Latest News on Honduras

EXTRA: Ban: Threats to Brazilian embassy 'unacceptable'
New York - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that Honduras' harassment of Brazilian embassy staff in Tegucigalpa, where ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has taken refuge, is against international law. Threats on the em...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ America (World) ]

US sends officials to Honduras for talks - Summary
Washington - The United States will send top envoys to Honduras later this week to press the de facto government there to move to end the ongoing political crisis, the State Department said Tuesday. It will be the first time since Honduran President ...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ US (World) ]

REPORT: US sending envoys to Honduras to press for end of crisis
Washington - The United States is planning to send envoys to Honduras this week to press the de facto government there to move to end the ongoing political crisis, The New York Times reported Tuesday. According to the US daily, this would be the firs...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ US (World) ]

OAS chief deplores failure of Honduras deal
Washington - Jose Miguel Insulza, secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Friday deplored the interruption of the deal to solve the crisis in Honduras. Insulza demanded respect, without subterfuges, for a deal that he stre...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Ousted Honduran president says he is receiving 'signs of good will'
Tegucigalpa - Honduras' ousted president Manuel Zelaya has expressed hope of an end to the country's political crisis, saying he was receiving signs of good will from all sectors. We have received different proposals from the private sector, the a...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Arias admits 'things are going badly' in Honduras
San Jose - Costa Rican President Oscar Arias said Friday that things are going badly in Honduras and regretted the uncompromising stance taken by Honduras' de facto government. Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who returned secretly to Teguc...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ America (World) ]

OAS: Honduras' de facto authorities going the wrong way - Summary
Washington/Tegucigalpa/Madrid - Honduras' post-coup government is headed in the absolute opposite direction from a path leading to normalization, Jose Miguel Insulza, secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS), said Monday. The ...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ America (World) ]

EXTRA: Reports: Honduran Congress to deny civil liberty suspensions
Tegucigalpa - The Honduran Congress will reject the executive decree that restricts personal freedom in the Central American country, radio stations reported Monday. Honduras' de facto government, through a decree announced Sunday, restricted liberti...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ World ]

Honduran government repeals restrictions on freedom - Summary
Tegucigalpa/Washington - The de facto government of Honduras on Monday repealed a controversial decree that had restricted freedom of movement and freedom of expression in the country in the wake of the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya last m...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ US (World) ]

EXTRA: Honduran government repeals restrictions on personal freedom
Tegucigalpa- The de facto government of Honduras repealed Monday a controversial decree that had restricted freedom of movement and freedom of expression in the country in the wake of the arrival of ousted Pressident Manuel Zelaya. Zelaya's supporter...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ World ]

Zelaya demands guarantees for dialogue
Washington - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya asked the de facto government in Honduras to end repression and restore unrestricted freedom of expression as signs it is serious about dialogue to end the country's political stalemate. In a sta...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ US (World) ]

Hand back power, Lula tells Honduras coup leaders - Summary
Stockholm - Honduras coup leader Roberto Micheletti should step down immediately in return for an amnesty, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Tuesday. For us the solution will be easy if those that participated in the coup leave power...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ America (World) ]

2ND LEAD : Honduras' Zelaya claims plot to kill him at embassy
Madrid/Tegucigalpa - Honduras' ousted president Manuel Zelaya has said he is in fear of his life, claiming that mercenaries could be sent to kill him at the Brazilian embassy where he has taken refuge, Spanish National Radio (RNE) reported Thursday. ...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ World ]

Hand back power, Lula tells Honduras coup leaders
Stockholm - Honduras coup leader Roberto Micheletti should step down immediately in return for an amnesty, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Tuesday. For us the solution will be easy if those that participated in the coup leave power...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Honduran military chief predicts end of political crisis - Summary
Tegucigalpa/New York - The chief of Honduras' Armed Forces, General Romeo Vasquez Velasquez, said Tuesday that the end of the Central American country's political crisis is near. Vasquez Velasquez - whose troops ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelay...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Spain won't recognize Honduras government - Update
Madrid/Tegucigalpa - Spain will not recognize Honduras' de facto government despite the Central American country's refusal to allow the Spanish ambassador to return unless it does so, Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Monday. The ambassado...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Honduras restricts liberties, breaks relations with Brazil
Tegucigalpa - Honduras' de facto government overnight announced a decree restricting liberties in response to a call by ousted president Manuel Zelaya, who urged his supporters to march to the capital Tegucigalpa, local media reported Monday. Zelaya ...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ America (World) ]

1STLEAD: Zelaya promises to act moderate, OASbelieves in talks
Tegucigalpa - Brazilian legislators visiting Honduras have said ousted president Manuel Zelaya has promised to adopt a more moderate tone in talking to his supporters from the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. A representative of the Organization of ...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Soldiers who expelled Zelaya could face trial in Honduras
Tegucigalpa - Honduras' de facto President Roberto Micheletti has said that the military officers who expelled ousted president Manuel Zelaya from the country could be brought to trial, according to reports Tuesday. I am absolutely certain that they...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ America (World) ]

OAS continues backing Zelaya, Micheletti vows to stage elections
Tegucigalpa - The Organization of American States (OAS) has reiterated its support to Honduras' ousted president Manuel Zelaya, while the de facto government is vowing to organize elections even if they do not have the approval of the international c...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Ousted Honduran government urges sanctions against coup leaders
New York - The foreign minister of the ousted government of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya called on the United States to impose sanctions on the de facto post-coup government in Tegucigalpa. Zelaya was removed from power by Honduras' military in J...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ America (World) ]

US mission arrives in Honduras to press for end of crisis - Summary
Tegucigalpa - A US mission arrived Wednesday in Tegucigalpa to press for a deal that allows Honduras to get over the ongoing political crisis. In the Honduran capital, the delegation headed for the residence of US Ambassador Hugo Llorens, where missi...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Honduras declares holiday after qualifying for World Cup
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Honduras' transitional government declared Thursday a public holiday after the national football team qualified for next year's World Cup in South Africa, providing rare joy to a country embroiled in a political crisis. After ...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ Sports ]

Honduran Congress consults Supreme Court on deal to end crisis
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Honduras' unicameral Congress sent a deal to end the political crisis in the Central American country on to the Supreme Court for consultation on Tuesday. The Supreme Court's non-binding opinion will be taken into account when...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ America (World) ]

Zelaya rejects government of national unity in Honduras
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that he regards the deal to end the political crisis in Honduras as having failed. The deal - brokered by the United States and by the Organization of American States (OAS) a...

[Posted on : ] Category : [ World ]



 
 

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