Tag Archives: Zelaya

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 »

May 12, 2011

Hemispheric Brief: Zelaya Preparing to Head Home?

Joshua Frens-String, The Hemispheric Brief – An aide to Mel Zelaya says the exiled former Honduran president plans to return home sometime within the next month. Confidant Rasel Tomé said in an interview with the AP Wednesday that Zelaya has “the will and desire to return to his homeland” after… read more »

May 3, 2011

Honduras drops charges against ex-President Manuel Zelaya

A special court created by the Honduran Supreme Court to decide on legal charges against ousted President Manuel Zelaya announced today that all charges would be dropped. Although charges could potentially be reinstated, the official judicial process initiated to rule on the charges following the 2009 coup has ended. The court… 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 »

February 27, 2011

Zelaya supporters eschew elections in Honduras

AP — Followers of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya decided Sunday not to form a political party and take part in 2013 elections, saying conditions are not in place for a democratic process. Instead, some 1,500 delegates to the first general assembly of the People’s National Resistance Front, known popularly… read more »