session of the administration's Jobs and Economic Growth Forum in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building December 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Vice President Joe Biden also delivered remarks. The White House is billing the forum as an opportunity for Obama and his economic team to hear from CEOs, small business owners, labor leaders and nonprofit heads about economic policy.
  14. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 03: CEOs, small business owners, labor leaders, nonprofit heads and others listen to U.S. President Barack Obama deliver remarks during the opening session of the administration's Jobs and Economic Growth Forum in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building December 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Vice President Joe Biden also delivered remarks. The White House is billing the forum as an opportunity for Obama and his economic team to hear from the leaders about economic policy.
  15. From left, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, and Energy Secretary Steven Chu, listen as President Barack Obama speaks at the opening of his jobs summit, officially known as the Jobs and Economic Growth Forum, Thursday, Dec. 3,2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington.
  16. Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya (L) greets José Octavio Borbon (R) and Enrique Correa, representatives of US Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa on November 5, 2009. Zelaya will not present candidates for a national unity government, due to start work Thursday, unless congress first returns him to power, one of his advisers said.

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