Manuel Zelaya urged his supporters to carry out only "peaceful resistance"
Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted from office in 2009, has returned to Honduras.
Mr Zelaya was forced into exile by the military after he failed to abide by a Supreme Court order to cancel a non-binding vote on changing the constitution.
Thousands of supporters greeted him at the airport in Tegucigalpa.
A deal signed by Mr Zelaya and current President Porfirio Lobo on Monday helped pave the way for his return.
Mr Zelaya arrived on board a private plane from Nicaragua.
Speaking to his cheering supporters in Tegucigalpa, he urged an end to "coups" in Honduras, saying that resistance should be "peaceful".
"The problem of poverty, of corruption, of the great challenges of Latin American societies won't be resolved through violence, but through more democracy," the former president said.
Earlier, he admitted that his exile had been "torture".
His wife, Xiomara Castro, said: "Today we begin the true reconciliation in Honduras."
A larger crowd of Mr Zelaya's supporters is expected in the capital later on Saturday.
Mr Zelaya's return became possible after Mr Zelaya signed an agreement with his successor, Mr Lobo, in Colombia on Monday.
The accord, negotiated by the Venezuelan and the Colombian presidents, also prepares the way for Honduras's re-entry in the Organisation of American States.
Honduras had been expelled from the regional body after Mr Zelaya's forced departure.
Coppied by http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13586991
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