Honduras' deposed leader is sleeping on an air mattress. His 'roommates' have not bathed, shaved or changed their clothes in three days. Tap water is scarce and dinner is limited to dry biscuits or rice and beans. Daily life has become increasingly challenging for ousted President Manuel Zelaya and his diehard loyalists since they took shelter Monday at the Brazilian Embassy in the Honduran capital, the latest front in Zelaya's fight to be reinstated.

"I haven't washed or changed since I arrived and I've slept in my clothes on the floor," said Milton Benitez, 32, a writer who says he didn't vote for Zelaya but is here now to support his restoration to power.