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US welcomes Micheletti's temporary step-down in Honduras - Summary
Nov 20th, 2009 - Earth Times
Washington/Tegucigalpa - The United States Friday welcomed the intention by disputed Honduran leader Roberto Micheletti to temporarily step aside during elections, saying it created some "breathing space" for resolution of the five-month-old crisis...
Honduras coup tensions take toll on economy
Nov 20th, 2009 - Reuters
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Business was bad in Honduras even before the president was ousted in a June coup, unleashing months of political turmoil that have deepened the impoverished country's economic woes.
US urges Honduras de facto leader to step aside
Nov 20th, 2009 - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Honduras' de facto leader should make good on an offer to step aside for a week so voters can focus on November 29 polls and resolve the country's political crisis, the U.S...Honduras regime seeks to disarm citizens ahead of polls
Nov 20th, 2009 - The Raw Story
The Honduran de facto regime on Friday ordered citizens to turn in their weapons in a bid to avert violence around disputed presidential elections to be held at the end of the month.
Honduras' Zelaya proposes to postpone elections
Nov 20th, 2009 - XinHua
TEGUCIGALPA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Honduran ousted President Manuel Zelaya proposed on Thursday to postpone the Nov. 29 elections, till the power of the state is restored to the situation before the June 28 coup.
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- Honduras Qualifies To The...On October 14, 2009 Honduras qualified for the World Cup of Soccer for the first time in 27 years. Honduras qualified by beating El Salvador 1-0 and received a little help from the US who eliminated Costa Rica by tying them 2-2 ...
- Tattoo discrimination in...Honduras has one of the highest crime rates in the world - and for gang members, tattoos are part of their identity. But for those trying to get out of gang life, the symbols on their skin cause problems ...
Honduras stories from Digg:
Antique wooden furniture
Mahogany is such a well-known timber that it is scarcely necessary to say much about it in the way of description. To most people it is a familiar reddish-brown wood, and it has been used for making furniture since about 1730. The timber was imported from the Bahamas, from San Domingo, from Cuba, and from Honduras. Strictly speaking these different(Arts & Culture)
robertdarwinFri, Nov 20th, 20091 Diggs, 0 CommentsHonduran Dictatorship Is A Threat to Democracy In the Hemisp
The Obama Administration should not recognize the elections in Honduras.(Political Opinion)
mulligasFri, Nov 20th, 20091 Diggs, 0 CommentsObama cayo o encallo en Honduras?
Rommel Rubi Tanto Micheletti como Vásquez Velásquez han demostrado, y continúan demostrándolo -como si no estuviéramos convencidos de ello- que no saben hacer las cosas. Los mandaron a hacer una sucesión presidencial y acabaron dando un golpe de Estado militar. Como bien lo calificó el novelista Mario Vargas [...](World News)elecuatorianoFri, Nov 20th, 20091 Diggs, 0 Comments
Honduras from WikiPedia:
Honduras (Spanish: República de Honduras, pronounced [re?pu?lika ðe on?du?as]) is a republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras (now Belize). The country is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its size is just over 110,000 km² with an estimated population of almost 7,500,000. Its capital is Tegucigalpa.
The Spanish used at least three different terms to refer to the area that became the Central American country of Honduras.
Guaymuras - a name Columbus provided for a town near modern Trujillo.
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