The Chilean government declared a curfew in several towns: Bio Bio region, including the capital, Concepcion, and Maule, following the looting reported in several stores on Sunday.

The Senate of the Province of Buenos Aires enacted the law pushed by Governor Daniel Scioli.

Hungry Hondurans scrambled through looted stores and lined up for food on Wednesday during a break in a long curfew called to halt violence that erupted with the return of the country’s deposed leftist president. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)

The ousted president, now refugee in the Brazilian Embassy in Honduras, called this morning to the “national community, businessmen, peasants to come (to the embassy) with the aim of forcing the dictatorship to start talks to solve country problems . “

Honduras reimposed a night-time curfew on the capital Tegucigalpa that had been lifted less than two weeks ago, after violent incidents flared around the city.

It was announced that the government of Honduras extended to 42 hours the curfew on the border with Nicaragua, in the beginning it would last 18 hours.

Honduras Government imposses curfew for 18 hours since today and orders detention for Zelaya who arrived the country. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)

Honduras reimposed a curfew on Wednesday after a peasant protest leader close to deposed President Manuel Zelaya vowed nationwide demonstrations to demand his reinstatement after last month’s coup.

Honduran interim government lifted today the curfew and said that it reduced crime and helped restore calm in the Central American country, divided after the coup that deposed President Manuel Zelaya.

Chinese authorities have imposed a curfew on the capital of the Xinjiang region, Urumqi, in an attempt to quell ethnic violence.

Interim President Roberto Micheletti has imposed an overnight curfew in Honduras, hours after being sworn in.

Peru has declared a curfew in its Amazon jungle after dozens died and hundreds were injured in bloody clashes between security forces and indigenous tribes protesting against oil and mining projects.