Honduras News – Daily News about Honduras

The elected president, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, celebrated his 62nd birthday today in San Pedro Sula. Porfirio Lobo said he was excited by the support he has received from the various departments of the country and the leadership of his party.

Business leaders, nationalist politicians, and his family accompanied him. Among them were Ricardo Alvarez, reelected mayor of Tegucigalpa, and the President of the National Party Central Committee, Rafael Leonardo Callejas.

“Porfirio Lobo campaigned very well, which allowed him to have a historic victory in all departments of Honduras,” said Rafael Callejas, former president of Honduras (1990-1994).

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In case you missed it, a remarkable thing happened recently in the small Central American country of Honduras. Ignoring the skeptics, Honduras held a free, fair, transparent and — perhaps most importantly — a peaceful election.

The voting came at a time when democracy and the rule of law are under attack in the region, so hopefully this election marked a decisive moment. It should, at least, show other neighboring countries that democracy works.

Nonetheless, a big question remains: Is this election a turning point, or an anomaly, for democracy in Latin America?

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“Republican lawmakers who have criticized the Obama administration’s handling of the Honduran political crisis are calling on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to rally other U.S. allies in support of the Central American nation’s newly elected president”…”We strongly urge you to work with our democratic friends and allies in the region and around the world to encourage them to fully and unequivocally recognize the lawful election results in Honduras,” states the letter signed by eight other members of Congress.

Read Miami Herald Article Here.

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“The Organization of American States (OAS) is not a tribunal to judge the elections of Honduras, on the contrary, Honduras must be supported in order to rebuild the democracy of their country,” said Guillermo Alberto Coches, the Panama Representative to the OAS.

Coches believes the differing opinions of the representatives of the OAS, concerning the case of Honduras, only weakens the organization.

Honduras “is entitled to find their own destiny, and no one can impose one,” he concluded.

The special meeting convened on Friday to discuss the Honduran general election began at 3:00 p.m. and concluded at approximately 4:30 p.m. They could reach no consensus.

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