By Catracha Hondurena on March 11, 2010
Honduran Congress, mark goldstein
Human Interest
Mark Goldstein and Marjorie Gonzalez boarded a Cessna 421 aircraft at Toncontin airport in Tegucigalpa yesterday. The plane was registered in Guatemala, and flown by a Guatemalan pilot, Luis Lopez Just minutes after takeoff, one of the engines reportedly caught on fire, forcing the pilot to try to return to the airport. The difficulty of […]
By Catracha Hondurena on March 10, 2010
Honduran Congress, mark goldstein, san pedro sula, tegucigalpa
Human Interest, Politics in Honduras
San Pedro Sula Congressman, Mark Goldstein and his fiancee, Margie Gonzalez, died in an airplane crash this afternoon. The small aircraft carried the pilot, Luis Lopez, Mr. Goldstein, and his companion There were no survivors. Mr. Goldstein had just been sworn in as a diputado and attended a special tribute in Congress for his father, […]
By Catracha Hondurena on November 3, 2009
Honduran Congress, political crisis, Politics in Honduras, presidency, zelaya
Politics in Honduras
Honduran congressional leaders are meeting to discuss whether to convene a special meeting to discuss the return of ousted former president Manuel Zelaya. The possibility of the return to power of the ousted leader is one of the points of the deal struck last week between negotiators for Zelaya and the interim government. The meeting […]