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Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has been arrested by troops ahead of a controversial constitutional referendum.Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has been arrested by troops ahead of a controversial constitutional referendum.
Mr Zelaya's secretary said that the president had been taken to an airbase outside the capital, Tegucigalpa.Mr Zelaya's secretary said that the president had been taken to an airbase outside the capital, Tegucigalpa.
The move comes days after the president sacked the armed forces chief, who had refused to back the referendum plan.The move comes days after the president sacked the armed forces chief, who had refused to back the referendum plan.
Mr Zelaya - elected in 2006 for a non-renewable four-year term - wants a vote to enable him to seek a second term. Mr Zelaya, elected for a non-renewable four-year term in January 2006, wants a vote to enable him to seek a new term.
An AP reporter saw dozens of soldiers surround the president's house on Sunday morning and about 60 police guarding the house. A reporter for the Associated Press news agency said he had seen dozens of soldiers surround the president's house on Sunday morning and about 60 police guarding the house.
It comes after Mr Zelaya - an ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez - told Spain's El Pais newspaper a planned coup attempt against him was thwarted after the US refused to back it. MANUEL ZELAYA Won the Honduran presidential election for the Liberal Party in November 2005, beating the ruling National Party's candidateHas moved Honduras away from its traditional ally the USEnjoys the support of Venezuela's leftist President, Hugo ChavezA civil engineer and rancher by profession
A decision in Congress last week seemed to have halted plans for the referendum, which had been due to take place on Sunday, after the courts also deemed it unlawful.A decision in Congress last week seemed to have halted plans for the referendum, which had been due to take place on Sunday, after the courts also deemed it unlawful.
The referendum was originally scheduled to have taken place at the same time as the presidential election in November. The referendum was originally scheduled to take place at the same time as the presidential election in November.
In an interview with Spain's El Pais newspaper published on Sunday, Mr Zelaya - an ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez - said a planned coup attempt against him had been thwarted after the US refused to back it.
"Everything was in place for the coup and if the US embassy had approved it, it would have happened. But they did not," Mr Zeleya said.
"I'm only still here in office thanks to the United States."