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Honduras stories: 39 news summaries

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 Honduras Unity Deal Fails 

Plan to reinstate Zelaya falls apart as deadline passes

Nov 6, 09 5:31 AM CST
(Newser) - The US-brokered deal to end the political standoff in Honduras has collapsed, says ousted president Manuel Zelaya, although the interim president installed after Zelaya's ouster doesn't agree even on that. "The accord is dead," Zelaya said from the Brazilian Embassy, where he has been holed up since slipping... More »

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military coup • Central America • Honduras • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

 Honduras' 
 Ousted Prez 
 Returning 
 to Office 

Deal lets Manuel Zelaya serve remaining 3 months

Oct 30, 09 7:54 AM CDT
(AP) - Honduras' 4-month political standoff appears to be over. After intense lobbying from US diplomats, the coup-installed interim president, Roberto Micheletti, has agreed to allow ousted President Manuel Zelaya to return to office to serve his remaining 3 months. Congress, which backed the June coup that sent Zelaya packing, is expected... More »

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Latin America • Honduras • Organization of American States • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

(AP) - American players danced in the locker room and swigged bubbly after a thrilling victory last night in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, earned the US soccer team a trip to South Africa and another chance to impress at the World Cup. In one of the most exciting end-to-end matches the US... More »

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World Cup • United States • soccer • Landon Donovan • Honduras • Conor Casey • Julio Cesar De Leon

 Coup Leaders Crack 
 Down in Honduras 

Regime curtails freedoms as Zelaya remains holed up

Sep 28, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The interim government in Honduras moved to prevent protests late last night, outlawing public assemblies and giving the army broad new arrest powers. Manuel Zelaya, who has been holed up for a week in Tegucigalpa's Brazilian embassy alongside about 65 family members, has called on his supporters to take to... More »

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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • embassy • Central America • Honduras • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

 Honduran Leaders 
 Will Reopen Talks 

Micheletti agrees to open dialogue with ousted president

Sep 25, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The ousted president and acting president of Honduras have agreed to reopen dialogue after the recently returned Manuel Zelaya announced he would accept the results of a November election. Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti held separate meetings with four presidential candidates yesterday and may meet face to face soon, according to... More »

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United Nations • Honduras • election • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

Zelaya: Israeli Mercenaries Trying to Kill, Irradiate Me

Witnesses report strange apparatus

Sep 24, 09 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Manuel Zelaya says “Israeli mercenaries” are planning to assassinate him, and in the meantime are torturing him by pumping toxic gases and high-frequency radiation into the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. “We are being threatened with death,” he tells the Miami Herald, but “I prefer to... More »

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Israel • mercenaries • Honduras • Manuel Zelaya

 Honduras Barricades Zelaya, 
 Cuts Off Water, Electricity 

Ousted president and 70 others trapped inside Brazilian embassy

Sep 23, 09 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Security forces in Honduras barricaded ousted president Manuel Zelaya inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa overnight, cutting off water, electricity, and telephone service to the building. Zelaya and about 70 other people are enduring a de facto siege, reports the Guardian; troops are stationed on nearby rooftops, speakers are blasting... More »

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Latin America • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • Honduras • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya • Honduran army

(Newser) - Honduras' tense political situation may be coming to a head. Riot police clashed with supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya today outside the Brazilian embassy, where Zelaya has been holed up for a day since sneaking back into the country. Police fired tear gas at the protesters, who returned fire... More »

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Brazil • embassy • Honduras • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

 Zelaya Returns to Honduras 

Ousted leader announces return on TV, but interim government denies it

Sep 21, 09 2:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Manuel Zelaya is back in Honduras, the ousted president told a Honduran TV station today, prompting thousands of his supporters to gather outside the UN building in the capital to celebrate. “I am here for the restoration of democracy, to call for dialogue,” Zelaya declared. The US State... More »

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United Nations • State Department • Nicaragua • Central America • Honduras • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

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 Fearing Bloodshed, 
 Zelaya Leaves Honduras 

Ousted prez takes action after negotiations fall apart

Jul 24, 09 9:49 PM CDT
(AP) - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya took a symbolic step into his homeland today, vowing to reclaim his post a month after soldiers flew him into exile. But he stayed less than 30 minutes before returning to Nicaragua, saying the risk of bloodshed was too great. He said he would give talks... More »

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diplomacy • Nicaragua • military coup • Honduras • President • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

 Zelaya Plans Honduras Return 


Jul 24, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Manuel Zelaya intends to cross from Nicaragua into Honduras today or tomorrow, a move that could land him in prison or worse, the Miami Herald reports. Honduras has stepped up its border security, with interim president Roberto Micheletti promising that the deposed leader will be arrested on sight and... More »

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Nicaragua • Honduras • junta • military junta • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

(Newser) - Talks to end the political crisis in Honduras collapsed last night, raising the prospect of violence in the Central American nation if ousted president Manuel Zelaya fulfills his promise to return with or without a deal. Pro-Zelaya protesters are marching in the capital today after the interim government rejected a... More »

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Central America • negotiations • Honduras • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

Chavez: Ousted Prez Back to Honduras 'in Hours'

Venezuelan prez pledges support for Zelaya

Jul 17, 09 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya will return to the country “in the coming hours,” Hugo Chavez says. “We're behind him, we have to support him,” the Venezuelan leader said ahead of crisis talks hosted by Costa Rica’s president this weekend, Reuters reports. “This is... More »

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prime minister • Honduras • Hugo Chávez • ouster • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

Castro: Restore Honduran Prez, or Expect More Coups

Other Latin American coups will follow from US-trained forces

Jul 11, 09 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama and Fidel Castro finally agree on something: Both think Honduran President Manuel Zelaya should be returned to power, Reuters reports. Writing on the website of a state-run newspaper, Castro warned that if Zelaya’s ouster isn’t overturned, “a wave of coups threatens to sweep many Latin... More »

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Barack Obama • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Honduras • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya • Roberto Micheletti

Ousted Zelaya Heads to DC to Meet Clinton

Aims to shore up backing for return to power in Honduras

Jul 7, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(AP) - Diplomatic efforts to restore Manuel Zelaya to Honduras' presidency shifted back to Washington today as his supporters threatened to escalate protests and disrupt business across the empoverished Central American nation. A day after failing to land in Honduras to confront the interim government that ousted him, Zelaya boarded a plane... More »

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Hillary Clinton • protests • Honduras • Washington, DC • protesters • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

(AP) - Ousted president Manuel Zelaya says he can't land at the main Honduras airport because soldiers are blocking the runway with several military vehicles. Groups of police and soldiers are also facing off against thousands of Zelaya supporters around the airfield. Speaking live from the plane carrying him back to Tegucigalpa,... More »

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Latin America • Honduras • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

(AP) - Exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has announced his imminent return home to reclaim his post even though the interim government that overthrew him is vowing to prevent his plane from landing. Zelaya says UN General Assembly President Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann will accompany him on the plane. In a change... More »

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Latin America • Honduras • interim government • Manuel Zelaya

OAS Boots Honduras Over Prez's Ouster

New gov't blows off Saturday deadline to reinstate Zelaya

Jul 5, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Honduras has been suspended from the Organization of American States for refusing to reinstate its ousted president, CNN reports. The OAS had given the country’s new leaders until yesterday to hand power back to Jose Manuel Zelaya. Meanwhile, thousands held an airport demonstration to support Zelaya, who says he’... More »

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president • suspension • Honduras • Organization of American States • ouster • coup d'etat • Manuel Zelaya

 Honduras Quits OAS 


Jul 4, 09 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Honduras beat the Organization of American States to the punch by quitting the organization today before its membership could be suspended, the New York Times reports. The OAS has been critical of what it calls an illegal coup in Honduras and was to meet today to consider expulsion. Honduras’... More »

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military coup • Honduras • Organization of American States • Manuel Zelaya • Jose Miguel Insulza • Roberto Micheletti

Honduras Refuses OAS Order to Reinstate Prez Zelaya

'Now the OAS has to decide what it will do' says supreme court leader

Jul 3, 09 5:27 PM CDT
(AP) - Honduras' Supreme Court today rejected an ultimatum to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power. Court spokesman Danilo Izaguirre says the head of the Organization of American States asked the president of the court to reinstate Zelaya, but he said no. Izaguirre said today: "Now the OAS has to... More »

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Latin America • military coup • Honduras • Organization of American States • Manuel Zelaya

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