Honduras de facto leader says will step aside

Categories: Politics| Nov 21, 2009

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras's post-coup de facto leader said on Friday he would give up his presidential duties for a week, a step Washington welcomed as a way to help ease a five-month-old political crisis. Roberto Micheletti, who took power after ...Read More

Honduras interim leader may step down. Will that help President Zelaya?

Categories: Politics, World| Nov 20, 2009

Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Mexico City - For months, ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya – with the backing of the world community – has demanded that Roberto Micheletti step down as the interim president of this Central American nation roiled in ...Read More

Honduran de facto president to step down temporarily

Categories: World| Nov 19, 2009

Honduran de facto president to step down temporarily (CNN) -- De facto Honduran President Roberto Micheletti will temporarily step down from power in the days surrounding the scheduled November 29 presidential election, Micheletti said in a speech Thursday. Micheletti said he hopes that by stepping down from November 24 ...Read More

S.C. Senator Jim DeMint forces U.S. change on Honduras stance on elections

Categories: Politics| Nov 15, 2009

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican known for his efforts to block influence domestic immigration and health-care issues, has scored a foreign-policy coup by helping to compel the Obama administration to shift its stance on strife-ridden Honduras. After ...Read More

Ousted Honduran president won't recognize vote

Categories: Politics| Nov 14, 2009

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya insisted late Saturday that he will not accept any deal to restore him to office if it means he must recognize elections later this month. In a letter addressed to President Barack Obama, Zelaya ...Read More

Zelaya: U.S. Weakened in Honduras Conflict

Categories: Politics| Nov 13, 2009

Zelaya: U.S. Weakened in Honduras Conflict Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya accused the U.S. government Thursday of weakening and changing course in the conflict over the June 28 coup that saw soldiers hustle him out of the country. Washington has said it supports Zelaya's reinstatement, but a ...Read More

Ousted Honduran president: US weakened, yielded

Categories: Politics| Nov 12, 2009

Ousted Honduran president: US weakened, yielded TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras—Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya accused the U.S. government Thursday of weakening and changing course in the conflict over the June 28 coup that saw soldiers hustle him out of the country. Washington has said it supports Zelaya's reinstatement, but ...Read More

Zelaya Says Honduras Deal Is Off

Categories: Top Stories, World| Nov 6, 2009

Zelaya Says Honduras Deal Is Off Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Friday pulled out of an agreement that was supposed to solve the country's political crisis, leaving the next moves to voters in a presidential election on Nov. 29 -- and to Latin American leaders ...Read More

US Disappointed at Breakdown in Honduras Political Talks

Categories: Top Stories, World| Nov 6, 2009

US Disappointed at Breakdown in Honduras Political Talks The United States Friday expressed disappointment that efforts to resolve the four-month-long political crisis in Honduras have hit another roadblock. Rival parties in the dispute over who is the Central American country's rightful president failed to meet a deadline Thursday ...Read More

Ousted Honduran president Zelaya cancels dialogue with de facto gov't

Categories: World| Nov 6, 2009

SANTIAGO, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Friday that the dialogue with the de facto government of his country has finished, after the de facto leader Roberto Micheletti announced that he will lead the Government ...Read More