Word: tegucigalpa
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...Hillary Clinton said he and Micheletti now had "the best opportunity" to sign a deal brokered by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias that would reinstall Zelaya while granting amnesty to the coup leaders. But Amselem, a holdover from the George W. Bush Administration, called Zelaya's surprise reappearance in Tegucigalpa "irresponsible and foolish." Many diplomats say Micheletti took that as a green light to resist the accord and crack down on Zelaya supporters inside Honduras...
...have informed them that the Obama Administration is mulling ways to legitimize the election should talks fail to restore Zelaya in time. "We're suddenly hearing from them that the one may no longer be a [precondition] for the other," says a Western diplomat in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, where Zelaya is currently holed up in the Brazilian embassy. (See TIME's photo-essay "Violence Erupts During Honduras Protests...
Deposed President Manuel Zelaya stole back into Honduras Sept. 21 and holed up at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, bringing to a head the political crisis that has engulfed the country since his June ouster. Zelaya, whom the international community still considers Honduras' legitimate leader, called for talks with the new government, as thousands of his supporters camped outside the embassy and clashed with police...
Zelaya's dramatic bid to fly home fails after police block the runway at Tegucigalpa's airport. At least one protester is killed during the ensuing melee, and Zelaya's plane is forced to divert to Nicaragua. The U.S. quickly condemns the violence...
Calling himself "the President legitimately elected," Zelaya returns to Honduras, taking refuge at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa...