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Obama and Clinton Ignore Democrats' Pleas to Stop the Killing In Honduras

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.28.2012

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Mark Weisbrot

One has to wonder what the U.S. government would do if the violence associated with drug trafficking were ever to subside, it has been so convenient to them in building up their military and security presence in the region, and the political influence that goes with it.

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One Year After the Coup, Rift Persists Between Washington and Latin America Over Honduras

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Weisbrot

Presidents like Lula da Silva and Michele Bachelet take the threat of military coups seriously. It's time the U.S. join them and support the rights of Hondurans, instead of fighting to legitimize a repressive regime.

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Handling Dissent in the OAS: Can Hillary Clinton Negotiate Honduras' Return?

Christopher Sabatini | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Sabatini

A negotiated compromise at this week's meeting of the OAS could point a way forward to allow member states to vote for the reintegration of Honduras, barred from the group last year after what some governments called a coup.

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Zelaya: US-Brokered Pact For Honduran Crisis Fails

AP | MARTHA MENDOZA and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — They can't both be right. Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says a deal that could have returned him to power is d...

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Manuel Zelaya Negotiating Deal To Leave Honduras, Wants To Leave As "A Distinguished Guest"

AP | FREDDY CUEVAS and JULIE WATSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' coup-installed government says ousted leader Manuel Zelaya is free to leave the country, but there's a catch: ...

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Manuel Zelaya, Ousted Honduran President, Tortured By Soldiers Blasting "Pig Grunts"

guardian.co.uk | Rory Carroll, Latin America Correspondent | Posted 05.25.2011

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Honduran soldiers have blasted recordings of pig grunts and other sound effects at the embassy in which the ousted president, Manuel Zelaya, is holed ...

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Manuel Zelaya Should Return To Honduras Power, Say Latin America, Spain And Portugal

AP | CIARAN GILES | Posted 05.25.2011

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ESTORIL, Portugal — Honduras should return ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power, leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal said at a sum...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Benyamin Netanyahu, UK, Guinea, Somalia, Pakistan, Iraq, China, Karzai, Iran, Irish Vote, Guido Westerwelle, Russia, Mahmourd Abbas, Honduras, Solana, US, Germany, Zelaya, Micheletti, Palestinian, UN General Assembly, G20 Climate Change, Yemen. Lebanon, Medvedev, France, Al Shabaab, Mcchrystal, Georgia, Angela Merkel, Taliban, Afghanistan, Hizbul, Ninawa, Qum, World Affairs, Foreign Affairs Roundup, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka

This Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs

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Desperate Honduran Leaders Vow To Restore Freedoms

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The coup-installed president of Honduras backed down Monday from an escalating standoff with protesters and suggested he...

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Honduras Allows Relief, But Military Digs In

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Honduras, Zelaya, Micheletti, Coup, Central America, Revolution, Roberto Micheletti, Manuel Zelaya, World News
Ashley Rindsberg

Today's curfew lift will reveal much. If the majority of the country remains quiet and orderly there might be a mellowing of the situation. If clashes erupt, the crisis will spiral.

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Honduras Leader Zelaya: "Mercenaries" Are Out To Kill Me

McClatchy | Frances Robles | Miami Herald | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- It's been 89 days since Manuel Zelaya was booted from power. He's sleeping on chairs, and he said his throat is sore from tox...

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Zelaya's Daring Return reignites Honduras crisis

AP | MARCOS ALEMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Baton-wielding soldiers used tear gas and water cannons to chase away thousands who demonstrated outside the Brazilian E...

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Gunfire, Tear Gas in Honduran Capital

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ashley Rindsberg

Gunfire, the smell of burning tires, and tear gas woke me up Tuesday morning. Tegucigalpa's Palmira neighborhood erupted into violence at around 5 AM.

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Honduras: Zelaya Claims He Is Back To Reclaim Presidency

AP | FREDDY CUEVAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Deposed President Manuel Zelaya made a dramatic return to Honduras' capital Monday, taking shelter from arrest at Brazil...

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Honduran Tensions Rise As Curfew Enforced

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ashley Rindsberg

While the the demonstrations are not violent as of now, police helicopters have started circling the area and the loud bangs of fireworks are punctuating the shouts.

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Honduras Won't Let Zelaya Return As President, Defying US

McClatchy | Tyler Bridges | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 05.25.2011

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CARACAS, Venezuela �" Honduras' de facto government remains dead-set against the return of Manuel Zelaya as the country's president, in defiance of ...

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Honduras Elections To Go Ahead Despite International Criticism, Says Interim Government

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Honduran interim government says it will go ahead with presidential elections in November, even if results are not recognised by other countries....

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Honduras Court: Zelaya Faces Arrest If Returns

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Honduras's Supreme Court has rejected a Costa Rica-brokered deal that would have restored ousted President Manuel Zelaya to p...

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Fact Checking Lanny Davis on Honduras

Greg Grandin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Honduras, Employee Free Choice Act, Lanny Davis, Democracy Now, Roberto Micheletti, Zelaya, Honduran Coup, World News
Greg Grandin

I debated lobbyist Lanny Davis, now working for the business backers of the recent Honduran coup, on Democracy Now! Below is a list of Davis's major lies followed by fact checks.

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Departed, or Deported at Gunpoint?

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carol Felsenthal

No matter how one feels about the recent events in Honduras that saw the elected president, Manuel Zelaya arrested and then deported, the word "departed" does not describe his removal.

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Ousted Honduran Leader Vows To Camp On Border

AP | MORGAN LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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OCOTAL, Nicaragua — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya encamped his roving government in exile in this sleepy mountain town near the Honduran border...

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Exiled Honduran President Sets Up Camp "With Water And Food" On Border

AP | MORGAN LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAS MANOS, Nicaragua — Deposed President Manuel Zelaya returned to the Honduran border on Saturday and announced he would set up camp there, des...

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Zelaya Crosses Border And Returns To Honduras As Police, Supporters Clash

AP | MORGAN LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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EL PARAISO, Honduras — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya took a symbolic step into his homeland Friday, vowing to reclaim his post a month after so...

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Zelaya Sets Up Nicaragua Base To Prepare A Dramatic Return Home

AP | MORGAN LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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EL PARAISO, Honduras — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya took a symbolic step into his homeland Friday, vowing to reclaim his post a month after so...

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The Urgency of Restoring Democracy to Honduras -- and What You Can Do to Help*

Dan Kovalik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Coup, Zelaya, Honduras, World, Latin America, Manuel Zelaya, Honduran Coup, Honduras Coup, Disappeared, World News
Dan Kovalik

I just returned from a trip to Honduras where the ousted President, Manual Zelaya, has great support among the poor, the unions and the indigenous groups of Honduras.

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