European People’s Party (EPP) confirmed yesterday that they will send an observer mission to Honduras to observe the elections on November 29th. The leader of the European Parliament, Jaime Mayor Oreja, said that “the elections on November 29th are the only hope to save democracy in Honduras.” Foreign Minister of Honduras, Carlos Lopez Contreras, had […]
The Resistance Front that unites followers of ousted President Manuel Zelaya concentrated efforts for their campaign to boycott “peacefully” Sunday’s election under the supervision of thousands of soldiers and police deployed to prevent any violence or intimidation. “Fighting is organizing a boycott of elections in the 298 municipalities within 18 departments in the country, cities […]
by Manuel Zelaya Rosales, President of Honduras Honorable Presidents, Nations of America Dear Presidents, I write you in my role as President of Honduras, valuing the excellent relations between our countries and in defense of the democracy violated in Honduras as consequence of the Military Coup d’Etat perpetrated June 28 of this year, when soldiers […]
High Court Judge Maureen Rajnauth-Lee has ordered that Honduras national Antonio Ramos be brought to the High Court Port of Spain today, following an application of continued unlawful detention. The application was filed Friday morning by Ramos’s attorneys Gerald Ramdeen and Mark Seepersad and lists the defendant as Commissioner of Prisons John Rougier. According to […]
As of Saturday, Manuel Zelaya Rosales has been a guest of the Brazilian embassy for two months. A close associate of Zelaya, accompanying him at the Brazilian embassy, said, “The president is well and strong in his struggle to defend democracy.” “The president has not resigned his struggle to return to power and continues to […]