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Honduras is gearing up for Sunday’s crucial national election, five months after a military coup ousted Manuel Zelaya, the president.

The election has received a last-minute boost after the US decided to endorse it, with or without Zelaya in the next government.

Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from the capital, Tegucigalpa.