| | |  Americas & Beyond | September 2009 
Hondurans Wait for Crisis to Unfold
 Arturo Wallace - BBC Mundo
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September 24, 2009
| | Interim President Micheletti imposed a curfew in response to the return of Manuel Zelaya to Honduras. (jlduron/flickr) | |
A city of empty streets, mainly silent except for the sound of police helicopters flying overhead now and again.
That is the situation in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, described to BBC Mundo by some of its residents more than a day after the dramatic return of the deposed president, Manuel Zelaya.
Mr Zelaya took refuge in the Brazilian embassy, outside of which hundreds of his supporters gathered, before they were dispersed by police and troops on Tuesday.
It is not known how many people may have been arrested, according to freelance journalist Manuel Torres, but in his mind, there is no doubt Honduras "is going through its worst days since 28 June", a reference to the day Mr Zelaya was arrested by soldiers and flown out of the country.
"The country is in jail," Mr Torres said, a reference to the curfew imposed by interim President Roberto Micheletti across the country a few hours after Mr Zelaya made his surprise return on Monday.
"They have suspended constitutional guarantees, so the national energy company has been taken over by the military which allows them to suspend the service as they wish," said Mr Torres.
Read more about the crisis in Honduras here.
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