The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ruling party candidate Laura Chinchilla wins 47% of vote well beyond 40% needed to avoid run-off against Otton Solis Costa Ricans have elected their first female president as the ruling party candidate won in a landslide after campaigning to continue free market policies in Central America's most stable nation. With most of the votes from Sunday's election counted, Laura Chinchilla held a 22-point...
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 02/06/2010
Santo Domingo.– The former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya held his first news
New York Times (Free subscription) | 02/04/2010
Former President Manuel Zelaya said President Porfirio Lobo had done nothing to remove those who carried out the coup that overthrew Mr. Zelaya in June.
Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | 02/03/2010
Though we haven't talked about it in awhile, the Honduran political landscape continues to change and head in uncertain directions. Last Tuesday, Porfirio Lobo was inaugurated , bringing an end to the "provisional government" of Roberto Micheletti. One of Lobo's first acts was to allow former legally-elected president Manuel Zelaya leave the Brazilian embassy and head into exile in the Dominican...
Once Upon a Time in the West (Free subscription) | 02/02/2010
- FARC and ELN Forge Alliance to Launch Counter-Offensive against Colombian Government, US Troop Deployment - Bogota’s El Tiempo: Cuban Agents Can "Make Contact" with Colombia's Marxist Insurgents; FARC to Open Office in Europe as “Bolivarian Continental Movement,” Establish Contacts with Leftists, Students - Exporting Revolution 21st Century Style: Venezuelan Chief of Albanisa...
Bolivia Rising (Free subscription) | 02/01/2010
LA PAZ, Jan 31 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca stated on Saturday that Evo Morales’s government would not recognize the new Honduran Executive of President elect Porfirio Lobo, because the Bolivian government rejects dictatorships. Bolivian newspaper La Razon published statements by Choquehuanca, and said several countries have said they would not accept...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 01/30/2010
Honduras and the United States normalized on Friday their diplomatic ties which were affected by the political crisis caused by the coup against then president Manuel Zelaya in June last year. Honduran President Porfirio Lobo said on Friday that "I am happy that with the visit of U.S. ambassador to Honduras Hugo Llorens, we are practically normalizing the ties with the United States of America."...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 01/30/2010
The new Honduran government led by President Porfirio Lobo was seeking an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a bid to get loans and unlock aid from other credit organizations. If an agreement is achieved with the IMF, Honduras will receive resources from the World Bank and from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which cut off aid to Honduras since former President Manuel...
Rantburg (Free subscription) | 01/30/2010
Deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya has arrived in the Dominican Republic, beginning his exile and ending seven months of turmoil in Honduras. Hundreds of supporters, many waving flags, watched him leave the airport in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa. "Goodbye! Don't come back! Goodbye!"His departure marks the end of efforts to return to office after soldiers forced him into exile at...
Cuaderno Latinoamericano (Free subscription) | 01/29/2010
After recently reading about Manuel Zelaya's presidential victory in Honduras in 2005, I found an article about the new president's being sworn in. Zelaya was ousted by the military in June of '09. Aparently people thought he was trying to extend his presidency (among many other issues.) On the 27th, new president Porfirio Lobo was sworn in. Zelaya flew to the Dominican Republic, although he said he...
Hot Air (Free subscription) | 01/29/2010
Hondurans inaugurated a new president yesterday after a tense standoff between former president Manuel Zelaya, deposed by order of the Honduran parliament and Supreme Court, and Roberto Micheletti, who acted as interim president until previously-scheduled national elections could be held. For Hondurans, it was a day to look towards the ...
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 01/29/2010
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Government had informed Caracas of its efforts to reach an agreement to end the deadlock in Honduras during the refuge in the Brazilian embassy of the deposed chief executive Manuel Zelaya.
Global Security (Free subscription) | 01/28/2010
Ousted former Honduran president Manuel Zelaya has left the country for exile in the Dominican Republic amid hopes that his departure will end seven months of political turmoil, the BBC said.
JURIST (Free subscription) | 01/28/2010
[JURIST] Honduran President Porfirio Lobo on Wednesday granted amnesty to both former president Manuel Zelaya and military leaders accused of participation in a June 2009 coup against Zelaya. Making the decree during his inaugural address, Lobo said that it would allow the country to move past the conflict. He also said that he would appoint a special commission to investigate the circumstances of...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 01/28/2010
Porfirio Lobo's government may have won some recognition, but the June coup has had terrible consequences for Hondurans The seven-month political crisis has ended in Honduras . That is, the supporters of the ousted president Manuel Zelaya, and the opponents of the 28 June military coup , have lost. Yesterday Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo was sworn into the presidency. The anti-coup opposition chose...
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