Spanish bishops apologise for silence over killings

It has taken a rather long time for the Spanish Catholic Church to acknowledge these unfortunate deaths during Franco´s dictatorship. " Spanish bishops broke decades of silence at the weekend to apologise for...

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...

OAS expels Honduras over coup against Zelaya

Caracas, Venezuela, 4 July 2009. Tonight, the Organization of America States (OAS) consulted its member on the expulsion of Honuduras over the coup against President Zelaya. After 33 member countries voted in...

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...

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...

Venezuela looks further East: Chavez in Japan

Caracas, Venezuela, 6 April 2009. After including Japan in his international tour at a very short notice, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Tokyo on Monday. Chavez met with Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso...

11 Venezuelans accused in Synagogue Attack

This event took place few days ago but the record needed to be right. Initially, some international and local opposition news agencies blamed the attack on the Venezuelan government. They stated...

Bolivians approved New Constitution

After few poll countings, the Bolivian government has stated its proposed constitution was approved in Sunday´s referendum. However, the local and divided opposition was reluctant to concede defeat. "opposition...

Bolivians vote on a Constitutional Referendum today

After weeks of poitical turmoil at separatist provinces and the expulsion of both USAID and the American Ambassador to La Paz, Bolivians ready to vote a draft Constitution on a...

Israel lifts Gaza International press ban after troop departure

The most criticised ban on foreign journalism has been lifted by Israel as " the last IDF soldiers who took part in the ground operation against Hamas in Gaza left the area". the press restriction was enacted...