Heavy Fire heard on Honduran island as Military aircraft circle

UTILA September 9, 2009 At 12:50am local time this reporter was woken by heavy gunfire coming from the direction of the secluded airport area on the small island of Utila located within The Bay Islands of...

Hugo Chavez and the Cowardly World

A chain of events have started that could convert the wonderful country of Honduras into a place similar to the Gaza Strip.  The actions of the International Community, that within hours of the alleged Coup...

UPDATE.... Honduran Deligation makes headway.

A Honduran delegation is due to arrive in Washington and will be holding a press conference today. The deligation is hoping to speak with members of the OAS and other government...

OAS Insulza: There was a military coup against President Zelaya.

Updates: " About 10,000 supporters of the president ousted in a military coup June 28 again marched in his support Saturday, blocking traffic close to the presidential palace, which is occupied by a caretaker...

Crisis in Honduras. The World needs answers

These are articles and editorials, reported from Honduras by  The Utila East Wind, which chronicle the events that preceded the removal of former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. Hugo Chavez and...

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...

Chavez states “The Strike has started”. Honduras “Surrounded”

HONDURAS 29th June 2009 6:20am Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, Sandinista President Daniel Ortega, President Rafael Correa of Ecuador and the Cuban Foreign Minister all met under the ALBA Flag in Managua,...

Honduran President denies Resignation. Chavez "We Will Mobilize"

The President of Honduras is reported to have left the Country along with his most loyal aides amid confusion. Local TV and news services have not been broadcasting and internet connections not operating. ...

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...

Chavez blames "Bougoise" Calls to Mobilize in Honduras

  Hugo Chavez is adding plenty of fuel to the Political crisis in Honduras and may be ready to strike the match.   "Running in Honduras is a coup. It is the bourgeoisie, an alliance of bourgeois...

Honduras nears Chaos as Military Units Circle Presidential Palace

The Supreme Court has just ordered the return of the Top General in Honduras just hours after President Zelaya ordered him dismissed. General Vasquez, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs was removed last...

OAS votes to revoke resolution on Cuba

  Hillary Clinton returned home after the first day of the OAS General Assembly after a bizzare day, leaving aides behind to continue in representation of the USA. Day one of the Assembly was not...

Chavez and Clinton to face-off at OAS General Assembly Meeting

UTILA EASTWIND JUNE 1st 2009 On June 2nd the Organization of American States will be meeting in San Pedro Sula, Honduras with Hillary Clinton and Hugo Chavez ready to collide on many issues. Cuba, human rights...

HSBC Bank Shutters Branches as Global Recession Intensifies

Sunday May 17th 2009 UTILA HSBC Bank is closing branches in Honduras only two years after taking over Banco Grupo Ahorro Hondureño in 2007. Once thought to be most powerful bank in the world The Hong Kong...