The courts dismissed the case against former finance minister, Rebecca Santos, in the overpriced rental of a building for offices of the National Electricity Company (ENEE). The former official of the administration of Manuel Zelaya, was accused by the prosecution for authorizing the then manager of the ENEE, Rixi Moncada, to rent a building for […]
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 […]
Five Honduran judges have been on a hunger strike for six days in protest of a decision by the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) to dismiss four magistrates that condemned the June 28th actions against former president Manuel Zelaya. Thursday another two people joined the strike, and there are now seven strikers demonstrating in La […]
President Porfirio Lobo said on Wednesday that ousted Manuel Zelaya was welcome to return to Honduras whenever he wanted, and not face prosecution. “President Zelaya can come back to Honduras whenever he wants,” he told a news conference after an EU-Central America conference in the Spanish capital. “It’s a question that we brought up with […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2010 5:24 PM Honduras: Firings Undercut Judicial Independence Supreme Court Should Reinstate Judges Immediately The firing of judges who opposed the 2009 coup is a serious blow to judicial independence in Honduras, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 12, 2010, the Honduran Supreme Court ratified its May 5 vote […]