Honduras News

Tegucigalpa, Mar 13 The Committee of Relatives of the Detained Disappeared of Honduras denounced the continuation of human rights violations in that nation after Porfirio Lobo assumed power.

Meanwhile, those who cherished foolish illusions that Obama's election might presage a shift to the left in foreign policy fret about "worrisome signs" that this is not the case.

Honduran journalist David Meza was gunned down in his hometown of La Ceiba, according to local media reports.

Tegucigalpa, Mar 9 The National Popular Resistance Front announced on Tuesday the carrying out of a consultation to the population to create a constituent assembly to refound the country.

Honduras: - Almost the entire country is organised' 5 March 2010 On June 28 last year, Honduras' left-wing President Manuel Zelaya was overthrown in a military coup - supported by the rich elite with United States collaboration.

Editor's note: Recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile highlight the vulnerabilities of urban developments.

The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding press freedom today spoke out against a recent shooting two journalists in Honduras, resulting in one of their deaths, calling it an attack against all people of the nation.

Unidentified gunmen in the capital, Tegucigalpa , killed a reporter and seriously wounded a colleague, according to local reports.

Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya speaks to the media after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the U.S. State Department July 7, 2009 in Washington, D.C. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras a ' Former Honduran president Manuel Zelaya said Thursday that new corruption charges brought against him by Honduras' newly elected ...

Last Wednesday morning I awoke with butterflies in my stomach, as did many of my Asociacion para una Sociedad mas Justa colleagues here in Honduras: at 9:00 a.m., the trial against us started.

The Honduras Justice Ministry on Wednesday requested the arrest of ex president Manuel Zelaya, two of his former ministers and two other former Government officials, on charges of fraud, document forgery and abuse of power.

TEGUCIGALPA, Feb 26, 2010 - Less than a month into his term, Honduran President Porfirio Lobo is facing street protests, complaints of human rights violations, and criticism of the truth commission he set up to investigate the Jun.

The Honduran public ministry on Tuesday appealed against the amnesty of military commanders who orchestrated last year's coup that ousted elected president Manuel Zelaya.

Norwegian Cruise Line said Tuesday that it will seasonally base ships in Tampa and near Rome for the first time during the 2011-2012 winter season.

TEGUCIGALPA: The new Honduran government of President Porfirio Lobo has restored diplomatic ties with 29 countries that broke with Tegucigalpa following the June 2009 coup, the country's foreign minister said yesterday.

Brazil on Friday stressed the importance of Honduras's return to the Organization of American States and said the government of Porfirio Lobo should adopt measures to ensure national reconciliation.

Police announced on Wednesday that they had thwarted a plot to kill Honduran Minister of Public Security Oscar Alvarez.

A Bulgarian expedition has set off to Honduras to study and photograph the River Bulgaria .

Two moderate earthquakes on Thursday damaged at least 30 houses in northeastern Honduras, the Permanent Commission of Emergencies said.

Friday, February 12, 2010 at 8:17 p.m. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduras' foreign minister says he is going to Washington to try to arrange a meeting between new President Porfirio Lobo and President Barack Obama in hopes of restoring ties damaged by last June's coup.