Mark Weisbrot, 12.16.2009
Co-director, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, D.C.
In June, the Honduran military abducted President Manuel Zelaya at gunpoint and flew him out of the country. Conflicting statements from the Obama administration have left many confused.
Eric Ehrmann, 12.14.2009
Writes on sports and global issues from Brazil. He is a member of PEN.
Christmas season marks the 50th anniversary of Brasilia, the futuristic capital city designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer, and magazines and online media are celebrating the event.
The Real News, 12.09.2009
Honduran coup regime's claims of more than 60% participation in free and fair election revealed as fraud. This video shows, the proof of the fraud was sitting out in the open the whole time.
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet, 12.04.2009
Editors of Simple Intelligence
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Daniel Altschuler, 12.01.2009
Rhodes Scholar, pursuing a doctorate in Politics at the University of Oxford
Porfirio Lobo will be Honduras's next President. Consistent with recent polls, Lobo, the National Party candidate, won a resounding victory over Libe...
Christopher Sabatini, 11.27.2009
Fingers are crossed throughout the Americas for a speedy conclusion to the Honduran crisis. But Sunday's elections may not present the exit we all hope for.
Dana Frank, 11.26.2009
President Obama should refuse to recognize the results of the upcoming Honduran election and bring an end to the embarrassing isolation of the United States from the rest of the world.
Sarah Stephens, 11.26.2009
Director of the Center for Democracy in the Americas
During my last visit to Honduras with a delegation that included Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, we met a man named Jose David Murillo. Jose's son, 19-y...
Mark Weisbrot, 11.23.2009
Co-director, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, D.C.
Why is it that Latin American governments can recognize the threat to democracy in Honduras while Washington cannot?
Daniel Altschuler, 11.21.2009
Rhodes Scholar, pursuing a doctorate in Politics at the University of Oxford
Earlier this week, Mary Anastasia O'Grady shamelessly pulled the God card to defend the Honduran coup. Specifically, she handed her Wall Street Journa...
Father Roy Bourgeois, 11.20.2009
The School of Americas is continuing to train Honduran officers despite claims by the Obama administration that it cut military ties to Honduras. And it's graduates continue to wreak havoc on Latin America.
Mark Weisbrot, 11.20.2009
Co-director, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, D.C.
This is not surprising, Lugar has been with his party leadership on this all along, including his letter in July that got the State Department to writ...
Robert Naiman, 11.20.2009
Policy Director of Just Foreign Policy
A statement put out by Senator Lugar's office this week contained a striking revelation: apparently, the State Department intends to fund election ob...
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.
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.
Katie Halper, 11.09.2009
Co-Founder of Laughing Liberally, a political comedy group

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.
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...
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.
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?