subject: Rounded Up And Held At Christian Louboutin [print this page] The government laid siege to the Brazilian embassy, cutting off its electricity and water supply. When some 2,500 stone-throwing demonstrators gathered outside early on September 22nd, troops used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse them. At least one person was later killed; hospitals reported treating 83 people for injuries, five from gunshots; another 200 were rounded up and held at a baseball stadium. christian louboutin Mr Zelaya, a Liberal businessman, polarised his country when he moved into alliance with Venezuela's Mr Chavez. Honduras's Supreme Court ordered his arrest when he persisted with a plan to organise a consultative ballot on changing the constitution, seemingly to allow himself to stand for a second consecutive term in an election due on November 29th. Mr Micheletti, who took over with the backing of the Congress, the court and the army, has said he will step down after the election. He claims Mr Zelaya's ousting was a "constitutional succession", not a coup. Christian Louboutin Pumps But many in Latin America saw Mr Zelaya's arrest in his pyjamas as an unacceptable throwback to the region's dark past. Barack Obama's administration is determined not to repeat the diplomatic mistake of its predecessor, which appeared to condone a short-lived coup against Mr Chavez in 2002. No government in the Americas has recognised Mr Micheletti. Most backed a mediation effort by Oscar Arias, Costa Rica's president, who proposed that Mr Zelaya should be restored but only until the end of his term in January, and with his powers curtailed. Christian Boots Mr Micheletti refused to accept this. As a result, Honduras has lost promised foreign aid worth 6% of its GDP, and the United States has revoked the visas of several officials in the de facto government. But no country has imposed trade sanctions. Christian Pumps
