The US has revoked the visas of four officials serving in the Honduran coup government. Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya had asked the Obama administration to revoke the visas in order to increase international pressure on the coup regime. Zelaya remains in a Nicaragua border town just outside Honduras. On Tuesday, he welcomed the latest US move.

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya: “After thirty days, the people continue to be on their feet resisting, and they will continue to do so for longer. They will continue strengthening national dignity. The coup leaders wanted to change public, national and international opinion, but they haven’t been able to do so. The people who are with them are with them out of necessity and to be able to eat and live. But those in the armed forces and the government know that what they have done is wrong and it is destroying the country.”