US says it doesnt recognize Micheletti as Honduras President

The United States has upped pressure on the interim leaders of Honduras, as ousted President Manuel Zelaya remained defiant in Nicaragua one month after the army sent him away. The United States is currently reviewing the diplomatic visas for a number of interim government members and has revoked visas to four such individuals, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters in Washington. We don't recognize Roberto Micheletti as the president of Honduras, he added when asked why Washington took the measure. But Kelly rejected the notion that the revocation of visas amounted to ratcheting up pressure on the interim leadership. The United States has also urged Zelaya and those who toppled him to show restraint after his second tense attempt to return home on Friday, while Costa Rica pursued mediation efforts to end the standoff.