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US increases pressure on Honduras

SIGNAL: A US State Department spokesman said the government was reviewing the visas of all Honduran officials serving under interim leader Roberto Micheletti

AP , OCOTAL, NICARAGUA

Honduras’ interim leaders have vowed to arrest Zelaya on charges of violating the Constitution if he sets foot in his homeland.

The charges stem from Zelaya defying a Supreme Court order in trying to hold a referendum asking Hondurans if they wanted a special assembly to rewrite the Constitution. Many people felt he wanted to end the constitutional provision limiting a president to a single term. Zelaya denied that was his intent.

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