By Jennifer Catracha on July 21, 2011
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Politics in Honduras
Council on Foreign Relations Fellow and Latin American expert Joel Hirst explains how the Honduras Truth Commission concluded that the removal of President Manuel Zelaya was a coup while at the same time concluding that Zelaya was breaking the law when he disregarded a Supreme Court ruling ordering him to cancel the referendum. By Joel […]
By Catracha Hondurena on January 13, 2010
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Politics in Honduras
The National Congress of Honduras ratified departure from the Bolivian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA). The executive decree sent by President Roberto Micheletti was ratified by the majority of Congress with 128 votes in favor, and five not in favor, those being members of the Democratic Unification Party (UD) and the Innovation and Unity Party. […]
By Catracha Hondurena on December 14, 2009
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Politics in Honduras
Castro saluted the victory of the Bolivian people for reelecting Bolivian President Evo Morales for another presidential term. During his speech at the summit, Raul Castro extended regrets of the absence of Honduran ousted president Manuel Zelaya, stressing that “the people of that nation (Honduras) were deprived of their Constitutional rights being imposed.” He strongly […]
By Catracha Hondurena on December 13, 2009
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Politics in Honduras
A planned meeting between the ousted and incoming leaders of Honduras to solve that nation’s political crisis has been delayed, Dominican President Leonel Fernandez said Sunday. Fernandez had announced Friday that he expected the ousted Manuel Zelaya and President-elect Porfirio Lobo to meet in the Caribbean nation’s capital on Monday — implying that Zelaya would […]
By Catracha Hondurena on December 13, 2009
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Politics in Honduras
Foreign Ministers of nine Latin American countries on Saturday met in Cuba to sign agreements to support the strengthening of ALBA. A summit on Sunday and Monday will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the creation of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Fidel Castro […]