Leadership for Human Development: the International Leadership Series (Book Four)
Just Foreign Policy News (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Mark Weisbrot sent the following letter to José de Cordoba, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, in response to the article which is posted at the end.
Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
According to a survey by Demoscopía / Al Día, former vice president Laura Chinchilla is heavily favored to become the next president of Costa Rica when voters go to the polls on Feb 4, 2010. Otto Guevara of the Libertarian Movement (ML) came in second with 15.7 per cent, and former economy minister Ottón Solís of [...]
Costa Rica News, Travel and Reviews (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Oscar awoke yesterday to a big flag of Nicaragua on the Presidential House Website after hackers hacked the ‘low cost’ software that was running the website. Currently the website is down until it can be assured that hackers can no longer access the website and change its content. The website was developed by INA, INA [...]
MyDD (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The US-brokered Guaymuras deal that was reached to restore the ousted Manuel Zelaya to the Honduran presidency for the duration of his term has hit a snag. Under the terms of the agreement, which works off of an earlier proposal by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, a national unity government and truth commission are to be formed while the international community is asked to reverse suspensions in...
Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The construction at the National Stadium has a preview of between 30% and 35% since construction began last March by the company Anhui Foreign Economic Construction (AFEC). The stadium will seats 35,000 spectators and was built through a grant from the Chinese Government for a totaling $ 83 million. Óscar Arias, President of the Republic, today visited [...]
Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Costa Rica’s government has launched a tender to design, build and operate a new container terminal at the Limón-Moín port complex in Limón province, national concessions board CNC project design director Eduardo Navarro told BNamericas. The new terminal will handle cargo that previously went through the Limón port, which will stop receiving cargo in 2015 and [...]...
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
What first seemed like a victory for ousted President Manuel Zelaya could become a setback for him depending on what – and when – the Honduran Congress decides.
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 : The announcement last week of an agreement to end the four month political stalemate in Honduras has been hailed by many and shows some promise. However, as Roy Chaderton, the Venezuelan ambassador to the Organization of American States has said, it is not yet time to dance in the streets.
From The Wilderness (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
By Eva Golinger 10-30-09 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared early this morning: “I’m very pleased to announce that we’ve had a breakthrough in negotiations in Honduras. I want to congratulate the people of Honduras as well as President Zelaya and Mr. Micheletti for reaching an historic agreement. I also congratulate Costa Rican President Oscar Arias for the important [...]...
MyDD (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
The four month long Honduran crisis is inching towards a negotiated conclusion that would restore the ousted Manuel Zelaya to the Presidency of the small poor Central American nation. The essentials of the deal struck are those negotiated earlier by Costa Rican President Óscar Arias and other Latin American leaders but the impetus in breaking the stalemate is largely due to the efforts of the...
Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli and his Costa Rican counterpart Oscar Arias on Thursday signed a bilateral cooperation agreement to boost ties. The two leaders pledged to deepen and expand political and social dialogue on bilateral and international issues of mutual interest, the commercial ties, and cultural exchanges to achieve integration between the two countries. Martinelli said the [...]...
Gretawire (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Secretary Clinton just made a statement about Honduras - Statement from Secretary Clinton I'm very pleased to announce that we've had a breakthrough in negotiations in Honduras. I want to congratulate the people of Honduras as well as President Zelaya and Mr. Micheletti for reaching an historic agreement. I also congratulate Costa Rican President Oscar Arias for [...]
Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Luis Vertiz notes that the Obama Administration is beginning to get more involved in Honduras . Obama is sending high-level negoitators to Honduras to try and work through the crisis, hoping to succeed where Costa Rican Oscar Arias failed. A certain section of the left romanticizes revolution in Latin America and wants to turn every current conflict into a Cold War showdown between the good revolutionaries...
Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
The Obama administration is sending a team of senior officials to Honduras Wednesday to try to expedite a settlement of the political crisis spawned by the ouster in June of elected President Manuel Zelaya. The deposed leader remains at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. The Obama administration had preferred to let the Organization of American States [...]
Global Security (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
The Obama administration is sending a team of senior officials to Honduras Wednesday to try to expedite a settlement of the political crisis spawned by the ouster in June of elected President Manuel Zelaya. The deposed leader remains at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa.
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