Tegucigalpa - Honduras' ousted president Manuel Zelaya has expressed hope of an end to the country's political crisis, saying he was receiving "signs of good will from all sectors.""We have received different proposals" from the private sector, the army and "different sectors saying Honduras cannot remain in a situation of confrontation and that we need to relaunch a dialogue," Zelaya told Canal 11 television overnight into Wednesday.
Zelaya has been staying at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa since returning secretly to the Central American country on September 21.
Zelaya said he was meeting an official of the Organization of American States (OAS), who was already in the country, on Wednesday.
He was later planning to meet OAS representatives who were coming to Honduras to prepare a visit of several OAS foreign ministers.
The chief of Honduras' Armed Forces, General Romeo Vasquez Velasquez, said Tuesday that the end of the political crisis was near.
Vasquez - whose troops ousted Zelaya on June 28, arresting him, sending him into exile and twice preventing his return - told Honduran television that the country is "quickly" approaching a solution.
The Honduran Roman Catholic Church and the main candidates in the presidential election scheduled for November 29 - regarded as illegitimate by the international community - are promoting a dialogue between Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti, who was designated to head the government set up after the coup.
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, who has been acting as a mediator in the Honduran crisis, told Colombian media that there were no guarantees on holding the election in the face of restrictions on personal liberty in Honduras.
"You have to ask for permission from the army and the police to be able to hold a political rally, and that creates an absolutely illogical atmosphere to carry out an electoral campaign," Arias said.
While he acknowledged the importance of the vote to "turn over the page," he said that, in order to be relevant, the election has "to take place in an atmosphere of normality and to be transparent and to be able to have international observers."
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued a statement in Washington on Honduras, criticizing the de facto government for "violating international law" by "restricting basic human rights" to "sustain an illegitimate government."
Zelaya criticized Lewis Amselem, the US representative to the OAS, for having described his return to Honduras as "irresponsible" and saying he acted "like a movie star."
Amselem was "rude" and his statements were "unfortunate," Zelaya told Telesur television in statements broadcast in Venezuela, stressing that US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton backed his restoration to power.
Zelaya late Monday issued a plea for help to the United Nations General Assembly, saying his country had turned into a dictatorship.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that Honduras' harassment of Brazilian embassy staff in Tegucigalpa is against international law.
Brazil has said Zelaya can stay inside its embassy compound in Tegucigalpa as long as necessary. Honduras' de facto government on Saturday gave Brazil a 10-day deadline to hand Zelaya over or grant him asylum.
