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Hundreds killed in Honduras prison fire
[BBC News]- A fire in the Honduras prison has killed 300 people and left 56 people missing and presumed dead. Relatives responded to the fire by trying to break in…
Honduras: Government Looks to Venezuela for Aid
“In a communiqué released on Dec. 24, center-right Honduran president Porfirio (“Pepe”) Lobo Sosa said his government intended to have the country return to Petrocaribe, a program through which Venezuela…
Hondurans agree on constitution; no deal on Zelaya
[MiamiHerald.com]– Honduras’ opposing factions agreed Tuesday on nearly every point of a pact to end the political crisis except the central issue: ousted President Manuel Zelaya’s return to the presidency.…
Honduras restricts media, meetings
Honduras’s interim leaders yesterday suspended key civil liberties in response to “calls for insurrection” by ousted president Manuel Zelaya, empowering police and soldiers to break up “unauthorised” public meetings, arrest…
Honduran regime’s crackdown on dissent condemned
[McClatchy DC]– The de facto government of Honduras that took power three months ago found itself increasingly isolated Monday after suspending basic civil rights and closing down television and radio…
Honduras envoy says “ordered out” of U.N. rights body
The Honduran ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said on Monday he had been ordered out of the U.N. Human Rights Council after other Latin American countries said he…
Honduras’s Micheletti Says Zelaya Exile Was ‘Error’
Acting Honduran President Roberto Micheletti said forcing deposed President Manuel Zelaya to leave the country, instead of arresting him, was a mistake. “There was an error by a certain sector,”…
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