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Leftist Leaders Rally Around Honduran President

Honduran soldiers arrive at the presidential residency in Tegucigalpa June 28, 2009. The coup is the biggest political crisis to hit Central America in years and will test U.S. President Barack Obama as he tries to mend Washington's battered image in Latin America. (REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas)

TEGUCIGALPA - Leftist Latin American leaders rallied around ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Monday and tried to thrash out a response to an army coup that sparked protests in the impoverished nation and drew worldwide condemnation.

Pro-Zelaya demonstrators defied an overnight curfew and held a vigil by the presidential palace in Tegucigalpa, while Venezuela's firebrand President Hugo Chavez led talks with Zelaya and other allies in neighboring Nicaragua.

Posted in foreign policy, honduras, Latin America