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Honduras' interim president said Thursday he may step down temporarily to allow voters to concentrate on the upcoming presidential elections. Complete Story...
Honduras' interim president said Thursday he may step down temporarily to allow voters to concentrate on the upcoming presidential elections.
Honduran authorities said Monday that they have discovered a secret landing strip on property once owned by a slain congressman suspected of trafficking in precursor chemicals for methamphetamine.
Gunmen ambushed a convoy carrying Honduras' top prosecutor, but neither he nor his bodyguards were harmed, police said Sunday.
The State Department is expressing disappointment that Honduras has failed to form a unity government.
A senior U.S. diplomat flew in Tuesday to try to revive a U.S.-brokered pact between Honduras' deposed president and the coup-imposed government ahead of elections this month.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is announcing an agreement to end the presidential crisis in Honduras.
Honduras' interim government has filed a case at the U.N.'s highest court accusing Brazil of meddling in internal Honduran affairs by allowing ousted President Manuel Zelaya to stay at its embassy in Tegucigalpa, the court announced Thursday.
A Honduran lawmaker says congressional leaders will seek the opinions of several government entities before convoking the full legislature to vote on reinstating ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
Police say escaped inmates set fire to a prison, a public market and a cultural center in western Honduras before authorities stopped the riot and captured 76 of the 79 fugitives.
The nephew of interim Honduran President Roberto Micheletti has been shot to death execution-style, police said Monday.
A soccer victory that clinched Honduras' first trip to the World Cup in almost 30 years is giving its people an exhilarating distraction from the divisive political crisis that has gripped the country for the last 3 1/2 months.
A soccer victory that clinched Honduras' first trip to the World Cup in 30 years is giving its people an exhilarating distraction from the divisive political crisis that has gripped the country for the last 3 1/2 months.
A woman caring for six grandchildren can no longer afford milk. A bricklayer who used to work six days a week now is lucky to get two. A shop manager has seen his earnings evaporate.
Drug trafficking has increased in this Central American nation since the U.S. limited military cooperation to protest a June coup, Honduras' top anti-narcotics officer said Wednesday.
A top aide to ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says negotiations to solve the country's three-month old political crisis are once again at an impasse.
The crowd started trickling in at 2:30 p.m. — a full 5 1/2 hours before kickoff — and by 5 p.m. the pastel-colored seats of Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano were nearly full, separated from the field by tall barbed wire.
American players danced in the locker room and swigged some bubbly. With a thrilling victory on a hot and humid night in Central America, the U.S. soccer team earned a trip to South Africa and another chance to impress at the World Cup.
The U.S. Ambassador in Honduras has condemned anti-Semitic remarks by a local radio news director who has been an outspoken opponent of the coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
The suspension of American aid and high-level contact with Honduras' interim government following the ouster of its president in a coup is hurting anti-drug efforts, a U.S. Congresswoman said after meeting with officials in the troubled country.
Honduras' interim leaders put in place new rules Saturday that threaten broadasters with closure for airing reports that "attack national security," further restricting media freedom following the closure of two opposition stations.
Three U.S. representatives from South Florida who supported the ouster of Honduras' president traveled there Monday to meet with the interim government and to pressure President Barack Obama to sanction the upcoming Honduran elections.
A Colorado Republican is defending his visit to a Honduran leader deemed illegitimate by the White House.
The U.N. top rights body is condemning abuses following the June 28 coup in Honduras.
Ovidio Ochoa,receives similar sentence to wife in $68,000 welfare fraud caseOvidio Ochoa, 36, of Willmar, was sentenced Monday to a year and a day of stayed prison time, 10 years of probation, 90 days in the county jail and 2,080 hours of community service work on felony charges of aggravated forgery and wrongfully obtaining assistance.
Accord for National Reconciliation and the Strengthening of Democracy in HondurasWe, Honduran citizens, men and women, convinced of the need to strengthen the rule of law, protect our Constitution and the laws of our Republic, deepen democracy and ensure a climate of peace and tranquility for our people, have carried out an intense and frank process of politi …
Honduran president might find path to power despite K Street campaignA Washington lobbying campaign to keep ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya out of power may have come up short.
Honduran Opposition Leader (Presidential Candidate Lobo) Key to Ending Conflict"The front-runner in Honduras' presidential race has become a key to resolving a four-month conflict between a president ousted in a coup and the de facto leader who replaced him."
Washington pushes through deal with Honduran coup regimeConditions of life for the Honduran population, which is the poorest in the Americas after Haiti, have worsened dramatically.
Zelaya can return to officeThe deal would include the creation of a powersharing government and the promise on both sides that presidential elections slated for Nov. 29 will be respected.
Honduras: Manuel Zelaya, Government Sign Pact After U.S. HelpRepresentatives of ousted President Manuel Zelaya finally reached an agreement with the interim government that could help end the monthslong dispute over Honduras' June 28 coup, and possibly pave the way for Zelaya's reinstatement.
U.S. Sends Top Team to HondurasU.S. officials are traveling to Honduras on October 28, 2009 to meet with both Manuel Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti according to this Reuters article.
Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army"The often overlooked subplot of the wars of the post-9/11 period is their unprecedented scale of outsourcing and privatization," author Jeremy Scahill writes in The Nation.
Fidel Castro: ALBA countries to defend humanity at Copenhagen & survival of the species Quote: "no longer "Homeland or Death"; it is truly and without exaggeration a matter of "Life or Death" for the human race...In Copenhagen, the ALBA and the Third World countries will be struggling for the survival of the species."
Venezuela, Honduras, Peru, Ecuador: Small Oversights and Big LiesIt may be useful to assess the dangers of the systematically hostile attitude of the overwhelming majority of major European and North American media companies in relation to the current events taking place in Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela.
'Comic' retells Honduran coup and Manuel Zelaya arrestAt first glance it could be a children's comic – but in fact it's a journalistic take on the Honduran crisis with an attention to context that puts conventional media coverage to shame.
Democractic elections in Honduras deserve America's supportThere is little debate about the value of Honduras as an American ally.
"Hail to my people!" Manuel Zelaya's voice passionately reverberates from the radio waves. "My people, trust me this much … I will not leave you alone to be massacred by these coup leaders.
30 word rants-Various topicsWhen the left wants to demonize something, they put "big" in front of it — big oil, big insurance, big business. The worst big of all is big government. More government equals less freedom.
State Dept. lawyer Koh Was Likely Behind Obama's Illegal Demands of HondurasThis is exactly what one would expect of Koh upon examining his record and views. Interestingly, the Obama administration refuses to release Koh's critical opinion.
Gingrich gripes that Obama doesn't have an ambassador to Brazil yet (because he's being blocked by DeMint).excerpt: "" "If you want to live in the most productive, creative, and prosperous nation in the world, what is it you have to do?" Gingrich asked. "The answer is to reform litigation, regulation, taxation, health, education, and infrastructure."
Jim DeMint: What I Heard in Honduras: The US, and Venezuela, are backing a megalomaniac; The Hondurans don't want him there. - WSJ.comWhile the White House and the State Department continue to insist that Honduras removed its president Manuel Zelaya in a coup, Senator Jim DeMint decided to do something rather basic — ask the Hondurans what happened. John Kerry attempted to stop DeMint from traveling to Hon …
What I Heard in Honduras. By Jim DeMint. October 10, 2009While in Honduras, I spoke to dozens of Hondurans, from nonpartisan members of civil society to former Zelaya political allies, from Supreme Court judges to presidential candidates and even personal friends of Mr. Zelaya.
Obama's Nobel Peace Prize - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.comGlenn Greenwald gives his critical view on Obama winning Nobel Peace Prize. Personally I have mixed feelings. Warning: Some brutal pictures
Leader Ousted, Honduras Hires U.S. LobbyistsIn the months since soldiers ousted the Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, the de facto government and its supporters have resisted demands from the United States that he be restored to power. Arguing that the left-leaning Mr.
Leader Ousted, Honduras Hires U.S. LobbyistsFirst, depose a president. Second, hire a lobbyist.
The Field: Poll: Wide Majority of Hondurans Oppose Coup d'Etat, Want Zelaya BackFinally, hard and reliable data - by a legally certified Honduran polling company – provides a clear measurement of how the Honduran people view the June 28 coup d'etat, its "president" Roberto Micheletti, President Manuel Zelaya and the national civil resistance.
What's Behind Sen. Kerry's Honduras Information Ban? According to Congressional travel records, House and Senate members spent 6,910 days on "official travel" overseas in the first three-quarters of 2009, spending an estimated $9.4 million.
GOP Delegation Violates the Logan Act Are Republicans Breaking US Law in Honduras? By BRENDAN COONEY As if the right needed to add to its anti-democratic pedigree, Republican leaders have flocked to Tegucigalpa to bolster the junta in Honduras.
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