Humanitarian Violations in Honduras Denounced
US Democrat congressmen denounced the continuity of murders, prosecution and abuse against leaders of the Honduran resistance movement, opposed to the June 28 coup in Honduras.
Clinton’s “Damage Control” Trip to Latin America
This story may not get much U.S. media attention, but Latin America will be watching.
The Honduran Dam Controversy and Micheletti’s Legacy
Last week, news broke in Honduras that the official newspaper, La Gaceta, published two different versions with the same number and date in the last days of Micheletti’s time in the Presidential Palace.
The making of a death squad “democracy”
With the restoration of diplomatic relations and the resumption of aid and credits from the world’s major governments and financial institutions, Honduras is being welcomed back into the fold of “democratic” nations, even as the organizers of last year’s coup remain at their posts and death squad murders continue.
Crisis promps a power grab in Nicaragua?
As Honduras begins to return to normal under democratically elected President Porfirio Lobo, who took office Jan. 27, the political crisis sparked by last summer’s military ouster of President Manuel Zelaya appears to be fading into history as another chapter in Central America's tumultuous past.
Schools reopen after Crisis
Honduran public schools reopened to the country's 2 million students Monday, after four months' political turbulence.
Its political turmoil settled, Honduras offers bargain vacations
Honduras was in an uproar for most of the second half of 2009. President Manuel Zelaya was ousted by a military coup; the economy and tourism fell off a cliff; the United Nations and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attempted to intervene.
Guatemala Captures Portillo But Honduras Rewards Micheletti
For decades, impunity has reined in Central America. Dictatorial rule, coups, murder, and genocide have, for the most part, gone unpunished. This month, however, events in Guatemala have suggested a potential turning of the tide.
Honduras Swears In New President, as Ousted One Leaves
The deposed former Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, packed his guitar and flew into exile Wednesday as the country inaugurated a new president, who promised to try to repair the rifts left by months of political turmoil.
New Honduras President must order investigation into rights abuses
Amnesty International today urged the new Honduran President to order a full investigation into abuses committed by the security forces following June's coup d'etat, bring those responsible to justice and provide reparations to the victims.
