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The Brazilian embassy in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa feels like a place under siege. Police are posted in front of the building, and inside more than 70 people are living in crowded conditions. They wait in lines to use the bathroom, stand around in the garden and the inner courtyard and are camped out in storage rooms and offices. Scenes resembling a black market take place in the hallways, as cigarettes are traded for mobile phone chargers or soap. Towels are in short supply.