A meeting was sponsored by the First Lady of Honduras, Siomara Michelettti yesterday, and many of the wives of presidential candidates attended. The meeting provided an opportunity to see what the current government is doing regarding social work, and what might be expected of the First Lady in the new administration. Becky Manzanares (liberal), Rosa […]
QUESTION: On Honduras, Senator Kerry’s – one of his spokespersons recently said that when Thomas Shannon said that the U.S. would recognize the winner of the November 29th elections, even if Zelaya was not to be put back into power beforehand, that that was undermining the deal that had been reached? Can you respond to […]
PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC From the Desk of Mr President Tegucigalpa, November 14, 2009 S. E. BARACK OBAMA U.S. PRESIDENT Washington D. C. Dear President Obama: When we met for the first time on July 8 with the Secretary of State Clinton after the coup was left clear to me and to the world the […]
Micheletti has said he will step down immediately and relinquish his position as President of Honduras if Manuel Zelaya requests and is granted asylum from the Brazilian Embassy. Additionally, Zelaya must abandon his pursuit to be reinstated.
The deputy U.S. assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere, Craig Kelly, today concluded his two-day visit to Honduras. He met with both Zelaya and Micheletti representatives separately in an attempt to save the agreement that seeks to resolve the political crisis in Honduras. The U.S. official hoped to salvage the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Agreement, which five days […]