In Deeply Split Honduran Society, a Potentially Combustible Situation
Comments OffTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — To many poor Hondurans, deposed president Manuel “Mel” Zelaya was a trailblazing ally who scrapped school tuitions, raised the minimum wage and took on big business.
“He met with us — the taxi drivers could go to the presidency and talk to him, the poor farmers, the women’s groups,” said Berta Cáceres, 38, [...]
Honduras Historical Places
Visitors to Honduras will find many historical sites around the country and archaeology can be studied at the Copan Ruins archaeological site. This is the most studied Mayan city in the world and dates back nearly 2,000 years. The society that lived there were very stratified, deeply symbolic and traditional in how they lived. The [...]
Honduran Officials Begin Talks On Countrys Future
Comments OffHonduras — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and the men who kicked him out of power nearly two weeks ago began mediated talks Thursday in a bid to end the Central American country’s biggest political crisis in decades.
Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya gather at a roadblock protest on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa on [...]
Honduras – The Real Story, From The Inside
The following was sent to me by a dear friend and colleague, who is from Honduras and a lawyer. She and her husband (also a lawyer) prepared it and I present it here unchanged with their permission (though I have removed their names for privacy purposes). They make the case that the Honduran Congress and [...]
Honduras Slides Towards Greater Instability
Comments OffAlready volatile Honduras slid toward greater instability after soldiers blocked an airport runway to keep ousted President Manuel Zelaya from returning, and protests that had remained largely peaceful yielded their first death.
Police and soldiers blanketed the streets of the capital overnight Monday—enforcing a sunset-to-sunrise curfew with batons and metal poles
The extended curfew added to the [...]
