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 [...]
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 [...]
Honduras Military Coup
On the Day of the National Survey for Constitutional Reform, the Honduran President Was Captured by the Military According to reports from national human rights organizations, at approximately 1am the president of Honduras, Mel Zelaya and his family were captured by the military. He was taken to a military airport. He denounced the military coup [...]
Honduras tense as Zelaya readies re-election vote
Comments OffHonduras’ president has vowed to proceed with a vote on constitutional reforms that has plunged the country into crisis, defying the military, Congress and the courts which have declared the vote illegal. The impoverished Central American nation had been politically stable since the end of military rule in the early 1980s, but Manuel Zelaya’s push [...]
