The Wire

Shots have been fired near the presidential palace in Honduras as supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya set up barricades in the capital city Tegucigalpa. Honduras was to go the polls on Sunday to vote in a referendum that could have led to an extension of Mr Zelaya’s non-renewable four-year term. The Honduran Supreme Court declared the referendum unconstitutional and troops have flown Zelaya to Costa Rica. Interim President Roberto Micheletti has imposed an overnight curfew in Honduras. He says the army has complied with the constitution, and that he has reached the role of president through a legal transition process. But how can a military coup be legal?