19 July, 2009

Honduras interim govt rejects Zelaya reinstatement
Reuters – USA
TEGUCIGALPA, July 18 (Reuters) – Honduras’ interim government rejected mediator Costa Rica’s proposal to allow ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to …
www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN1820220420090718

New Round of Talks on Honduras Begins
New York Times – United States
By ELISABETH MALKIN and BLAKE SCHMIDT CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — As a new round of talks aimed at ending the crisis in Honduras began Saturday, the mediator, …
www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/world/americas/19honduras.html

Honduras’ Zelaya agrees to coalition gov’t proposal
Reuters – USA
TEGUCIGALPA, July 18 (Reuters) – Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Saturday he agreed with a proposal made by mediator Costa Rica to form a …
www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN1851890520090718

US BISHOPS EXPRESS SOLIDARITY WITH THE CHURCH AND PEOPLE OF …
DFW Catholic – Dallas,TX,USA
YES I know Honduras will do that well. One must keep in mind calmly that their President got “fired” that’s all; and, he was told he could not do certain …
www.dfwcatholic.org/us-bishops-express-solidarity-with-the-
church-and-people-of-honduras-support-peaceful-resolution-of-
current-political-crisis5632/.html

Honduras’ Zelaya accepts unity government proposal
WBFO – Buffalo,NY,USA
By John McPhaul and Ana Isabel Martinez SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters)– Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya agreed on Saturday to give his enemies a …
www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbfo/news.newsmain/article/0/0/15
31693/World/Honduras’.Zelaya.accepts.unity.government.proposal

Rivals meet for Honduras talks
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
Representatives from the two sides arrived on Saturday for what Manuel Zelaya, the ousted Honduran president, has said will be the last chance for reaching …
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/07/200971818427212693.html

Honduras Crisis Required an Examination of Controversial US …
Examiner.com – USA
The June 28 coup in Honduras was carried out by the School of the Americas (SOA) graduates Gen. Romeo Vásquez Velásquez, the head of the of the Joint Chiefs …
www.examiner.com/x-16503-LA-County-Foreign-Policy-Examiner
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troversial-US-Military-Training-School

Meanwhile In Honduras . . . – TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime
By Big Tent Democrat
Liberal coverage of crime-related political and injustice news.
www.talkleft.com/story/2009/7/18/18034/1599

Honduras rivals in ‘crunch’ talks | Rocket News
By Editor
Crunch timeSpeaking from Nicaragua on Friday, Mr Zelaya promised to return to Honduras “one way or another” regardless of the outcome of Saturday’s negotiations. His wife, Xiomara Castro, said midnight was “the deadline” for an …
www.rocketnews.com/2009/07/honduras-rivals-in-crunch-talks/

Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Honduras agreement?
By Greg Weeks
TEGUCIGALPA, July 18 (Reuters) – Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Saturday he agreed with a proposal made by mediator Costa Rica to form a national unity government, and said he would return home from exile in the coming …
weeksnotice.blogspot.com/2009/07/honduras-agreement.html

Scoop: Julie Webb-Pullman: Honduras – Democracy Take Two
President Manuel Zelaya will again try to restore democratic rule to Honduras this weekend. He plans to return to his country to re-establish his legitimate government regardless of the outcome of Saturday’s negotiations in Costa Rica …
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00201.htm

Atlas Shrugs: Sunday Bloody Sunday in Honduras?
By Pamela Geller
Honduras and Iran: Obama Betrays Freedom Again Chavez: Zelaya to return to Honduras “in hours” – they US ought to stop that plane. Obana, on the wrong side again. Bloody Sunday In Honduras, Part 2? Legal Insurrection With all that is …
atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/
2009/07/sunday-bloody-sunday-in-honduras.html

18 July, 2009

Unions call for world boycott of Honduran ships
Reuters – USA
The federation said its affiliated dockworkers will refuse to load and unload Honduran cargo ships, potentially affecting key exports from the impoverished …
www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN1748148420090717

Talks seen as last chance to end Honduras’ crisis
The Associated Press
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Allies of Honduras’ ousted President Manuel Zelaya say US-backed talks in Costa Rica Saturday may be the last chance to avert a …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ ALeqM5
jAkMGKIUDg_ngUiZboxQbYj5_DPwD99GG1B80

Guest columnist US must support the rule of law in Honduras, not …
Seattle Times – United States
When it comes to Honduras, the United States should support strengthening the rule of law and democracy in Latin America rather than join a Marxist…
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opi
nion/2009491089_guest18roach.html

Chavez rhetoric stokes Honduras crisis before talks
Reuters – USA
By Simon Gardner TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stoked Honduras’ political crisis on Friday by saying ousted President Manuel …
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN1749101420090717

ANALYSIS-US, Venezuela tensions rise over Honduras crisis
Reuters – USA
Chavez initially blamed Washington for the June 28 ouster of his leftist ally, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, but then toned down his noisy campaign to …
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN17482452

US treads softly as region weighs in on Honduras
Reuters – USA
But since Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was snatched from his home in his pajamas and spirited out of the country by the military on June 28, …
www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSTRE56G60U20090717

Chavez says Zelaya to return to Honduras “in hours”
Swissinfo – Switzerland
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday that ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya would return to his country “in the coming …
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/international/Chavez_says_Zelaya
_to_return_to_Honduras_in_hours.html?siteSect=143&sid=109
70122&cKey=1247847764000&ty=ti

Fausta’s Blog “ Blog Archive “ Chavez: Zelaya to return to …
By Fausta
“Zelaya said that in the coming hours he’ll enter Honduras. We’re behind him, we have to support him,” the leftist Venezuelan leader told reporters outside the presidential palace in Bolivia where he was meeting President Evo Morales. …
faustasblog.com/?p=14266

Fidel Castro calls on US to withdraw troops from Honduras
By Ria Novosti
MOSCOW – Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has called on the US to withdraw its troops from Honduras to ease the situation after the recent coup in the Central American state.
blog.taragana.com/n/fidel-castro-calls-on
-us-to-withdraw-troops-from-honduras-112738/

Castro Says US Backs Honduras Coup – Havana Times.org
By the editor
The action was part of a series of border closures carried out by civic groups in the other Central American countries in support of the resistance in Honduras to the June 28th military coup. The organizers said the blocking of commerce …
www.havanatimes.org/?p=11775