Honduras Curfew Extended Amidst Imminent Return of Zelaya

As Manuel Zelaya announces he is getting closer to the Nicaraguan-Honduran border, in his second attempt to return to Honduras, the military forces are blocking his supporters from getting to the border to receive...

Honduran interim leader: I'm willing to step down

This could be a good, temporary solution to the current situation. With only 5 months left on the term it may be best to bring in a third person to be president until after the elections. " The interim president...

Honduran coup general says army "saved democracy"

" General Romeo Vasquez Velasquez, leader of the joint chiefs of staff, told Reuters it was a difficult decision for him to topple Zelaya on June 28, because the two were friends. But he said he was following...

Obama is El Negrito-Little Black Man---Honduran Foreign Minister

.There are two translations of his remarks listed below.I do not know which is more accurate but either way is inappropriate, or insulting. One report says the foreign minister was fired.  I am going to look...

Honduras News: Oscar Arias To Mediate Zelaya-Micheletti Talks

Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has been asked to mediate the standoff between former Honduran president Manuel Zelaya and the current regime that overthrew him. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced...

Ousted President Zelaya took plane to Honduras but could not land

Updates: After a meeting with Presidents from Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay at El Salvador, the ousted Honduran Head of State Manuel Zelaya asked the army to stop inflicting violence on his countrymen. In...

UN demands restitution of Honduran President Zelaya at once

Caracas, Venezuela, 30 June 2009. After hearnig his intervention at the UN General Assembly in New York, delegates approved by unanimity a  "resolution calling for the reinstatement of ousted Honduran...

Presidenet Zelaya returns to Honduras on Thursday

Caracas, Venezuela, 29 June 2009. Honduran President Manuel Zelaya announced his return to Honduras on Thursday. He would be accompanied by OAS General Secretary and probably some other Latin American leaders. ...

Is Honduras to endure a dictorship again?

"cured by more democracy" Alfred Emanuel Smith. Events in the last hours have turned Honduras’s political system into a dictatorship again. A combination of greedy politicians and cold war minded...

Honduras President Mel Zelaya Kidnapped in Military Coup

Updated V: Roberto Micheletti took oath as the new Head of State of Honduras amid international and regional condemnation of the coup this morning that ousted President Manuel Zelaya and forced him...

Roatan Rioters Burn Books at ZOLITUR

May 7th 2009. A mob of violent protesters took over the streets of Roatan yesterday spreading fear and crippling the tourism industry.  The demonstrators were organized and turned violent...

War on Drugs... War on Peace

After many months of late night landing on the airport, in late January, the small Caribbean Island Utila (a former British Colony) woke up to an incredible scene. Honduran Naval vessels...

Russia-Venezuela nuclear accord after Brazil bought weapons

After paying a short visit to Brasilia and meeting Lula da Silva, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed to sell helicopters and tanks to Brazil. Both countries agreed on the need to build a new financial...

US expels Venezuelan Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez (Updated)

Updates: Both Peru and Ecuador have expressed their backing to Bolivian President Evo Morales. They rejected any action against its democratic institutions. Venezuelan representative to OAS, Roy Chaderton,...

Honduras temporarily grabs Exxon, Chevron terminals

"TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (Reuters) - Honduras will take temporary control of foreign-owned oil storage terminals as part of a government import program meant to drive down fuel prices, President Manuel Zelaya said late on Saturday. Zelaya ordered the move after failing to reach...

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