New Honduras President Sets Curfew over Protest Fear

Roberto Micheletti ook office after troops ousted elected leader, Manuel Zelaya(on picture), and flew him to Costa Rica. File photo

Honduras newly sworn interim President, Roberto Micheletti, has imposed Sunday an overnight curfew over fear of protests.

The Congress speaker took office after troops ousted elected leader, Manuel Zelaya, and flew him to Costa Rica, the BBC reported

The removal of Zelaya came amid a power struggle over his plans for constitutional change.

Zelaya, who had been in power since 2006, wanted to hold a referendum that could have led to an extension of his non-renewable four-year term.

Polls for the referendum had been due to open early Sunday. However, troops instead took him from the presidential palace and flew him out of the country.

The ousting of Manuel Zelaya has been criticized by regional neighbors, the US, and the United Nations.

In the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, groups of Zelaya supporters were said to have set up barricades, while troops were at key sites.

Micheletti told a press conference that a nationwide curfew was being imposed for Sunday and Monday, running from 9 pm to 6 am on each night.

 

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