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Witness History: The coup, the president and the embassy

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The coup, the president and the embassy

09/09/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The coup, the president and the embassy

How the deposed Honduran president spent months holed up in the Brazilian embassy

In 2009 the deposed president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, spent months holed up in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, trying to get back into office.

In September 2009 the deposed president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, made a sudden return from exile, seeking refuge in the Brazilian embassy in the Honduran capital. Zelaya had been whisked out of the country at gunpoint after a military coup three months earlier. His unexpected return took the coup leaders totally by surprise. Mike Lanchin has been hearing from two men who spent several months holed up inside the embassy building alongside the Honduran leader. 

Photo: Manuel Zelaya with supporters inside  Brazil's embassy (Credit should read ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP/Getty Images)

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