In the wake of a coup d'etat in Honduras that toppled democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya, the new authorities appointed by Congress to replace him face international isolation. The U.N. General Assembly has demanded “the immediate and unconditional restoration of the legitimate and constitutional government” of the ousted president. The situation in this impoverished Central American country is reminiscent of the era of instability and military regimes of the 1970s and 1980s.