In Honduras, a media crackdown
At the Channel 36 TV station in this sweltering capital, the buzzing, hectic atmosphere of a news network has been replaced by an ominous silence. The doors are held shut with huge industrial padlocks, bored-looking soldiers stand on the sidewalk and the journalists are nowhere to be seen. Since taking power Sunday after a coup [...]
Beware of the Not-So-Hidden Agendas In Honduras
Comments OffHonduras presents the Obama administration with its first real Latin American crisis. Since the 1981 return of civilian rule, Honduras has regarded itself as a friend of the U.S. In the ’80s, it allowed the Nicaraguan Resistance or “Contras” to operate from base camps there. It lent troops for Operation Iraqi Freedom and continues to [...]
Two Hondurans Headed for Clash
The two presidents of Honduras were headed on a collision course Tuesday, as the president ousted by a coup vowed to return and his replacement threatened to arrest him the minute he lands. Neither side seemed willing to bend in a looming confrontation that is the first test of the Obama administration’s diplomacy and clout [...]
US warns citizens to avoid travel to Honduras
The State Department on Monday warned U.S. citizens to avoid all nonessential travel to Honduras due to the “current unstable political and security situation” there. Noting the ouster on Sunday by the Honduran military of President Manuel Zelaya, the department in a statement late Monday also recommended that American citizens residing in and visiting Honduras [...]
Honduran Democratic Process
Comments OffThis week’s military coup in Honduras has complicated the power struggle in the region. Honduras as well as Latin America has not had a military coup in the region for many years. Lets first define what a military coup is according to Wikipedia a military coup is the sudden, unconstitutional deposition of a legitimate government [...]
