Honduran government orders curfew to block Zelaya’s return

September 28th, 2009 PORLAMAR - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva here said that it "does not accept ultimatums from a coup-making government". He was talking about the 10 days ultimatum given by the present Honduran government for clearing the status of expelled Honduran president Mel Zelaya who is holed up in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa.

September 22nd, 2009 TEGUCIGALPA - The de facto Honduran government imposed a nationwide curfew following the return of ousted President Mel Zelaya. The government's decision was televised while hundreds of Zelaya's supporters gathered outside the Brazilian Embassy where he is staying since Monday.

September 21st, 2009 Honduras orders curfew after ousted leader returnsTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The interim government in Honduras has extended a curfew to 26 hours after the ousted president unexpectedly returned home. The government of interim President Roberto Michelleti says in a statement that the curfew started at 4 p.m.

September 21st, 2009 TEGUCIGALPA - The interim Honduran government and the spokeswoman for the UN in Tegucigalpa denied that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya had returned Monday to the Central American country. Roberto Micheletti, the former Congress speaker designated to lead the country after Zelaya's ouster, and UN spokeswoman Ana Elsy Mendoza both denied that Zelaya had taken refuge at the UN office in Tegucigalpa.

September 21st, 2009 Honduras imposes curfew as ousted leader returnsTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The interim government in Honduras has ordered a 15-hour curfew after the ousted president unexpectedly returned home and supporters gathered in the streets to support him. The government of interim President Roberto Micheletti says the curfew starts at 4 p.m.

August 8th, 2009 Interim Honduras gov't insists Zelaya won't returnTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' coup-installed president says an OAS delegation traveling to the Central American country next week won't persuade him to allow the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Roberto Micheletti says the diplomats are welcome to come and learn about what led to Zelaya's June 28 ouster, but he vows that "no one will come here to give us orders." Micheletti insists he will leave the presidency in January, when a new president would take power following previously scheduled elections in November.

August 7th, 2009 OAS announces delegation to HondurasWASHINGTON — The Organization of American States has named a delegation to try to persuade the interim government in Honduras to return ousted President Manuel Zelaya. The OAS says foreign ministers from Argentina, Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico and the Dominican Republic will travel to Honduras on Tuesday.

July 30th, 2009 Ousted Honduran president: Military could rebelOCOTAL, Nicaragua — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says disgruntled military officers could rebel "at any moment" against the government installed in a coup. Zelaya says he has information that some soldiers and officers are "repudiating the way in which the military leadership is directing the armed forces." He warns young officers could rebel "at any moment" and force military chief Gen.

July 27th, 2009 TEGUCIGALPA - The Honduran government Sunday extended a curfew at the Honduran-Nicaraguan border in view of the volatile situation there. Thousands of supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya were waiting in El Paraiso, close to the Nicaraguan border, for the curfew to end, which was extended by 12 hours, so they can meet their leader at the border.

July 24th, 2009 Honduras imposes curfew as leader nears borderLAS MANOS, Nicaragua — Honduran security forces clashed with supporters of the country's ousted president on Friday as the government ordered everyone along the border off the streets in an attempt to block his return. Just across the border in Nicaragua, deposed President Manuel Zelaya led a swarm of reporters and security forces to the edge of the Honduran frontier.

July 24th, 2009 Honduras imposes curfew as leader plans returnEL PARAISO, Honduras — Security forces clashed with supporters of Honduras' ousted president on Friday as the government ordered everyone along the border off the streets in an attempt to block his return. Thousands of Hondurans flocked to the remote border between Honduras and Nicaragua to support Manuel Zelaya's bid to reclaim the presidency from the government that ousted him in a June 28 coup.

July 24th, 2009 Honduras imposes daytime curfew for borderTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' coup-installed government has ordered people off the streets along its border with Nicaragua as the country's deposed president prepares to return home. The administration of Roberto Micheletti says all people must stay indoors starting at noon Friday until 6 a.m.

July 16th, 2009 Honduran interim government reinstates curfewTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' interim government suggested that backers of ousted President Manuel Zelaya were taking up arms to return him to power and itreinstated an overnight curfew it had lifted only days earlier. Interim President Roberto Micheletti said Wednesday that forces he didn't identify "were handing out some guns" to foment rebellion.

July 6th, 2009 TEGUCIGALPA - At least two people were killed and two others were injured Sunday in clashes between soldiers and hundreds of supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya at Toncontin airport in Tegucigalpa. Police confirmed the deaths and said the clashes erupted when Zelaya's supporters attempted to occupy the runway.

July 5th, 2009 TEGUCIGALPA - The Honduran government installed after last week's coup Sunday prevented the return to the country of democratically elected Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. Alfredo San Martin, head of Honduras' Civil Aviation, said the plane carrying Zelaya was diverted to El Salvador.