Zelaya warns US support for Honduras elections divisive

[Louisiana1976]

US support for Sunday's presidential election in Honduras is creating a grave, undemocratic precedent, ousted president Manuel Zelaya has said.

Mr Zelaya told Reuters the US position had "divided the Americas".

The Obama administration had indicated it would not recognise the election unless Mr Zelaya was restored to power.

But the State Department said this week it backed the election process as an "essential part" of the solution to the five-month political crisis.

"It's important that these elections be seen as free, fair and transparent and are monitored by a credible international monitoring process," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said on Tuesday.

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