FP) — Honduran coup leaders faced further isolation, after blocking ousted President Manuel Zelaya from flying into the capital's airport, where soldiers killed two of his supporters, according to police.Zelaya's attempt to return to the polarized nation one week after he was kicked out of power came as tensions reached breaking point, with tens of thousands of his supporters massed at the heavily-militarized airport.
As soldiers fired shots and tear gas at rock-throwing protesters, two people died, according to police. The local Red Cross reported one death.
Moments later, Zelaya's plane swooped over the runway as military vehicles blocked it from landing.
"I'm doing everything I can," Zelaya said live on Venezuela's Telesur television. "If I had a parachute I would immediately jump out of this plane."
"From tomorrow the responsibility will fall on the powers, particularly the United States," Zelaya added.
International pressure was set to increase on the heels of aid freezes, ambassador withdrawals and temporary trade blockages.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Zelaya's key backer, has said he suspended key shipments of oil to Honduras, which he said would drive up gasoline prices.
To add to the country's isolation, the Organization of American States (OAS) voted to suspend Honduras late Saturday, in the first such move since the exclusion of Cuba in 1962.
Members of the pan-American body slammed the leaders of the coup which saw the army remove Zelaya at the height of a dispute with the courts, politicians and the army over his plans to change the constitution -- which opponents said included an attempt to stand for a second term.
After the dramatic attempt to land in Tegucigalpa, Zelaya met with OAS chief Jose Miguel Insulza and the presidents of Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay in neighboring El Salvador late Sunday, before heading to Nicaragua.
Insulza said at a joint news conference that he was prepared to continue working on resolving the crisis.
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As soldiers fired shots and tear gas at rock-throwing protesters, two people died, according to police. The local Red Cross reported one death.
Moments later, Zelaya's plane swooped over the runway as military vehicles blocked it from landing.
"I'm doing everything I can," Zelaya said live on Venezuela's Telesur television. "If I had a parachute I would immediately jump out of this plane."
"From tomorrow the responsibility will fall on the powers, particularly the United States," Zelaya added.
International pressure was set to increase on the heels of aid freezes, ambassador withdrawals and temporary trade blockages.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Zelaya's key backer, has said he suspended key shipments of oil to Honduras, which he said would drive up gasoline prices.
To add to the country's isolation, the Organization of American States (OAS) voted to suspend Honduras late Saturday, in the first such move since the exclusion of Cuba in 1962.
Members of the pan-American body slammed the leaders of the coup which saw the army remove Zelaya at the height of a dispute with the courts, politicians and the army over his plans to change the constitution -- which opponents said included an attempt to stand for a second term.
After the dramatic attempt to land in Tegucigalpa, Zelaya met with OAS chief Jose Miguel Insulza and the presidents of Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay in neighboring El Salvador late Sunday, before heading to Nicaragua.
Insulza said at a joint news conference that he was prepared to continue working on resolving the crisis.
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