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At the Channel 36 TV station in this sweltering capital, the buzzing, hectic atmosphere of a news network has been replaced by an ominous silence.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 [...]
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 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 [...]
