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Insulza: Post-coup Honduras government cedes no ground
Tegucigalpa - Jose Miguel Insulza, the secretary- general of the Organization of American States(OAS), said Friday he had failed to make any diplomatic progress with the post-coup leaders who ousted President Manuel Zelaya last weekend. The Supreme C...

[Posted on : 2009-07-04 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

OAS chief arrives in Honduras
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Jose Miguel Insulza, the secretary- general of the Organization of American States (OAS), arrived in Tegucigalpa Friday to work toward a solution to the political crisis after democratically-elected President Manuel Zelaya was...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Mexican authorities arrest eight for kidnapping 51 migrants
Mexico City - Mexican authorities arrested eight people for kidnapping 51 illegal Central American migrants, the state government said Friday in the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas. The arrests took place in Palenque, in Chiapas, near the borde...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Honduras government limits civil rights
Tegucigalpa - The Honduran government temporarily restricted some civil rights on Wednesday as the dispute over the coup against president Manuel Zelaya intensified. Interim president Roberto Micheletti issued a decree on Wednesday limiting the freed...

[Posted on : 2009-07-02 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Zelaya flaunts ouster, attends Panama inauguration
Panama City - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya continued Wednesday to represent his country abroad, attending the inauguration of Ricardo Martinelli as new president of Panama along with other regional leaders. The move defied the new governme...

[Posted on : 2009-07-01 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Report: Managua Mayor Alexis Arguello commits suicide
Managua - Managua Mayor Alexis Arguello has committed suicide on Wednesday, a radio station of the ruling Sandinista Party reported. According to La Nueva Radio Ya, Arguello, 57, shot himself in the head early Wednesday, at his home in a southern sub...

[Posted on : 2009-07-01 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Media group slams Nicaragua's Ortega for harassing journalists
New York - Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, more than other leaders in the region, has waged an aggressive campaign against the media and considers journalists enemies to his government, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. The Ne...

[Posted on : 2009-07-01 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

OAS threatens to expel Honduras if coup not rescinded - Summary
Washington - The Organization of American States (OAS) on Wednesday ordered Honduras to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya within 72 hours or be expelled from the bloc. Zelaya was arrested and exiled to Costa Rica Sunday in a coup ordered by th...

[Posted on : 2009-07-01 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Peruvian prime minister overcomes vote of no confidence
Lima - Peruvian Prime Minister Yehude Simon overcame Tuesday a vote of no confidence in Congress after violent protests by indigenous communities earlier this month. Only 56 legislators voted in favour of the opposition-sponsored no confidence motion...

[Posted on : 2009-06-30 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

EXTRA:Ousted Honduras leader wants to finish term on January 27
New York - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Tuesday he plans to return to Honduras on Thursday so he can fulfil his four-year term in January, brushing off threats of arrest by the military in his country. Zelaya was to travel to Washingt...

[Posted on : 2009-06-30 ] Category : [ America (World) ]

 

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