The US has halted all non-humanitarian aid to Honduras in the wake of the coup¹ there in June.

作为六月份洪都拉斯内部变动的结果，美国停止对洪都拉斯一切非人道主义援助。

Honduras could lose $200m as a result of the US decision

The state department said the US needed to take strong action given the failure of the replacement² regime to restore "democratic, constitutional rule".

Meanwhile, Brazil has suspended visa-free travel for all Hondurans in response to the coup.

Left-leaning President Manuel Zelaya was ousted³ from power and forced to leave the country on 28 June.

A government has been installed under interim⁴ leader Roberto Micheletti, who has refused to allow Mr Zelaya back into Honduras.

'Strong measures'

The US decision now means that Honduras will lose access to more than $200m (£120m) in aid, the state department has previsously indicated.

The aid was intended to be spent on rebuilding a main road across the country.

The decision came as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks with Mr Zelaya.

"The secretary of state has made the decision, consistent with（符合，一致） US legislation（立法，法律）, recognising the need for strong measures in light of the continued resistance to the adoption⁵ of the San Jose Accord by the de facto regime and continuing failure to restore democratic, constitutional rule to Honduras," a state department spokesman said.

The San Jose Accord is a plan brokered⁶ by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias⁷, which - if agreed - would return Mr Zelaya to a limited form of power until elections scheduled for November.

Mr Micheletti's decision to reject the accord has triggering the US to respond by blocking aid to the country.

The suspension of American aid to Honduras does not mean the US believes that Mr Zelaya's removal officially meets the legal definition of a military coup d'etat, however, officials said.

"The Department of State recognises the complicated nature of the actions which led to June 28 coup d'etat in which Honduras' democratically elected leader, President Zelaya, was removed from office," the State Department said in a statement.

But officials made it clear that if the current situation continues, the US would not be able to view the November election as legitimate⁸.

Brazil's move to suspend visa-free travel for Hondurans was also prompted by the coup.

By blocking new visas for Hondurans, Brazil hopes "to promote the immediate⁹ restoration（回复，归位） of President Jose Manuel Zelaya to the functions to which the Honduran people elected him," the country's foreign ministry¹⁰ said in a statement.