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The Organization of American States (OAS) has given the interim Honduran government three days to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power.The Organization of American States (OAS) has given the interim Honduran government three days to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power.
OAS head Jose Miguel Insulza said if Honduras failed to comply the regional grouping would vote on suspending it.OAS head Jose Miguel Insulza said if Honduras failed to comply the regional grouping would vote on suspending it.
Mr Zelaya's expulsion by the army on Sunday has been widely criticised abroad, and he has vowed to return.Mr Zelaya's expulsion by the army on Sunday has been widely criticised abroad, and he has vowed to return.
But the interim leader says that if Mr Zelaya returns, he will be arrested on charges of violating the constitution.But the interim leader says that if Mr Zelaya returns, he will be arrested on charges of violating the constitution.
He is also accused of having links with organised crime and drug-traffickers. He will also be charged with having links with organised crime and drug-traffickers.
Mr Zelaya has said he will return on Thursday, accompanied by the leaders of Argentina and Ecuador, but has pledged not to seek another term in office if reinstated. Steps he had taken to change the constitution are seen as triggering his removal. We thought we were in an era when military coups were no longer possible in this hemisphere Jose Miguel Insulza
Mr Zelaya has said he will return on Thursday, and is expected to be accompanied by Mr Insulza and the presidents of Argentina and Ecuador.
However he has pledged not to seek another term in office if reinstated. Steps he had taken to change the constitution are seen as triggering his removal.
The United Nations passed a resolution on Tuesday calling "firmly and categorically on all states to recognise no government other than that" of Mr Zelaya.The United Nations passed a resolution on Tuesday calling "firmly and categorically on all states to recognise no government other than that" of Mr Zelaya.
But thousands of people have been demonstrating in the capital Tegucigalpa against the return of the ousted leader, whose popularity has slumped in opinion polls to around 30% in recent months.But thousands of people have been demonstrating in the capital Tegucigalpa against the return of the ousted leader, whose popularity has slumped in opinion polls to around 30% in recent months.
The BBC's Stephen Gibbs in Tegucigalpa says they are very determined to prevent him being reinstated and appear to outnumber his supporters, at least in the capital.The BBC's Stephen Gibbs in Tegucigalpa says they are very determined to prevent him being reinstated and appear to outnumber his supporters, at least in the capital.
On Monday, groups of his supporters defied a curfew, clashing with police in the city centre.
Impressive support
Mr Insulza condemned what he described as "an old-fashioned coup" in Honduras.
"We need to show clearly that military coups will not be accepted," he said.
"We thought we were in an era when military coups were no longer possible in this hemisphere.
"If within 72 hours the reinstatement doesn't happen, the assembly ... will meet again to suspend Honduras."
Mr Zelaya, 57, was ousted amid stiff opposition to his plans to amend the constitution from the courts, military, Congress and even some members of his own party.
He had wanted to hold a non-binding referendum on the proposal, which critics say could have paved the way for Mr Zelaya - elected in 2006 and restricted to only one term - to run for re-election.
Polls had been due to open on Sunday, but instead troops stormed the presidential palace at dawn, bundled the president to an airbase and flew him to Costa Rica.
Our correspondent says he has garnered impressive support since his exile, with even US President Barack Obama and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez in rare agreement in declaring that his expulsion was illegal.