Western Hemisphere
Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya will hold a meeting on Friday in Caracas with Venezuelan Head of State Hugo Chávez, said Rasel Tomé, an assistant of deposed Honduran leader.

The meeting will take place at Miraflores presidential palace during "the course of the day," said Tomé, after a press conference to be held in a Caracas hotel on Friday morning was cancelled. Zelaya's assistant did not provide further details on the agenda of the former Central American president, Efe reported.

Tomé said that the visit of Zelaya is part of a tour undertaken by the former Honduran President of a number of countries in the region.

According to several local newspapers, Zelaya arrived in Maiquetía airport on Thursday morning. There was an event to which the media was not invited. Then, he had a private meeting with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro.