In June of last year, when the Honduran military overthrew the social democratic government of Manuel Zelaya, President Rafael Correa of Ecuador took ...
Dana Frank | Posted 05.25.2011
Ever since Porfirio Lobo came into office as President of Honduras, after a fraudulent election from which opposition candidates withdrew, he's been testing what he and the nation's elites can get away with, gradually unleashing more violence.
Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 05.25.2011
There is an ever-growing gulf of political proportions gumming up U.S.-Latin-American relations, and it has nothing to do with BP and everything to do with Honduras, a country from which I recently returned.
AP | CIARAN GILES | Posted 05.25.2011
ESTORIL, Portugal — Honduras should return ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power, leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal said at a sum...
AP | ESTEBAN FELIX | Posted 05.25.2011
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A U.S.-brokered agreement that could return ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power was sent to the Honduran Congress on...
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.25.2011
Why is it that Latin American governments can recognize the threat to democracy in Honduras while Washington cannot?
Dana Frank | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
guardian.co.uk | Rory Carroll, Latin America Correspondent | Posted 05.25.2011
Honduran soldiers have blasted recordings of pig grunts and other sound effects at the embassy in which the ousted president, Manuel Zelaya, is holed ...
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.25.2011
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?
Nikil Saval | Posted 05.25.2011
Greg Grandin | Posted 05.25.2011
The Venezuelan president believes that what the right fears most about Obama is his attempt to rehabilitate the idea that "public policy" can solve social problems, as opposed to the market.
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.25.2011
The United States has been the only major country to maintain an ambassador in Honduras throughout the dictatorship, and has also maintained a deafening silence about the repression there.
AP | MARCOS ALEMAN | Posted 05.25.2011
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Baton-wielding soldiers used tear gas and water cannons to chase away thousands who demonstrated outside the Brazilian E...
AP | FREDDY CUEVAS | Posted 05.25.2011
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Deposed President Manuel Zelaya made a dramatic return to Honduras' capital Monday, taking shelter from arrest at Brazil...
McClatchy | Tyler Bridges | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 05.25.2011
CARACAS, Venezuela �" Honduras' de facto government remains dead-set against the return of Manuel Zelaya as the country's president, in defiance of ...
BBC | Posted 05.25.2011
The Honduran interim government says it will go ahead with presidential elections in November, even if results are not recognised by other countries....
AFP | Posted 05.25.2011
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Honduras's Supreme Court has rejected a Costa Rica-brokered deal that would have restored ousted President Manuel Zelaya to p...
Conn Hallinan | Posted 05.25.2011
The story most U.S. readers are getting about the coup is that Zelaya was deposed because he tried to change the constitution to keep himself in power. That is a massive distortion of the facts.
AP | MORGAN LEE | Posted 05.25.2011
EL PARAISO, Honduras — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya took a symbolic step into his homeland Friday, vowing to reclaim his post a month after so...
Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Honduras' interim leader said Wednesday he is willing to step down if it helps end his country's political crisis, condi...
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.25.2011
Most disturbing is that Obama has been silent in the face of repression by the Honduran coup government, which has shot and killed demonstrators, closed down radio and TV stations and arrested journalists.
AP | FREDDY CUEVAS | Posted 05.25.2011
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Tuesday that the Honduran people "have the right to insurrection" against t...
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.25.2011
It is clear that Hondurans won't be getting any help from the United States, so the rest of the world will have to scream bloody murder about the violence and repression going on there.
The Real News | Posted 05.25.2011
The 'golpistas' (coup leaders) are the polical-economic ruling class and are afraid of losing their power to an increasingly engaged citizenry.
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.25.2011