Friday photo: A Zelaya supporter lays it on the line
A supporter of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya lies on the highway in Ojo de Agua, some 70 km from Tegucigalpa, in front of soldiers blocking the road to Las Manos border post between Honduras and Nicaragua on July 24, 2009. Honduras’s de facto government shut down its southern frontier region bordering Nicaragua Friday, hoping ...
A supporter of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya lies on the highway in Ojo de Agua, some 70 km from Tegucigalpa, in front of soldiers blocking the road to Las Manos border post between Honduras and Nicaragua on July 24, 2009. Honduras’s de facto government shut down its southern frontier region bordering Nicaragua Friday, hoping to block Zelaya’s bid to return home a month after he was ousted in a coup.
YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images
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