Obama's Magical Surrealism in Honduras

Bob Ostertag, 11.11.2009

Composer, historian, journalist, and Professor of Technocultural Studies and Music at UC Davis

In light of the Honduran elections, Obama's representative decided that might be a good time to ridicule all the Latin American democracies.

The World's Original "Banana Republic" Strong-Arms the World's "Last Remaining Superpower?"

Bob Ostertag, 11.09.2009

Composer, historian, journalist, and Professor of Technocultural Studies and Music at UC Davis

The deal to reinstate Honduran President Manuel Zelaya unraveled this week, leaving the U.S. as the only government in the western hemisphere willing to let the recent military coup there stand.

The Week In Headlines

Katie Halper, 11.09.2009

Co-Founder of Laughing Liberally, a political comedy group

Arturo Valenzuela Confirmed as Asst. Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere

Steve Clemons, 11.06.2009

Publisher of "The Washington Note"

After a long, messy battle between Senator Jim DeMint and the Obama administration, Senator DeMint removed his holds on two key administration appointees.

Honduran Coup Violates Women's Human Rights

Laura Carlsen, 11.06.2009

Director, Americas Program, Center For International Policy

On Nov. 2 representatives from Honduran women's organizations presented a grim panorama of violations of women's human rights by the de facto regime l...

Senator LeMieux On Wrong Track with anti-Cuba Political Action Committee and State Department Hold

Steve Clemons, 11.06.2009

Publisher of "The Washington Note"

Kind of sad when you see a Freshman US Senator get appointed and immediately hijacked by lobbying groups who have deeply parochial interests that run against the nation's.

President Obama's Credibility on the Line in Honduras

Mark Weisbrot, 11.05.2009

Co-director, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, D.C.

The Obama team brokered the accord in Honduras, and got a commitment from the coup leaders. If they go back on it, how much will the Obama administration's word be worth on anything else?

The Little Coup that Couldn't

Laura Carlsen, 10.31.2009

Director, Americas Program, Center For International Policy

If the agreement brokered this week holds, Honduran society will have turned the ugly precedent of a modern-day military coup d'etat into an example of the strength of nonviolent grassroots resistance.

Power Sharing - the Fix-it-All from Honduras to Zimbabwe

Sandip Roy, 10.30.2009

Editor, New America Media

It's good to know they have brokered a power-sharing deal in Honduras. Manuel Zelaya is happy. Roberto Micheletti said he had made a "significant con...

Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet, 10.30.2009

Editors of Simple Intelligence

This Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Iran Rejects Uranium Transfer Deal SI Analysis: In a show of shrewd and bizarre diplomacy, Iran says tha...

Honduras: Coup D'etat Murder, Mayhem and Lost Civil Liberties

Lys Anzia, 10.29.2009

Founder, Women News Network

Due to the current military state of affairs since June, the World Bank has now completely "paused its lending" to Honduras. This means that numerous humanitarian programs aimed at helping women and children have been completely stopped.

Best Political Halloween Costumes: Put Your Costume Where Your Mouth Is

Katie Halper, 10.28.2009

Co-Founder of Laughing Liberally, a political comedy group

Wear a fancy suit with a top hat and a cane. Stuff yourself with pillow so you look as bloated as possible. Wear a dollar sign around your neck (you can make it out of tin foil.) You're... Too big to fail.

Hope for Latin America: Obama's Nobel

Ariel Dorfman, 10.20.2009

Author

There are the real wars to win in Latin America. Against poverty and tyranny, against ecological depredation and the marginalization of the indigenous peoples and their wisdom.

Against the Odds, Progress in Honduras?

Daniel Altschuler, 10.16.2009

Rhodes Scholar, pursuing a doctorate in Politics at the University of Oxford

Rumors are swirling. Some say that all that remains is for negotiators to agree on the date of Zelaya's return. Others say that both sides have agreed to renounce the presidency.

Help Global Links Send Medical Supplies to Latin America & The Caribbean By Donating

Dan Kovalik, 10.14.2009

Human and Labor Rights Lawyer

This week, Pittsburgh-based Global Links is celebrating its 20th year of providing desperately-needed medical supplies to nine different countries in ...

Soccer and the Political Crisis in Honduras

Daniel Altschuler, 10.13.2009

Rhodes Scholar, pursuing a doctorate in Politics at the University of Oxford

Hondurans had high hopes for two things last week: qualifying for the World Cup and settling the political crisis. Unfortunately for the Hondurans, they came up short in both.

Colombian Free Trade: Exporting Death Squads to Honduras

Greg Grandin, 10.12.2009

Professor of History, New York University

News reports say that 40 members of Colombian death squads, responsible for the execution of thousands, have been recruited by Honduran plantation owners to protect their interests.

Obama's Diplomatic Adventurism

Ashley Rindsberg, 10.06.2009

Independent writer and researcher

Many Americans spent eight years bemoaning American military adventurism in the Middle East. Looking at Honduras today, the American people might wonder if diplomatic adventurism is any less dangerous a game.

Giving Aaron Schock a Pass on Honduras and DeMint

Steve Clemons, 10.02.2009

Publisher of "The Washington Note"

I suspect that Rep. Schock is going down to check out what is real and what is not in the mess of the Honduras coup and its aftermath -- but Jim DeMint is going down to "meddle."

Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet, 10.02.2009

Editors of Simple Intelligence

This Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs

Political Haiku: Progressives Demand Protection for Rogue Diplomat DeMint after Mission to Honduras

Frank Dwyer, 10.01.2009

poet, playwright, actor, theater director

When you put him in the airport squad car, please don't bump his empty head. ...