26 July, 2009

Standoff Continues at Border of Honduras
New York Times – United States
By BLAKE SCHMIDT and GINGER THOMPSON LAS MANOS, Nicaragua — The ousted president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, made his second symbolic trip in two days to …
www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/world/americas/26honduras.html

Zelaya returns to Honduran border
Aljazeera.net
Deposed president has returned back to the land border of Honduras with Nicaragua in another bid to put pressure on the coup leaders who threw him out of …
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/
2009/07/200972521138455815.html

Venezuela’s Chavez blasts US, allies on Honduras
Reuters – USA
CARACAS, July 25 (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday the United States wanted Honduras’ de facto government to consolidate power …
www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2529823420090725

Ousted Zelaya on Honduras border to pressure rivals
Reuters – USA
By Sean Mattson and Esteban Israel LAS MANOS, Honduras , July 25 (Reuters)– Defying US criticism, ousted President Manuel Zelaya returned for a second day …
www.reuters.com/article/company
NewsAndPR/idUSN2549370720090725

Zelaya prepares another trip to Honduras border
The Associated Press
OCOTAL, Nicaragua — President Manuel Zelaya made a second, largely symbolic trip to the Honduran border on Saturday, despite foreign leaders urging him not …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5
jAkMGKIUDg_ngUiZboxQbYj5_DPwD99LLB300

Deposed leader takes tentative steps into Honduras
Belfast Telegraph – United Kingdom
The interim government of Honduras has dismissed as a ‘publicity stunt’ the return of deposed President Manuel Zeyela. Mr. Zeyela was removed from power in …
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/world/south-america/
deposed-leader-takes-tentative-steps-into-honduras-14431186.html

The high-powered hidden support for Honduras’ coup
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
He has been hired by a coalition of Latin American business interests to represent the dictatorship that ousted elected President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras …
www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary
/la-oe-weisbrot23-2009jul23,0,7566740.story

Ousted Honduran leader dips a toe across border
Los Angeles Times
Esteban Felix / AP Honduras’ ousted President Manuel Zelaya, surrounded by supporters and journalists in Las Manos, Nicaragua, lifts the chain along the …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world
/la-fg-honduras25-2009jul25,0,1351145.story

Deposed president steps into Honduras
BBC News
Nearly four weeks after being sent into exile, the president of Honduras has made a brief, high-profile crossing back into the country from neighbouring …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8168478.stm

Nicaraguan exporters suffer huge losses amid Honduran crisis
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
24, 2009 (Xinhua News Agency) — Nicaraguan exporters said Friday that the coup in Honduras has caused them huge losses up to millions of US dollars by …
www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3371200

t r u t h o u t | Honduras’ Zelaya Crosses Onto His Native Soil
In a chaotic scene Friday, ousted President Manuel Zelaya briefly set foot on Honduran soil for the first time since his June ouster – and posed for photographers along an entry post sign declaring “Welcome to Honduras.” …
www.truthout.org/072509F

THE CHAVEZ-OBAMA U.N. PLOT AGAINST HONDURAS | No Compromise when …
By nocompromise
The United Nations on Thursday begins a debate over a new UN military doctrine called the “Responsibility to Protect,” which would authorize the world organization to be used as cover to intervene in the sovereign affairs of a nation …
nocompromisemedia.com/2009/07/25/
the-chavez-obama-u-n-plot-against-honduras/

Ousted Zelaya sets foot back in Honduras, briefly
By Reuters
In a move described as “reckless” by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the ousted leader in his trademark cowboy hat crossed briefly into Honduras in the small town of Las Manos on the border with Nicaragua. …
www.business24-7.ae/Articles/2009/7/Pages/
OustedZelayasetsfootbackinHonduras,briefly.aspx

HONDURAS: Al Giordano Wrong about Zelaya and “Three-Ring Circus …
By hcvanalysis
After all, what’s going on in Honduras is not about trying to clean up a polluted stream in the community or, for that matter, a workers’ strike for more pay. In the following article, Giordano condemns Zelaya along with Micheletti and …
hcvanalysis.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/honduras-
al-giordano-wrong-about-zelaya-and-three-ring-circus/

Zelaya Steps Foot In Honduras, Runs | Sweetness & Light
By Steve
From a heart-broken Agence France-Presse: Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya speaks in Las Manos, a border post between Nicaragua and Honduras.
sweetness-light.com/archive/ousted-honduran-leader-retreats-after-brief-return-yahoo-news

Ousted Honduran leader returns home — briefly – Yahoo! News
Ousted President Manuel Zelaya took a symbolic step into his homeland Friday, vowing to reclaim his post a month after soldiers flew him into exile.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090724/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_honduras_coup

25 July, 2009

Moscow, Pullman residents depart for goodwill mission to troubled …
Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Johnson and 15 others will travel to Honduras to help rebuild homes damaged in the May earthquake as part of a mission trip with the Moscow Church of the …
www.dnews.com/breaking-news/1189/

Ousted Zelaya returns to Honduras
BBC News
The ousted president of Honduras has briefly crossed the country’s border with Nicaragua, in a symbolic move the US has described as a “reckless”.…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8168326.stm

Inflaming Honduras
Washington Post
By Edward Schumacher-Matos The tiny country of Honduras is providing a lesson in humility on the frailty of democracy and the limits in making it work. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/
07/24/AR2009072403101.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

Mercosur Summit Denounces Honduras Regime
NASDAQ
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AFP)—A summit of South American leaders on Friday issued a statement refusing to recognize the legitimacy of the interim Honduran …
www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=
200907241759dowjonesdjonline000785&title=mercosur-summit-
denounces-honduras-regime

Tensions high as ousted Honduran president attempts to return
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
He steps into Honduras at least briefly despite being threatened with arrest. By Tracy Wilkinson and Alex Renderos Reporting from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/
la-fgw-honduras25-2009jul25,0,1842110.story

Obama: Wrong on Harvard,Honduras
RantRave | Published Opinion. – Lynnwood,WA,USA
Manuel Zelaya, who was constitutionally removed from office under Honduran law enjoyed the benefits of Obama’s ill advised support as he shamelessly clung …
www.rantrave.com/Rant/Obama-Wrong-on-HarvardHonduras.aspx

From Costa Rica: Arias’ 12-Step Program for Honduras Remains in Limbo
Americas Quarterly – New York,NY,USA
Point 6 of the San José Agreement calls for the Honduran Congress to turn back the clock to pre-June 28—the morning when armed forces raided Zelaya’s home …
www.americasquarterly.org/node/804

The Child Victims of Honduras
SOS Children’s Villages Canada – Ontario,Canada,Canada
Former Honduran President, Manuel Zelaya, has reportedly moved to the Nicaraguan town of Esteli near the Honduran border. He is said to be seeking to …
www.soschildrensvillages.ca/News/News/child-charity
-news/Pages/TheChildVictimsofHonduras939.aspx

TIMELINE: Ousted Honduran president heads home
Reuters – USA
(Reuters) – Honduran forces tightened the border with Nicaragua against an attempt by deposed President Manuel Zelaya to enter the country after he was …
www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSTRE56N53820090724

NewsDaily: Ousted president arrives at Honduran border
By Ivan Castro and Sean Mattson
Ousted President Manuel Zelaya arrived at Honduras’ border on Friday vowing to return to power, but he held off from crossing into his country, where he faces an order for his arrest.
www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre56n5cz-us-honduras/

The Provocateur: Confrontation Brewing in Honduras
By mike volpe
Estoy en la zona intermedia en la frontera de Nicaragua” declared ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, on video broadcast around the world, while speaking with someone reported to be from his family, whom he had hoped to meet at the …
theeprovocateur.blogspot.com/2009/07
/confrontation-brewing-in-honduras.html

Honduras imposes border curfew, blocks crossings as ousted leader …
By Morgan Lee
Honduras imposes curfew as leader nears borderLAS MANOS, Nicaragua— Honduran security forces clashed with supporters of the country’s ousted president on Friday as the government ordered everyone along the border off the streets in an …
blog.taragana.com/n/honduras-imposes-border-curfew-
blocks-crossings-as-ousted-leader-nears-border-120037/

Fausta’s Blog “ Blog Archive “ Honduras: Is Zelaya heading to the …
By Fausta
The interim government that sent Manuel Zelaya into exile vows to arrest the president if he sets foot in Honduras. Zelaya said he would make a second attempt to return home Saturday, saying U.S.-backed attempts at mediation had broken …
faustasblog.com/?p=14358