Honduras has issued a demand to the government of Brazil to not allow its embassy to be used as an "operations centre" to foment unrest and generate violence in the Central American nation, dpa reported. The Foreign Ministry of the de facto government in Honduras said Saturday that ousted former president Manuel Zelaya, who entered the country last week and took refuge in the Brazilian mission, was "using the embassy to call for insurrection." Zelaya, deposed by a coup in June, broadcast a message from inside the embassy Saturday to his supporters to mobilize in a "final offensive" to restore him to the presidency. The interim government's denunciation followed an emergency session of the UN Security Council that sharply criticized authorities in Tegucigalpa of "harassing" the embassy. US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice, temporary chairwoman of the council, said the closed-door session ended late Friday with a call to "the de facto government of Honduras to cease harassing the Brazilian embassy and to provide all necessary utilities and services, including water, electricity, food and continuity of communications."
