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Latin America Digest: Today's one-line news briefs

L.A. Times - Latin America Blog (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

Salvador, Brazil — Brazil’s President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday joined visiting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in calling on Israel to stop building new settlements in areas claimed by Palestinians. Bogota, Colombia — Six people, including two children, were killed when suspected Colombian FARC guerrillas stopped and set fire to a bus traveling in the south...

US welcomes Micheletti's temporary step-down in Honduras - Summary

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

Washington/Tegucigalpa - The United States Friday welcomed the intention by disputed Honduran leader Roberto Micheletti to temporarily step aside during elections, saying it created some breathing space for resolution of the five-month-old crisis. ...

• Honduras de facto leader says will step aside - Reuters
• U.S. welcomes Honduran interim leader's brief departure from reign - People Daily
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

Honduras' de facto leader plans to give up power temporarily

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Tegucigalpa, Honduras - De facto Honduran leader Roberto Micheletti is planning to give up power temporarily, from Wednesday to December 2. Micheletti said late Thursday that he contemplates not holding the presidency when the Central American countr...

Honduras interim president may take leave for vote

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' interim president said Thursday he may step down temporarily to allow voters to concentrate on the upcoming presidential elections.

Honduras's de facto leader may step aside for a week

Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras's de facto leader said he may give up his presidential duties for a week so voters can focus on an election that Washington hopes will help end a five-month-old political crisis.

Honduran Congress to vote on Zelaya fate after poll

Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran lawmakers will wait until after a November 29 election to decide whether to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya, delaying a vote that had been expected earlier this month.

Ousted Honduran president won't recognize vote

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya insisted late Saturday that he will not accept any deal to restore him to office if it means he must recognize elections later this month.

Ousted president Zelaya accuses US of providing cover for coup

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009

Tegucigalpa - Deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya has rejected any possibility of a deal to restore constitutional order in the two weeks before the next scheduled elections, local media reported. Zelaya, who was ousted by the military on June 2...

Ousted Honduran leader says won't negotiate return

Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Saturday he would refuse to return to the presidency as part of any deal to end the crisis sparked by his ouster, saying that to do so would legitimize a June coup.

Ousted Honduran president: U.S. weakened, yielded

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya accused the U.S. government Thursday of weakening and changing course in the conflict over the June 28 coup that saw soldiers hustle him out of the country.

Aid freeze in post-coup Honduras hurting poor

Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Poor Hondurans are going hungry and their sick children cannot obtain medicines as donors cut aid to the country following a June coup that deposed President Manuel Zelaya, doctors and aid workers say.

Honduras finds alleged drug landing strip

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Honduran authorities said Monday that they have discovered a secret landing strip on property once owned by a slain congressman suspected of trafficking in precursor chemicals for methamphetamine.

Gunmen ambush, shoot at Honduras AG; no injuries

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Gunmen ambushed a convoy carrying Honduras' top prosecutor, but neither he nor his bodyguards were harmed, police said Sunday.

Honduran election campaigns clouded by crisis

Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A bitter four-month dispute over who is president has left many Hondurans too jaded with politics to care about voting for their next leader.

Zelaya: US-brokered pact for Honduran crisis fails

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that a U.S.-brokered pact failed to end a four-month political crisis after a deadline for forming...