Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Thelma Mejía TEGUCIGALPA, Apr 1, 2011 (IPS) – Reasserting effective civilian control over the Honduran armed forces, after a coup that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya in June 2009, will require constitutional reform and a greater grasp by society on defence issues. This is the view of academics, [...]
Honduras Has Much to Explain in Human Rights Exam
November 3, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Thelma Mejía TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 2, 2010 (IPS) – Honduras must answer to the United Nations Human Rights Council this week with respect to the numerous complaints of human rights violations committed before, during and after the Jun. 28, 2009 coup d’état that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya. "The [...]
Honduras Worried About Becoming Narco-State
October 23, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Thelma Mejía TEGUCIGALPA, Oct 22, 2010 (IPS) – Fears of becoming a narco-state have prompted Honduras to refocus its anti-drug strategy, in order to block the infiltration of Mexican drug cartels, which are moving southward into Central America, experts told IPS. This week’s visit by U.S. Assistant [...]
HEALTH-HONDURAS: Solidarity in Breast Cancer Survival
October 14, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Thelma Mejía TEGUCIGALPA, Oct 14, 2010 (IPS) – All too aware of the Honduran public health system’s shortcomings and the great vulnerability of the country’s poorest people, women who have beaten breast cancer are stepping up to share their experiences and knowledge in an effort to save [...]
SOUTH AMERICA: Lessons from Honduras
October 2, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Oct 1, 2010 (IPS) – With the 2009 coup d’etat in Honduras still a fresh memory, the presidents of the Unasur bloc gathered as quickly as they could to vigorously condemn Thursday’s attempted coup in Ecuador and warn that they would not tolerate [...]
Honduras Bashed for Rights Violations
August 10, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By S. J. Chander IDN-InDepth NewsAnalyis TORONTO (IDN) – Human Rights Watch has called on the Honduran government to provide protection to journalists and members of the political opposition, prosecute people responsible for human rights abuses, and restore the independence of the judiciary. "Violent attacks on journalists and [...]
HONDURAS: One Hundred Days Lobbying for Int’l Recognition
May 7, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thelma Mejía TEGUCIGALPA, May 7 (IPS) – In his first one hundred days in office, Honduran President Porfirio Lobo has lobbied hard for international recognition of his government, in order to pull the country out of the isolation it has faced since the Jun. 28, 2009 coup that overthrew [...]
HONDURAS: Disputed Truth Commission to Investigate Coup
May 5, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thelma Mejía TEGUCIGALPA, May 5 (IPS) – With a warning by its members that it will not be a ”decorative” body dedicated to merely ”collecting stories about what happened,” the Truth and Reconciliation Commission set up in Honduras to investigate events surrounding the June 2009 coup that overthrew the [...]
Pressure Mounts on Honduras as Journalist Death Toll Rises
May 1, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thelma Mejía TEGUCIGALPA, Apr 30 (IPS) – Honduran President Porfirio Lobo plans to seek help from police forces in Colombia and the United States to try to solve the murders of seven journalists committed in the space of less than two months, which will also be investigated by a [...]
CENTRAL AMERICA: Honduras Pushing for End to Isolation
April 20, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Danilo Valladares GUATEMALA CITY, Apr 20 (IPS) – More than nine months after the coup d’etat that overthrew the government of Manuel Zelaya in Honduras, the country is still isolated and remains outside of the Central American Integration System (SICA) and the Organisation of American States (OAS). Only around [...]
