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Tag Archives: Zelaya
December 14, 2012
July 15, 2012
Honduran seizures raise fear of wider conflicts
Alberto Arce, Associated Press - The land seizures have inspired similar takeovers elsewhere in Honduras, alarming the nation’s business class and raising fears of spreading political violence. They also have become a rallying point for a broad leftist coalition that has grown around ex-President Manuel Zelaya since he was ousted in… read more »
July 7, 2012
Manuel Zelaya Will Run for Congress
Honduras Weekly – Former President Manuel Zelaya (2006-2009) yesterday confirmed that he intends to run for a seat in the National Congress in the national elections scheduled for November 2013. He will campaign as a member of the socialist Liberty and Refoundation (Libre) Party. Mr. Zelaya currently serves as the… read more »
July 1, 2012
Former first lady to run in Honduras
Central American Politics – While Mexicans go to the ballot box today to elect their next president, the followers of former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya will gather to select the former first lady Xiomara Castro de Zelaya as the the presidential candidate of the leftist Libre Party (Libertad y Refundación). Elections are… read more »
June 29, 2012
In light of reports of continued violence against the LGBT community in Honduras, CDA joined with the Honduras Solidarity Network and LGBT leaders to circulate a letter drafted by Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) among members of the House Equality Caucus to send to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. This letter… read more »
June 21, 2012
Nat’l Day of Action in Solidarity with Honduras
Workers World – The Colectivo Honduras USA Resistancia-libre and the Latin America & Caribbean Solidarity Committee of the International Action Center are supporting a call by the Honduras Solidarity Network for a national day of action on June 28. The date will mark three years of resistance to the 2009… read more »
July 8, 2011
Hallazgos y recomendaciones: Para que los hechos no se repitan
El Heraldo – Informe de La Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación Hallazgos y recomendaciones: Para que los hechos no se repitan Leer: http://www.elheraldo.hn/var/elheraldo_site/storage/original/application/40ceeb5dcaa24f06c2e71194c374d227.pdf
May 31, 2011
Honduras: Ousted President Manuel Zelaya returns
BBC – Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted from office in 2009, has returned to Honduras last Saturday May 28. Mr Zelaya was forced into exile by the military after he failed to abide by a Supreme Court order to cancel a non-binding vote on changing the constitution…. 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 »
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