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Central America battered by Agatha, after volcanoes (update)

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:31:45 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Death toll rises to 147 Update 1 June, 07:40 The death toll has risen to nearly 150 and thousands have been left homeless, say authorities in Central American countries hit by by tropical storm Agatha. Guatamala, Honduras and El Salvador each declared a state of emergency after being battered by the storm’s heavy rains, which [...]

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Honduras gets new centre-right president

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:59:49 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Sixty percent of Honduran voters turned out 29 November to elect a new president, and they chose centre-right National Party candidate Porfirio Lobo over the former president Manuel Zelaya. Lobo is expected to play a unifying role, with support from several members of Zelaya’s own Liberal Party. Zelaya lost support when he began to move [...]

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Honduran deposed leader Zelaya tells Obama “no” to elections

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:32:34 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Jose Manuel Zelaya, who was deposed as president of Honduras in a coup 28 June, says he will not participate in a presidential election slated for 29 November and that he has asked his supporters to renounce it. His announcement came in a published letter explaining his case to US President Barack Obama. His decision [...]

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Other world news in brief

Sean Ecker — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:13:31 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The UN General Assembly has approved 114 to 18, with 44 abstentions, the controversial Goldstone report into atrocities in the Gaza war in the winter of 2008/09, and recommended that the Security Council act if both Israel and the Palestinians had not conducted their own investigations within three months. CNN, New York Times Honduras‘ former [...]

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Honduras deal to be decided by Congress

Sean Ecker — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:25:22 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The agreement between the two rival sides in Honduras’ four-month constitutional crisis will be decided by the Congress, which is in recess, after taking into consideration an opinion of the country’s Supreme Court. The agreement would allow Manuel Zelaya back into the presidential palace to serve out his term at the head of a national [...]

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Honduras proposes both sides renounce presidency

Sean Ecker — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:23:10 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 24 October 12:20 The de facto president of Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, has proposed that he resign from the presidency if Manuel Zelaya, the president deposed by the military 28 June and sent into exile, withdraws his claim to be reinstated as president. A government of national reconciliation would be installed until new elections, programmed [...]

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Diplomatic tit for tat between Argentina and Honduras

Sean Ecker — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:29:43 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Honduras ordered all members of the Argentine embassy in Tegucigalpa to leave the country within three days, Tuesday 18 August. But Argentine foreign minister, Jorge Taiana, on a trade mission in Mexico, said he had not been informed of the deadline, and his diplomats were staying put. The Honduran ministry of foreign affairs said it [...]

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Honduras ex-president vows to return to country

Sean Ecker — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:42:05 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Honduras’ ousted president Manuel Zelaya is in neighbouring Nicaragua at the head of a caravan of vehicles set to cross the border near El Progreso, Honduras. He has said he hopes the soldiers guarding the border will lay down their arms and recognize him as their president. The de facto government in Honduras imposed a [...]

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EU suspends aid to Honduras over conflict

Sean Ecker — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:12:33 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The European Union’s external affairs commissioner, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, said Monday 20 July that she was suspending EU aid of €65.5 million to the impoverished Central American nation of Honduras as a result of the political stand-off there. She said the decision was “difficult” . Hillary Clinton called Honduran Interim President Roberto Micheletti from New Delhi, [...]

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Honduras crisis talks break down, Arias asks for more time

Sean Ecker — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:35:36 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Talks broke down Sunday 19 July between opposing parties in the Honduran constitutional crisis, mediated by former Costa Rican president Oscar Arias, who said he would try for three more days to reach a settlement. The de facto Honduran government of Roberto Micheletti rejected a proposal to allow ousted president Manuel Zelaya to return as [...]

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