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Stakes Rise for the United States in Honduras

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Roberto Micheletti, Manuel Zelaya, Us-Latin-America-Policy, Obama Latin America, Oas, Group of Rio, Hillary Clinton, Honduras Crisis, World News
Daniel Altschuler

At the end of October, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton celebrated the unprecedented overturning of a coup through dialogue. That assessment has now proved naïve.

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Clinton, Act to Avoid a Massacre in Honduras

Laura Carlsen | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Honduras, Oas, Human Rights, Coup, Manuel Zelaya, World News
Laura Carlsen

Clinton continues to make statements divorced from the current dire reality in Honduras. Today the reality is that the Armed Forces under the coup regime are carrying out not just a "provocation" but a brutal attack on protesters.

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In Venezuela, a Tale of Two Judges

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 08.24.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Rule of Law, Robert Amsterdam, Antonio Ledezma, Democracy, Organization of American States, Barack Obama, Honduras Coup, Freedom of the Press, Human Rights, Oas, Honduras, Globovision, Eligio Cedeno, Yuri Lopez, Eligio CedeñO, Latin America, Cuba, World News
Robert Amsterdam

The fact that Chávez has taken over the courts means that Venezuela may look like a democracy to fawning movie stars and celebrity athletes of the vanguard left, but the core is rotten and lawless.

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Honduras... The Big Backstory

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iran-Contra, Otto Reich, Chicago, Havana, Arias, Obama, Ros-Lehtinen, South America, Ortega, China, Organization of American States, Iran, Oas, Zelaya, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Harry Potter, Panama Canal, Nicaragua, Bill Clinton, Hugo Chavez, Mara Salvatrucha, Latin America, Kremlin, Venezuela, Hugo Llorens, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Gangs, Hutchinson Whampoa, Cuba, Soto Cano, War on Drugs, Palmerola, Sandinista, Dea, Mossad, World News
Eric Ehrmann

The White House denounced the action in Honduras as "illegal." But that call requires Washington to cut off all but humanitarian aid and could jeopardize the big Soto Cano base outside Tegucigalpa.

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Is the OAS Against Democracy?

Javier Corrales | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Oas, Honduras Coup, Honduras, Hyper-Presidentialism, Manuel Zelaya, Coup in Honduras, World News
Javier Corrales

Everything Manuel Zelaya did suggested that his ultimate goal was to empower the Executive to the detriment of the other branches of government, and this scared all democratic forces.

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Honduras Pulls Out Of OAS, Refuses TO Restore Zelaya

AP | WILL WEISSERT and NESTOR IKEDA | Posted 08.04.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Coup, Zelaya, Manuel Zelaya, Oas, Oas Honduras, Honduras, Honduras Oas, Honduras Zelaya, Organization of American States, World News

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Saturday that he would return to Honduras to try to retake office following last wee...

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Zelaya Postpones Return, Mass Mobilization in the Country

Laura Carlsen | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: Rafael Alegria, Honduras, Oas, UN Resolution on Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti, World News
Laura Carlsen

The three major actors in the drama that has captivated the world from this small, impoverished nation have tightened their positions in the lead-up to the president's return.

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OAS: Honduras Must Restore President Manuel Zelaya In 3 Days Or Risk Suspension

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: Oas Honduras, Oas, Honduras Coup, Honduras, Organization of American States, Manuel Zelaya, President Manuel Zelaya, Manuel Zelaya Honduras, Honduras President 2009, Zelaya Oas, Manuel Celaya Honduras, Zelaya Honduras Oas, Zelaya, World News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Wednesday it has suspended joint military operations with Honduras to protest a coup that forced Pres...

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Fidel Never Stopped Talking But Raul Doesn't Have a Thing to Say

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Human Rights, Oas, President Obama, Cuban Dual Currency System, United Nations, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Cuab, World News
Yoani Sanchez

I confess I prefer the restrained style, but there are a lot of explanations outstanding which, in the face of so much discontent, are urgent.

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Cuba Readmitted To OAS "Without Conditions"

AP | NESTOR IKEDA | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Latin America, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Organization of American States, Cuba Organization of American States, Venezuela, Ecuador, Honduras, Hillary Clinton, Cuba Oas, Oas Cuba, Oas Summit, Cuba, Oas, Honduras Oas Cuba June 3, Cuba Readmitted to Oas, Cuba Readmitted, Honduras Coup, World News

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — The Organization of American States voted by acclamation on Wednesday to revoke the 1962 measure suspending communist...

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OAS Cuba Talks (UPDATE: CUBA READMITTED)

New York Times | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Venezuela Cuba, Cuba Organization of American States, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela Organization of American States, Latin America, Foreign Affairs, Oas, Honduras, Hillary Clinton, Organization of American States, Daniel Ortega, Cuba, Advocacy, World News

UPDATE: AP reports that Cuba has been readmitted without conditions. Thirty-four members of the Organization of American States gathered here Tues...

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OAS Should Not Welcome Back Cuba

José Miguel Vivanco | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

Read More: South America, Venezuela, Human Rights, Latin America, Human Rights Watch, Brazil, Oas, Organization of American States, Cuba, World News
José Miguel Vivanco

To readmit Cuba to the Organization of American States would reward a government that has failed to improve its abysmal human rights record, and thereby weaken rights protections throughout the region.

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