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| Envoy to take demand to Honduras | Envoy to take demand to Honduras |
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| A top Latin American diplomat due to visit Honduras says he will demand the restoration of the country's deposed President, Manuel Zelaya. | A top Latin American diplomat due to visit Honduras says he will demand the restoration of the country's deposed President, Manuel Zelaya. |
| Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States, said he would not negotiate with the interim government. | |
| To meet those behind last Sunday's coup would be seen as giving them legitimacy, he argued. | To meet those behind last Sunday's coup would be seen as giving them legitimacy, he argued. |
| The interim government says that it may agree to early elections. | The interim government says that it may agree to early elections. |
| We are not going to Honduras to negotiate Miguel Insulza Secretary generalOrganization of American States An old-fashioned coup in Honduras? | |
| It says Mr Zelaya is a criminal who was seeking to rule indefinitely but world leaders including President Barack Obama have said he remains the country's democratically elected leader. | It says Mr Zelaya is a criminal who was seeking to rule indefinitely but world leaders including President Barack Obama have said he remains the country's democratically elected leader. |
| Mr Zelaya was forced into exile last weekend after the coup, which was authorised by the Honduran supreme court. | |
| Recent days have seen large demonstrations in Honduras both for and against the exiled president. | Recent days have seen large demonstrations in Honduras both for and against the exiled president. |
| 'Very hard' | 'Very hard' |
| "I will do everything I can but I think it will be very hard to turn things around in a couple of days," Mr Insulza said at a summit of Caribbean leaders in Georgetown, Guyana. | "I will do everything I can but I think it will be very hard to turn things around in a couple of days," Mr Insulza said at a summit of Caribbean leaders in Georgetown, Guyana. |
| Miguel Insulza (left) says he will not negotiate with the coup leaders | Miguel Insulza (left) says he will not negotiate with the coup leaders |
| "We are not going to Honduras to negotiate. We are going to Honduras to ask them to change what they have been doing." | "We are not going to Honduras to negotiate. We are going to Honduras to ask them to change what they have been doing." |
| The OAS earlier gave Honduras until the weekend to act or face suspension from the group. | The OAS earlier gave Honduras until the weekend to act or face suspension from the group. |
| Mr Zelaya delayed his planned return home on Thursday in response to the deadline. | Mr Zelaya delayed his planned return home on Thursday in response to the deadline. |
| Several hundred Zelaya supporters marched through the streets of the capital Tegucigalpa on Thursday, the BBC's Stephen Gibbs reports. | Several hundred Zelaya supporters marched through the streets of the capital Tegucigalpa on Thursday, the BBC's Stephen Gibbs reports. |
| Leading the crowd were motorcyclists, many wearing masks to prevent them being recognised. | Leading the crowd were motorcyclists, many wearing masks to prevent them being recognised. |
| Graffiti artists joined them, stopping to write "down with the coup" and paint images of the iconic revolutionary Che Guevara on some of the capital's historic buildings. | Graffiti artists joined them, stopping to write "down with the coup" and paint images of the iconic revolutionary Che Guevara on some of the capital's historic buildings. |
| A substantial number of the demonstrators had come from poor rural communities outside the capital. | A substantial number of the demonstrators had come from poor rural communities outside the capital. |
| They said Mr Zelaya had always been on their side. | They said Mr Zelaya had always been on their side. |
| The march appeared well organised, our correspondent adds. | The march appeared well organised, our correspondent adds. |
| Direct confrontation with the police and soldiers who are guarding government buildings was avoided but pamphlets were distributed, saying people had no duty to obey a government which came to power through force. | Direct confrontation with the police and soldiers who are guarding government buildings was avoided but pamphlets were distributed, saying people had no duty to obey a government which came to power through force. |
| Those many Hondurans who do not agree with the protesters watched with dismay from the sidelines, our correspondent adds. | Those many Hondurans who do not agree with the protesters watched with dismay from the sidelines, our correspondent adds. |
| They say Mr Zelaya's supporters are a vocal, but dangerous, minority. | They say Mr Zelaya's supporters are a vocal, but dangerous, minority. |