Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday slammed attacks on the Venezuelan, Cuban and Nicaraguan ambassadors in Honduras capital of Tegucigalpa, alongside a coup in the nation.

"If our ambassador or embassy were attacked, that would be de facto beginning a war," Chavez told a special edition of his Sunday broadcast Alo Presidente. "Venezuela's National Armed Forces have been put on alert," he declared.

Chavez's statement came just after Armando Laguna, Venezuela's ambassador to Honduras, told Venezuelan television channel Telesur that he was beaten by hooded Honduran soldiers, with counterparts Juan Carlos Hernandez, of Cuba, and Mario Duarte, of Nicaragua.

In the early hours of Sunday morning and just before the country's national referendum, Honduran soldiers seized President Manuel Zelaya at his home in Honduras capital and forced him to board a plane to Costa Rica.

During his broadcast, Chavez slammed the Honduras coup, saying Venezuela would not recognize any government that was not led by Zelaya.

He added that regional blocs like the Boliviarian Alternative for the Americas, the South American Union of Nations, and the Caribbean Economic Community were working in solidarity with Honduras.

"They are willing to do everything," he said.

During the broadcast, Chavez was accompanied by Honduras' ambassador to Venezuela and ambassadors from Bolivia, Ecuador and Cuba. Venezuela's vice president Ramon Carrizalez and members of Venezuela's military chiefs of staff also appeared in the show.

Source:Xinhua