Riot police stand guard near a demonstration demanding ousted President Manuel Zelaya's restitution, in Tegucigalpa. Photo AFP.From AFP:
GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) — Deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya called for a popular insurrection in his country so he can be returned to power after soldiers removed him at gunpoint in June.
Zelaya urged his supporters in Honduras to strike, march, and carry out takeovers and acts of civil disobedience because that is necessary "when the democratic order of a country is disrupted."
"The Honduran people have the right to insurrection," said Zelaya, speaking in the neighboring Central American country of Guatemala.
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