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Honduran front-runner key to negotiations

‘IN PRIVATEPorfirio Lobo has a strong lead in opinion polls, but Honduras could remain diplomatically isolated if deposed president Manuel Zelaya is not reinstated

REUTERS , TEGUCIGALPA

The crisis has been a diplomatic headache for the US and Brazil.

Zelaya remains camped out in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, where he took refuge after sneaking back into the country under cover in September.

Human rights groups have documented abuses by the de facto government, which has clamped down on protests and last month curbed civil liberties with a decree to temporarily shut down opposition news stations.

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