Honduran President Porfirio Lobo says he has found out that some political opponents want to overthrow him, a statement from the president’s office reported. Lobo said Tuesday he knew the names of those who are plotting against him and warned them not to try a coup. Asked by reporters if he is behind a movement […]
Argentina — Katia Lara and Carlos del Valle grabbed their cameras last June and started shooting: protesters gathered on the Tegucigalpa streets, soldiers firing live rounds into crowds. They filmed for five months, starting the day the Honduran military kidnapped then-President Manuel Zelaya and kicked him out of the country. They captured shocking images of […]
President Porfirio Lobo Sosa held a telephone conversation with his counterpart from the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernandez, in which they discussed the issue of the return to Honduras of former President Manuel Zelaya. Lobo Sosa reiterated that Zelaya may return at will to Honduras without fear of arrest, and even promised to personally travel to […]
Ousted former president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, proposed a peace and reconciliation plan that would allow Honduras back into the international community, including the acknowledgment of current President Porfirio Lobo and his administration. Zelaya’s proposal includes putting an end to all human rights violations and guaranteeing political freedom for all parties, but “without absolving the […]
Last week, Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Sosa publicly acknowledged that the expulsion of President Manuel Zelaya from the country on June 28, 2009, constituted a coup. This was a startling admission from a man who won last year’s presidential election in a climate rife with fear, repression and censorship. Lobo’s belated recognition of the coup […]