More photos from Honduran coup

Zelaya's supports cheer as they watch his plane circle the city.

A woman shows her support for Zelaya in front of the riot police.

Salvadoran president Mauricio Funes (right) expresses his support for Zelaya (center) at a press conference in San Salvador while Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa looks on.

Protesters at the airport push against the riot police's shields.

A wounded man at the airport.

A young man is carried to safety after clashing with the riot police.

- Sara Skinner, US Grassroots Coordinator
*Photos from AP.

Update on coup in Honduras

In an effort to restrict public demonstrations in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran Congress passed a decree to institute curfews throughout the city. According to Reuters, the decree also allows security forces to hold suspects for more than 24 hours without charge, enter homes without a warrant, and prohibit the people right to assemble at night. This is an alarming development that highlights the rogue coup government's development into a fascist state.

- Sara Skinner, US Grassroots Coordinator
*Photos from AP.

PHOTOS: Coup in Honduras Turns Violent

Tear gas in the street.

A photographer is cornered by the riot police.

A soldier points a gun at the demonstrators.

Protesters fight back against riot police in Tegucigalpa.

Anti-coup protestors prepare themselves to fight.

Police hold a citizen down on the ground. The wall in the background reads, "Private Property."

An older man is beaten by police.

A demonstrator puts pressure on a friend's head wound to curb the bleeding.

Chaos in the streets.

Citizens shield their eyes from tear gas used to disperse the crowds.

The riot police are ready to fire at the protesters.

Riot police cover themselves with their shields.

Demonstrators take on the riot police.

- Sara Skinner, US Grassroots Coordinator

Pictures from coup d'etat in Honduras

A wounded protester lies on the street.

General Romeo Vásquez, mastermind of the coup d'etat, states, "No one is above the law."

A soldier stands ready to fire.

The military goes after the press.

Vehicles aim water with chemicals at the population who is resisting.

Protesters confront the military to fight for democracy.

A soldier holds an anti-coup protester at gunpoint.

The police are guarded by shields while protesters aren't armed.

An anti-coup protestor picks up a can of tear-gas aimed at him and throws it back.

A wounded woman is being transported by the military.

Anti-coup protesters and the military face each other.

Two soldiers stop a photographer.

Soldiers chase after two young women holding their country's flag

Soldiers keep a man pinned to the ground at gunpoint.

Protesters build barricades near the presidential house.

Protesters against the coup throw rocks at the Honduran military.

Soldiers clash with anti-coup protesters.

A wounded woman is led to safety.
The new "president" of Honduras, Roberto Micheletti.

A Zelaya supporter sings the national anthem outside the presidential house.

- Sara Skinner, US Grassroots Coordinator

*Photos from AP.

El Salvador's response to Honduran coup

In the wake of the coup d'etat in Honduras, Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes announced his support for and recognition of Manuel "Mel" Zelaya as the democratically-elected president of Honduras. Funes reiterated his support while attending a meeting for the System for Central American Integration, whose attendees included Guatemalan President Alvaro Colóm, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, Mexican President Felipe Calderón, and Honduran Chancellor Patricia Rodas. Funes stated that he is seeking support for the diplomatic isolation of the coup's leaders. As a result of the meeting, SICA participating countries have removed Honduran ambassadors; however, the Salvadoran Chancellery clarified that El Salvador will not close the Honduran Embassy. The Salvadoran government, along with Honduras' other neighboring countries, has halted commerce along the country's border with Honduras for 48 hours.

In a press conference on Sunday, FMLN party leaders condemned the coup d'etat in Honduras. Sigfrido Reyes, the FMLN's communications secretary and vice-president of the Legislative Assembly, defended Manuel Zelaya, stating, "President Zelaya was not asking to continue to be in power, rather he was asking for a citizen consultation to ask the Honduran people if they wanted to have a fourth ballot box in the November elections."

Many suspect that Mauricio Funes and his new government is watching the Honduran coup with a strong sense of unease. Funes is the first leftist president in the history of El Salvador, and the former ruling party, ARENA, and other conservative parties continue to control the National Civil Police and the Legislative Assembly.

- Sara Skinner, US Grassroots Coordinator

*Photo from Diario CoLatino.

Coup d'etat in Honduras

On Sunday, June 29, the Honduran military awakened the Honduran president, Mel Zelaya, and forced him on a plane to Costa Rica in an illegal coup d'etat. The coup occurred on the day that Hondurans were to vote to hold a Constitutional Assembly in November which could allow Mr. Zelaya to run for a second term. The coup was led by General Romeo Vásquez, a graduate of the infamous School of the Americas, who opposed the vote for the Constitutional Assembly, and is supported by the Honduran Congress and the Supreme Court.

The coup in Honduras echoes Central America's violent history of military coups. As phone lines are cut and national TV channels are taken off the air, Hondurans are taking to the streets to denounce the military's actions and are calling for international support. There are reports that demonstrators have been beaten, arbitrarily detained, and assassinated by the Honduran military.

Demonstrations against the coup in Honduras have taken place across the United States. Yesterday, demonstrators gathered in front of the White House and the Honduran Embassy to demand that the US Government not recognize the Honduran coup government and that the United States cut off all aid to Honduras until Mr. Zelaya returns to office. President Obama stated, "We are very clear about the fact that President Zelaya is the democratically-elected president." He added, "It would be a terrible precedent if we start moving backwards into the era in which we are seeing military coups as a means of political transition rather than democratic elections....we don't want to go back to a dark past."

SUPPORT DEMOCRACY IN HONDURAS!

The SHARE Foundation urges you to:

• Call the White House comment line at (202) 456-1111.
• Send an email to President Obama at http://www.whitehouse.gov/CONTACT.
• Call the State Department comment line at (202) 647-4000.

Sample message:

President Obama, I urge you to suspend all aid to the Honduran coup government. President Zelaya is supported by Honduras' poor majority, including members of labor and social movements, tens of thousands of whom have come out in the streets to support his return.

Give your name, city and state.

- Sara Skinner, US Grassroots Coordinator

*Photos from El País and AP.