Taking part in a rally protesting the military coup and the shooting death a day earlier of a teenage demonstrator, a masked backer of the deposed president of Honduras encounters a police phalanx in Tegucigalpa, the capital. Yuri Cortez / AFP/Getty ImagesZelaya To Discuss Honduras Crisis With Clinton -- Yahoo News/AP
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Diplomatic efforts to restore Manuel Zelaya to Honduras' presidency shifted back to Washington on Tuesday, as supporters of the ousted leader threatened to escalate protests across the poor Central American nation.
Zelaya was scheduled to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton while backers of isolated interim President Roberto Micheletti came to make their case to journalists and opinion-makers in Washington.
Zelaya said he hopes to ensure U.S. support for diplomatic efforts to restore him to power. The visit comes a day after his attempt to fly home was blocked by the interim government that ousted him in a coup.
Micheletti, meanwhile, appeared to open some space for a settlement.
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More News On The Unrest In Honduras
Clinton Agrees To Meet Zelaya -- Washington Post
Ousted Honduras leader to meet with Clinton -- L.A. Times
Clinton to meet with ousted Honduran president -- ABC
Ousted Honduran president expected in Washington -- Breitbart/AP
Protests grow in Honduras as Manuel Zelaya heads to US -- The Australian
US Deplores Honduras Violence, Urges Dialogue -- Voice of America
Honduras' Manuel Zelaya plots new strategy to get home -- Miami Herald
Both Sides in Honduras Reach Out to the U.S. -- new York Times
Why Honduras matters to Chavez -- BBC
Mexico to consider offering asylum to Zelaya: official -- China View
Honduran crisis should serve as hemispheric wake-up call -- Miami Herald
Honduran coup tests Obama in Latin America -- Reuters
In Russia, President Obama Explains His Support for Ousted President of Honduras -- ABC News
Obama Is in Russia, but Honduras Is Where the Action Is -- Dennis Prager, Townhall
Who Cares About Zelaya? -- New York Times Editorial
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