Americas Features

In Pictures: 'Honduras Crisis'

By James Wray Jun 29, 2009, 19:31 GMT

Honduran soldiers stand guard as they are deployed in front of the Presidential House in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 29 June 2009. According to local media sources, the city is apparently calm after an overnight curfew imposed by the interim President Roberto Micheletti. Despite the curfew, a group of supporters of the ousted President Manuel Zelaya gathered outside the Presidential House. EPA/ROBERTO ESCOBAR

A group of Honduran demonstrators built barricades in front of the Presidential House in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 29 June 2009. According to local media sources, the city is apparently calm after an overnight curfew imposed by the interim President Roberto Micheletti. Despite the curfew, a group of supporters of the ousted President Manuel Zelaya gathered outside the Presidential House. EPA/ROBERTO ESCOBAR

A Honduran hooded man stands in front of the Presidential House in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 29 June 2009. According to local media sources, the city is apparently calm after an overnight curfew imposed by the interim President Roberto Micheletti. Despite the curfew, a group of supporters of the ousted President Manuel Zelaya gathered outside the Presidential House. EPA/ROBERTO ESCOBAR

Hondurans take part in a protest in front of the Presidential House in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 29 June 2009. According to local media sources, the city is apparently calm after an overnight curfew imposed by the interim President Roberto Micheletti. Despite the curfew, a group of supporters of the ousted President Manuel Zelaya gathered outside the Presidential House. EPA/ROBERTO ESCOBAR

A photograph made available on 29 June 2009, shows (from left to right) Honduran President deprived by the congress Manuel Zelaya, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez, and Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, attending the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America (ALBA) extraordinary meeting in Managua, Nicaragua, late 28 June 2009. The leaders attended an extraordinary meeting of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America (ALBA, as in Spanish), during which they called the Honduran people to rebel against the coup which expelled president Manuel Zelaya from power. EPA/MARIO LOPEZ

Supporters of the ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya gather in front of the Presidential House in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 29 June 2009. The city is apparently calm after an overnight curfew imposed by the interim President Roberto Micheletti. EPA/GUSTAVO AMADOR

A photograph made available on 29 June 2009, shows Honduran President deprived by the congress Manuel Zelaya speaking during the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America (ALBA) exrtraordinary meeting in Managua, Nicaragua, on 28 June 2009. The Honduran President joined the leaders of Honduras, Venezuela, Ecuador and Nicaragua for an extraordinary meeting of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America (ALBA, as in Spanish), during which they called the Honduran people to rebel against the coup which expelled president Manuel Zelaya from power. EPA/MARIO LOPEZ

A photograph made available on 29 June 2009, shows the Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (R) listening to his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez (R) during the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America (ALBA) exrtraordinary meeting in Managua, Nicaragua, 28 June 2009. Leaders of Honduras, Venezuela, Ecuador and Nicaragua met for an extraordinary meeting of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America (ALBA, as in Spanish), during which they called the Honduran people to rebel against the coup which expelled President Manuel Zelaya from power. EPA/MARIO LOPEZ

A hand out picture provided by the Venezuelan presidency shows ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya with the Presidents of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez (2-R), Ecuador, Rafael Correa (R), and his host from Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega (C) as they attend a joint press conference at the extraordinary meeting of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America (ALBA) in Managua, Nicaragua, 28 June 2009.. EPA/VENEZUELAN PRESIDENCY / HO EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

A hand out picture provided by the Venezuelan presidency shows ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya as he greets the participants at the extraordinary meeting of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America (ALBA) joint press conference in Managua, Nicaragua, 28 June 2009. EPA/VENEZUELAN PRESIDENCY / HO EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya (2-L) with Nicaraguan President, Daniel Ortega (L) and Venezuela, Hugo Chave (R) on his arrival at Managua´s International Airport in Managua, Nicaragua, 28 June 2009. All the heads of state will attend an extraordinary meeting of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America (ALBA). EPA/MARIO LOPEZ