 Day 19
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Honduran
Interim Government Reimposes Curfew
Tegucigalpa - The
Honduran interim government said late
Wednesday that a curfew would be reinstated
from midnight to 5 a.m.
The curfew would be reimposed due to
"continued, open threats by groups who seek
to provoke disturbances and disorder," the
interim presidency said in a statement.
Thousands of demonstrators marched through
the Honduran capital on Wednesday, calling
for ousted President Manuel Zelaya's
reinstatement, before internationally
brokered talks resume on Saturday in Costa
Rica.
Zelaya's supporters threatened strikes and
workers at state-owned companies are
planning walkouts later this week,
increasing pressure on interim leader
Roberto Micheletti's de facto government.
Earlier Wednesday, Micheletti said he was
ready to resign on the condition that Zelaya
does not return to power.
Micheletti told reporters he is "willing to
leave office if at some point that decision
is needed to bring peace and tranquility to
the country, but without any return, and I
stress that, of former President Zelaya."
Micheletti was appointed interim president
by the congress hours after Zelaya was
seized from his bed and forcefully flown to
Costa Rica on June 28.
Zelaya, with wide international support, has
been actively pressing for his
reinstatement. On Tuesday, he called on the
Honduran people to stage an "insurrection"
against the de facto government to help
bring him back to power.
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