The U.S. Rep. Janice Schakowsky said today that the Parliament of Honduras should “move quickly” to restore Manuel Zelaya to the presidency, and that there has been a “deterioration” of the human rights situation following him being “overthrown”. “Congress should move quickly to restore the president and the democratic order,” said Schakowsky, an Illinois congressman, […]
The World Bank heads the list as the main creditor of Honduras. As of September 30, 2009, the balance of the debt to the Bank reached 489 million dollars, according to a report by the Ministry of Finance (MoF), equivalent to 19.9% of Honduras’ total external public debt, which was 2,457 million dollars. The second […]
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 […]
The president of the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (COHEP), Amilcar Bulnes, reported that a week before general elections take place this November 29th, some 600 international observers from Northern, Central and South America will arrive in Honduras. They will come from the United Staes, Europe, Chile, Argentina, Colombia and Central America. The former president […]
It was unthinkable it could happen, yet it did. On October 22, 2009 Patricia Rodas orchestrated a takeover of the Honduran Embassy in the United States. The Embassy administration in place did all they could to not relinquish their posts, but in the end, the United States allowed their removal. Zelaya’s team was permitted to […]