THIS IS NOT A COUNTRY; IT'S A JAIL
Ante dicho acto se han interpuesto diversos recursos de amparo ante el ilegal e inconstitucional toque de queda que mantiene el caos y desencanto de parte de la población.
El comercio y la vida social o pública se encuentran en total congelamiento al igual que las vías de transporte aéreas al ser cerrados por tiempo indefinido los 4 aeropuertos internacionales del país.
Micheletti: “Zelaya continues lying”
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El presidente interino de Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, señaló a BBC Mundo que no hubo muertos en enfrentamientos entra la policía y manifestantes frente a la embajada de Brasil en Tegucigalpa.
Micheletti agregó que el presidente depuesto, Manuel Zelaya, “sigue mintiendo”.Vea un extracto de las declaraciones de Micheletti en este video de BBC Mundo
Soldiers Surround Zelaya
Supporters at Brazil's embassy driven away
Noe Leiva, Agence France-Presse Published: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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Manuel Zelaya, the ousted president of Honduras, sleeps inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa yesterday. Zelaya ended almost three months of exile by sneaking into Honduras on Monday, seeking refuge at the Brazilian embassy to avoid being arrested. Edgard Garrido, Reuters Manuel Zelaya, the ousted president of Honduras, sleeps inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa yesterday. Zelaya ended almost three months of exile by sneaking into Honduras on Monday, seeking ...
TEGUCIGALPA - Honduran soldiers surrounded the Brazilian embassy yesterday where deposed president Manuel Zelaya is holed up to avoid arrest, after using tear gas to drive away thousands of his supporters.
Soldiers in masks wielded truncheons as they broke up a demonstration by 4,000 followers who had camped out overnight to protect the man they see as the rightful leader of their country.
Four of them were shot and injured, said Juan Barahona, coordinator of the Resistance Front Against the June 28 Coup.
Mr. Zelaya made a surprise return to Honduras on Monday, three months after being ousted in a military-backed coup, prompting a tense standoff in Tegucigalpa that coincided with world leaders gathering for the UN General Assembly.
In New York, Hillary Clinton, the U. S. Secretary of State, called for Mr. Zelaya to be restored as president and appealed for calm, while Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian President, described Honduras as "in a state of siege."
The de facto government imposed a curfew and closed all airports as it sought to head off pro-Zelaya protests.
Roberto Micheletti, the interim leader, has shown no signs of yielding, lashing out against pressure from the United States and other governments for a negotiated resolution to the crisis and demanding Brazil give Mr. Zelaya refugee status or hand him over.
"He has been lying to the whole world and particularly Hondurans," Mr. Micheletti told Colombian radio yesterday.
Mr. Zelaya lost his presidential power after violating the constitution through his controversial bid to change it, which provoked the crisis, he added.
Mr. Lula da Silva reiterated Brazil's complete support for Mr. Zelaya and said he had spoken to him on Monday, urging him to "be very careful not to allow any pretext for the coup plotters to resort to violence."
The deposed president said yesterday he had spoken with police and soldiers the day before to "seek a way out of the crisis." He accused his rivals of trying to further isolate Honduras and prevent access to international negotiators.
"Fighting for democracy shouldn't be a crime. I think we have to seek to come together directly in order to achieve peace," he said.
In New York, Ms. Clinton called for calm and reiterated U. S. backing for Mr. Zelaya to be reinstalled.
"Now that President Zelaya is back, it would be opportune to restore him to his position under appropriate circumstances, get on with the election that is currently scheduled for November, have a peaceful transition of presidential authority and get Honduras back to constitutional and democratic order," she said on Monday.
The Secretary of State has been meeting Oscar Arias, the Costa Rican President and a Nobel peace laureate who has been trying to broker peace talks between the Zelaya camp and the interim government.
For his part, Mr. Micheletti lashed out at Ms. Clinton and Mr. Arias in remarks that raised fears the military might be asked to storm the embassy.
"Let's hope for Dona Hillary's and Mr. Arias's sake, after the pleasure they took in President Zelaya's arrival here, that there will not be consequences to regret," he said.
Mr. Zelaya, who was democratically elected, veered to the left after he took office and alienated some Hondurans by aligning himself with Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan President.
He was ousted after he attempted to introduce changes to the constitution that would allow him to run for office again.
Mr. Micheletti has said he will step aside after presidential elections on Nov. 29.
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