Four Paws for a Lame Table

As the paws of a lame table, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama and Peru were the only governments recognizing the recent Honduran elections at the Ibero-American Summit held in Estoril, Portugal. President Lula, from...

Honduras: Political Crisis and Civil Uprising

The political crisis that began almost three months ago is now at its worst as the de facto government extended the curfew, closed all airports, set roadblocks and threatened to cut off electricity in the whole...

President Zelaya is back in Honduras

The deposed president is definitely back in Honduras. Originally, it was said that Zelaya was inside a UN building in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, but the Brazilian Embassy in Honduras rectified the...

New Honduran leader sworn in

" A new president has been sworn into office in Honduras, hours after the ousting of President Manuel Zelaya. Congress speaker Roberto Micheletti will serve as interim president until polls are held, Congress...

Honduran president calls for legalizing drug use

" Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says drug consumption should be legalized to stop violence related to trafficking.Zelaya says that ''instead of pursuing drug traffickers, societies should invest resources in educating drug addicts and curbing their demand.'' He...

San Francisco Officials Protecting Honduran Drug Dealers

"San Francisco officials possibly in violation of the law operated a special tax-funded service for illegal Honduran drug lords to protect the “youths” from federal immigration officials. When the city was...

Fatal Plane Crash in Honduras

A TACA jetliner crashed while attempting to land in foul weather, overshooting the runway and landing on a city street. "A Miami-bound passenger plane landing in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa has overshot a...

Honduran jail riots kill 18

At least 18 prisoners have been killed in another round of riots in a Honduras jail."Police were called in to help restore order after prisoners attacked another group of inmates at the main jail in the capital, Tegucigalpa.It is the second such clash in Honduras in recent...

U.S. troops join search for Felix dead

"The ocean was filled with debris, preventing a rescue mission from going ashore at Sandy Bay, Nicaragua, the village where the eye of Felix made landfall with catastrophic 160 mph winds and a storm surge estimated at 18 feet above normal tides. From a distance, rescue teams...

Cuban migrants are landing in Honduras to get to the United States

Cubans are a favored nationality under U.S. law. If they step foot on U.S. soil, they can stay for as long as they like.

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