TEGUCIGALPA, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of supporters of Honduras's ousted President Manuel Zelaya on Thursday blocked a key highway in the south of the capital Tegucigalpa.

    Zelaya's supporters obstructed the road at the time Zelaya was meeting post-coup leader Roberto Micheletti in Costa Rica to seek a solution to the crisis in the country.

    The protestors, mostly teachers and workers, cut traffic on the highway for many hours demanding the immediate return of Zelaya.

    They told local press that their action will continue till Zelaya returns to power.

    Meanwhile, Eulogio Chavez, leader of the Honduran Front of Teachers Organizations, which has 48,000 members, said they support Zelaya and will not return to schools in protest of the interim government.

    Zelaya was seized in his bed by heavily armed troops on June 28 and forced to board an aircraft to Costa Rica. He was ousted just hours before a planned referendum asking citizens if they would support an assembly to review the constitution alongside November's presidential elections.

    Zelaya's opponents have interpreted the plan as Zelaya's ambition for re-election. The Supreme Court had ruled the referendum unconstitutional.