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Honduran favorite aims for Brazil's support

Reuters US Online Report World News 73 days ago

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The favorite in Honduras' weekend presidential election said on Friday he will try to persuade the world and especially Brazil to recognize him if he wins to end Central America's worst political crisis in decades. Conservative Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo, ...

Amnesty fears crackdown around Honduras polls

AFP Global Edition 74 days ago

Amnesty International expressed fears Friday the Honduran de facto regime would use excessive force to clamp down on opposition to post-coup polls that have divided the Americas. Backers of ousted President Manuel Zelaya called for citizens to stay at home on Sunday ...

Honduras de facto leader says will step aside

Reuters US Online Report World News 80 days ago

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 President ...

Aid freeze in post-coup Honduras hurting poor

Reuters US Online Report World News 89 days ago

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Poor Hondurans are going hungry and their sick children cannot obtain medicines as donors cut aid to the country following a June coup that deposed President Manuel Zelaya, doctors and aid workers say. Soup kitchens have closed, medicines have ...

Honduras crisis back to square one as talks fail

Reuters US Online Report World News 108 days ago

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya pulled out of talks with the country's post-coup de facto leaders on Friday, throwing efforts to resolve a months-long political crisis back to square one. Zelaya pulled his representatives out of meetings with envoys ...

Honduran abuses rampant after coup: rights groups

Reuters US Online Report Top News 119 days ago

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Suspicious deaths. Beatings. Random police shootings. Life under the de facto government of Honduras at times feels uncannily like Latin America's dark past of military rule. In the three months since soldiers overthrew leftist President Manuel Zelaya and marched ...

Honduras de facto leader further restricts media

Reuters US Online Report World News 122 days ago

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras' de facto leaders have imposed a new law that limits media freedom after shutting down two broadcasters critical of the post-coup government. The government of Roberto Micheletti has not fulfilled a pledge to revoke emergency measures that last ...

World Cup game a welcome break in post-coup Honduras

Reuters US Online Report Sports News 123 days ago

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Their president is locked in an embassy after a coup and the de facto ruler is isolated, but most Hondurans care only for soccer this weekend as they pray for victory over the United States in a crucial World ...

Honduras leader says met OAS chief, ready to talk

Reuters US Online Report World News 129 days ago

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran de facto president, Roberto Micheletti said on Friday he had recently held talks in Honduras with Organization of American States chief Jose Miguel Insulza over how to end a post-coup crisis. Micheletti said he was ready to sit ...

Honduras' Micheletti backs off Brazil deadline

Reuters US Online Report World News 131 days ago

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - De facto Honduran leader Roberto Micheletti on Wednesday backed away from a deadline set for Brazil to decide on the fate of ousted leader Manuel Zelaya, who has been holed up at the Brazilian embassy for more than a ...

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