Honduras: Protests Against Presidential Coup (SLIDESHOW)

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said he will return to his country this week, bolstered by strong international support. World leaders including Barack Obama and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez have condemned the coup orchestrated by the Honduras military. Zelaya was taken from his home on Sunday morning and flown to Costa Rica. The interim president of Honduras' Congress, Roberto Micheletti, has said Zelaya could be met with an arrest warrant if he attempts to return to Honduras and regain control of the government.

On Monday hundreds of Honduras citizens took to the street near the presidential palace, protesting their leader's sudden disposal.

Here is a slideshow of the protests:

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A soldier walks in front of a graffiti reading 'Micheletti: You Are Not My President. The People', in the surroundings of the presidential palace in Tegucigalpa on July 1, 2009.

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[rssrai]

The new president is not even from Honduras.

[petera63]

Yeah, right, he's from Mars.

[Academic]

Where's the wall to wall coverage that the western media gave over the Iranian protests? Where are the outright condemnation by Barack, Gordon Brown, Angela Merkel; Sarkozy and the usual suspects? And where are the organised protests in western capitals with their attendant slogans of: "Where is my vote?"

This, after all was the overthrow of a democratically elected president. And isn't it democracy that the US and CO. say they want. Or is it only democracy like in the bought elections of Lebanon when the results are what the US and its allies want.

What stinking hypocrisy!

Professor Dr. Stanley Collymore.

[sloreader]

Incidental coverage at best for our neighbors to the South. Nothing new unfortunately.

[piul05]

Hmm...is there going to be a campaign here to wear blue bands in solidarity with the Honduran people?

Just asking....

[EmanuelWazar]

No. I guess we should just ignore everything and go on with our comfy lives.

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