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Honduran abuses rampant after coup: rights groups

Reuters US Online Report Top News 42 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 45 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 46 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 52 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 Coup

AP News 53 days ago

A soldier films Brazilian lawmakers who are entering the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. A group of six Brazilian congressmen arrived late Wednesday in Honduras for a two-day visit. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Copyright 2009 AP News

Honduras' Micheletti backs off Brazil deadline

Reuters US Online Report World News 54 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 ...

Shuttered Honduran radio resumes broadcasts on Web

Reuters US Online Report World News 55 days ago

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The unofficial radio station of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya resumed broadcasting via the Internet on Monday, a day after the country's caretaker government shuttered it by force. The de facto government issued a Sunday decree suspending media freedom ...

US urges Honduran interim leader to restore rights

AFP American Edition 56 days ago

The United States appealed to the de facto government in Honduras to restore citizens' political rights suspended amid the crisis over President Manuel Zelaya's ouster. Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti earlier said he was prepared to rescind a decree restricting civil ...

Embassy an uncomfortable refuge for Honduras' Zelaya

Reuters US Online Report World News 61 days ago

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Hostile troops ring the building, water is limited and food supplies short, but ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya appears dead set on holding out in his temporary refuge at the Brazilian embassy. The two-story embassy in Tegucigalpa is at ...

Honduras Coup Inside The Embassy

AP News 61 days ago

Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, sleep inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix) Copyright 2009 AP News

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