Tag Archives: President Lobo

January 26, 2012

NYT OP-ED: In Honduras, a Mess Made in the U.S.

Dana Frank, New York Times-It’s time to acknowledge the foreign policy disaster that American support for the Porfirio Lobo administration in Honduras has become. Ever since the June 28, 2009, coup that deposed Honduras’s democratically elected president, José Manuel Zelaya, the country has been descending deeper into a human rights… read more »

January 20, 2012

Pressed by the U.S., Lobo Amends Extradition Laws

Thelma Mejía, IPS – With no prior announcement, on Wednesday Lobo met with White House representatives in Miami, and only 24 hours later the Honduran national congress had passed an amendment that authorises the signing of treaties with foreign governments to extradite Honduran citizens charged with drug trafficking, terrorism and… read more »

May 13, 2011

Honduras: la urgente necesidad de un nuevo pacto social

El golpe de Estado de 2009 en Honduras reabrió un capítulo doloroso para la historia latinoamericana relacionada con  intervenciones militares en los procesos democráticos de la región. Luego de inicialmente oponerse al golpe, el gobierno de Obama procedió en las semanas y meses que siguieron al derrocamiento del presidente Manuel… read more »

May 13, 2011

Honduras: an urgent need for a new social pact

The 2009 coup in Honduras reopened a painful chapter in Latin America’s history of coups and interventions by the military in the region’s democratic processes. After the Obama administration initially opposed the coup, it acted in the weeks and months following President Mel Zelaya’s ouster to accept the status quo… read more »

May 3, 2011

Honduras drops ex-President Manuel Zelaya charges

BBC News, Honduras – An appeal court in Honduras has dropped all corruption charges against former President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted and forced into exile in June 2009. The court’s decision clears the way for his possible return and could also see Honduras readmitted to the Organization of American… read more »

April 15, 2011

Lobo insta a la Corte a facilitar regreso de Zelaya

AFP, Tegucigalpa – El presidente hondureño, Porfirio Lobo, pidió este viernes a la Corte Suprema de Justicia hacer lo necesario con el fin de despejar el camino para el regreso del ex mandatario Manuel Zelaya, que impulsan Venezuela y Colombia, y poder normalizar las relaciones de Honduras. En una rueda… read more »

April 8, 2011

Rodolfo Pastor Campos: An Inconvenient Truth in Honduras

At the same time that the police and the Honduran army were brutally repressing popular protests of teachers, students, and resistance members for the sixth day in a row, Julissa Reynoso was greeting Honduran President Porfirio Lobo at the presidential palace. According to the press release issued by the U.S. Embassy in… read more »

January 27, 2010

U.S. Policy Should Encourage Lobo’s Government to Restore Democracy to Honduras

WORLD NEWS NETWORKJanuary 27, 2010 WASHINGTON /PRNewswire/ — The Center for Democracy in the Americas released the following statement regarding the inauguration of Porfirio Lobo as President of Honduras: “Today in Honduras, with representatives of the U.S. government looking on, Honduras will inaugurate its new president.  Our government needs to… read more »

January 27, 2010

La politica exterior de los EEUU debe promover que el Gobierno de Lobo restaure la democracia en Honduras

Washington, DC – El Centro para la Democracia en las Américas publicó la siguiente declaración sobre la inauguración de Porfirio Lobo como Presidente de Honduras: “El dia de hoy en Honduras, con la presencia de representantes del Gobierno del EEUU como observadores, tendrá lugar la toma de posesión de su… read more »