The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that a petition to list the Honduran emerald hummingbird (Amazilia luciae) under the Endangered Species Act contains substantial information indicating that listing may be warranted. The Service is now seeking data and comments from the public in order to conduct a full status review of this species. The […]
Last year, the U.S. tried to force the reinstatement of deposed president Manuel Zelaya. When that failed and Team Obama was looking like the Keystone Cops, it sent a delegation to Tegucigalpa to negotiate a compromise. Participants in those talks say Dan Restrepo, senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs at the National Security Council, let […]
Honduras has been deeply divided by the coup and passions could easily spin out of control. Even if the de facto government manages to pull off new elections, the results would be viewed as illegitimate by much of the Honduran population. That could mean years, not months, of crisis… Mr. Zelaya, a self-styled populist and […]
This was forwarded to me from a friend. I think your readers might benefit from it… Under the Honduran Constitution, what really happened here? By Octavio Sanchez* If you are not familiar with the country’s history and the Honduran constitution it is almost impossible that you would understand what happened here this past weekend. In […]
Exerpt from Washing Post “Last year, following the script originally laid out by Chávez in Venezuela and adopted by Evo Morales in Bolivia and Rafael Correa in Ecuador, Zelaya announced that he would hold a referendum to set up a constituent assembly that would change the constitution that barred him from reelection. In the next […]