New York Times

 

With political chaos continuing in Honduras, the possibility exists that the United States’ crucial World Cup qualifying match, scheduled there on Oct. 10, will be moved to another country.

Honduras’s ousted president, Manuel Zelaya, has furtively returned to Tegucigalpa, the capital, and entered the Brazilian Embassy. The crisis has led to the closing of all Honduran airports, a curfew and roadblocks. The only way into the country is by land through El Salvador.

Earlier this month, in response to the Honduran coup, the United States revoked the diplomatic and tourist visas of the interim president, Roberto Micheletti, and suspended $30 million in aid to the Central American nation.

The situation has raised doubts about whether it will be safe for the American men’s national soccer team to play its coming match in San Pedro Sula, Honduras’s industrial center and second-largest city. A decision will be made by FIFA, the sport’s international governing body, and by officials of Concacaf, the regional confederation in which the United States and Honduras play.