More protests were reported in Honduras July 2 in spite of the state of emergency, with supporters and opponents of ousted President Manuel Zelaya clashing in Tegucigalpa. De facto President Roberto Micheletti remained intransigent. In a veiled reference to Venezuela's Hugo Chávez, he said of Zelaya: "He cannot come back legally as the president of this country—unless a president of a Latin American country puts him there forcibly by arms." Zelaya had initially vowed to go back to Honduras on July 2, but agreed to postpone his return at least 72 hours after the OAS set a deadline for his reinstatement.

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