Organization of American States (OAS) chief Jose Miguel Insulza arrives in Tegucigalpa July 3, 2009. The Organization of American States tried to convince Honduras on Friday to restore toppled President Manuel Zelaya or suffer a diplomatic sanction from the Western Hemisphere. Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

Organization of American States (OAS) chief Jose Miguel Insulza arrives in Tegucigalpa July 3, 2009. The Organization of American States tried to convince Honduras on Friday to restore toppled President Manuel Zelaya or suffer a diplomatic sanction from the Western Hemisphere.

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  1. Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza, left, applauds Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, at the OAS in Washington.
  2. Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza, right, welcomes Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, at OAS headquarters in Washington.
  3. Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza speaks with Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, during a private meeting at the OAS headquarters in Washington.
  4. Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez speaks at the Organization of American States (OAS) headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.
  5. U.S. human rights activists protest outside the U.S. embassy in Tegucigalpa November 29, 2009. Hondurans go to the polls on Sunday to choose a new president after their democratically elected leader Manuel Zelaya was ousted by soldiers in a June coup and replaced by a de facto government. Zelaya, who has holed up in the Brazilian Embassy, says the election is illegitimate and the Organization of American States has refused to send international observers to the ballot boxes.
  6. A U.S. human rights activist protests outside the U.S. embassy in Tegucigalpa November 29, 2009. Hondurans go to the polls on Sunday to choose a new president after their democratically elected leader Manuel Zelaya was ousted by soldiers in a June coup and replaced by a de facto government. Zelaya, who has holed up in the Brazilian Embassy, says the election is illegitimate and the Organization of American States has refused to send international observers to the ballot boxes.
  7. A university student chats on a mobile while taking part in a collective hunger strike in front of the Organization of American States' (OAS) headquarters in Caracas November 23, 2009. Sixteen students went in a hunger strike over the weekend to demand for a visit by OAS's Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, to review the human rights situation in Venezuela.
  8. University students lie on beds while taking part in a collective hunger strike in front of the Organization of American States' (OAS) headquarters in Caracas November 23, 2009. Sixteen students went in a hunger strike over the weekend to demand for a visit by OAS's Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, to review the human rights situation in Venezuela.
  9. A university student lies on a mattresses during the third day of a hunger strike outside the offices of the Organization of American States, OAS, in Caracas, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Students demand the OAS investigate purported political prosecution in Venezuela. According to local human rights groups, over two dozen foes of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez are in prison or awaiting trial on what they call politically motivated charges.
  10. University students lie on mattresses during their third day of a hunger strike outside the offices of the Organization of American States, OAS, in Caracas, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Students demand the OAS investigate purported political prosecution in Venezuela. According to local human rights groups, over two dozen foes of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez are in prison or awaiting trial on what they call politically motivated charges.
  11. University students lie on mattresses during their third day of a hunger strike outside the offices of the Organization of American States, OAS, in Caracas, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Students demand the OAS investigate purported political prosecution in Venezuela. According to local human rights groups, over two dozen foes of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez are in prison or awaiting trial on what they call politically motivated charges.
  12. Cesar Gaviria., former president of Colombia and secretary general of the Organization of American States, attends the opening of the annual assembly of the Inter American Press Association, IAPA, in Buenos Aires, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009.
  13. Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya (L) speaks with Organization of American States (OAS) representatives Enrique Correa (C) and Jose Bordon inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa November 5, 2009. Zelaya said on Thursday that a deal to end a four-month political crisis was at risk of collapse but behind the scenes negotiators worked to form a temporary cabinet to run the country.
  14. Former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos arrives at the Presidential House to meet with Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti in Tegucigalpa November 4, 2009. Lagos and U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis were in Tegucigalpa on Tuesday to lead a commission of the Organization of American States, or OAS, to oversee fulfillment of the accords.
  15. Porfirio Lobo, presidential candidate of the National Party, arrives to attend the opening of the commission of the Organization of American States (OAS) to oversee the fulfilment of the accords between Honduran de facto government and a representative of the mission of the ousted president Manuel Zelaya, at a hotel in Tegucigalpa November 3, 2009. Honduras will elect a new president on November 29.
  16. Former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos (2nd L), Organization of American States (OAS) mission delegate Victor Rico (C), U.S. Labour Secretary Hilda Solis (2nd R) speak during the opening of the commission of the OAS to oversee the fulfilment of the accords between a representative of the mission Arturo Coralles of Honduran de facto government (L) and Jorge Arturo Reina, a representative of the mission of the ousted president Manuel Zelaya (R), at a hotel in Tegucigalpa November 3, 2009. Lagos, Rico and Solis arrived to lead the commission to oversee the fulfilment of the accords. A U.S.-brokered accord signed last week to end the worst political upheaval in Central America in two decades stipulates Congress must decide whether Zelaya, toppled in a June 28 coup, can return to serve out the rest of his term until January.

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