Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thelma Mejía TEGUCIGALPA, Apr 19 (IPS) – The Truth and Reconciliation Commission set up to investigate the June 2009 coup that ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya will begin its work in May under the sceptical watch of a wide range of observers, from human rights organisations to right-wing political [...]
CENTRAL AMERICA: A Masquerade Crowns the Honduran Putsch
November 25, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN BY JULIO GODOY IDN-InDepthNews Service BERLIN (IDN) – On Nov 29, the Honduran people are called upon to go to the polls to elect a new president and a new parliament. So far, so good. Until the mid 1980s, the small Central American country used to be ruled by [...]
U.S.-HONDURAS: Washington Stresses Urgency of Unity Govt
November 14, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (IPS) – In a renewed effort to save a U.S.-sponsored accord to resolve the five-month-old political crisis in Honduras, the U.S. State Department Friday called on both sides to create a government of national unity ”without delay” and on the Honduran Congress to ”swiftly” [...]
HONDURAS: Unilateral ”Unity Government” Announced; Deal ”Dead”
November 6, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thelma Mejía* TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 6 (IPS) – Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that the agreement reached last week to solve the four-month crisis triggered by a coup d’etat was ”dead.” The de facto government led by Roberto Micheletti, which took over after Zelaya was removed from his [...]
POLITICS: Obama Scores Regional Points with Zelaya’s Return
October 31, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Matthew Berger WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (IPS) – Following months of dithering on the part of the U.S., a delegation from the U.S. State Department brokered a deal Thursday between the ousted and interim governments of Honduras. The deal, which is still subject to the approval of the Honduran Congress [...]
HONDURAS: Talks Resume after US Mission Arrives
October 29, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thelma Mejía TEGUCIGALPA, Oct 29 (IPS) – At the urging of a high-level U.S. government mission, the negotiating teams of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and de facto leader Roberto Micheletti restarted talks Thursday to find a solution to the four-month political crisis. The U.S. delegation, headed by Assistant [...]
HONDURAS: Negotiators Announce Collapse of Talks
October 25, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Thelma Mejía TEGUCIGALPA, Oct 24 (IPS) – The negotiators for ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and de facto leader Roberto Micheletti announced that talks to solve the political crisis triggered by the Jun. 28 coup had broken down. The three-week talks sponsored by the Organisation of American States [...]
US-HONDURAS: Republicans Take Up Banner of De Facto Govt
October 23, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Matthew Berger WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (IPS) – While negotiations stall between the ousted and de facto governments of Honduras on the issue of whether former president Manuel Zelaya will be reinstated prior to the country’s elections next month, an increasingly relevant question is whether the international community would be [...]
HONDURAS: Zelaya’s Delegates Urge OAS to Unblock Talks
October 21, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thelma Mejía TEGUCIGALPA, Oct 20 (IPS) – The talks in Honduras have stalled over the question of reinstating ousted President Manuel Zelaya, whose delegates have called on the Organisation of American States (OAS) to take steps to keep the negotiations from failing. Zelaya’s representatives complained that the de facto [...]
HONDURAS: Talks Seek Solution to 102-Day Crisis
October 7, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Juan Ramón Durán TEGUCIGALPA, Oct 7 (IPS) – Talks began Wednesday between delegates of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and de facto leader Roberto Micheletti, under international observation, to seek a solution to the crisis triggered by the Jun. 28 coup. At the ceremony to start the talks, which [...]
