Manuel Zelaya

US Builds Up Its Bases In Oil-Rich South America

FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

From the Caribbean to Brazil, political opposition to US plans for 'full-spectrum operations' is escalating rapidly By Hugh O'Shaughnessy Sunday, 22 November 2009 Courtesy Of The Independent The United States is massively building up its potential for nuclear and non-nuclear strikes in Latin America and the Caribbean by acquiring unprecedented freedom of action in seven new military, naval and air...

Mary O'Grady continues her right wing nonsense

Tim's El Salvador Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

In the midst of important stories coming out of El Salvador, like the flooding and the deployment of troops on the streets, I postponed commenting about an editorial by Mary Anastasio O'Grady in the Noveber 8, 2009 Wall Street Journal. Her editorial, titled Chavez's Next Target: El Salvador continues her history of right-wing diatribes involving the country. After praising the de facto government in...

Ousted Honduran president urges int'l community not to recognize elections

People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Monday again appealed to the international community not to recognize the Nov. 29 elections to be held by the post-coup government in Honduras. Local radio station Radio Globo on Monday read a letter by Zelaya in which he asked for solidarity from the Americas, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations. "As president of Honduras,...

Honduran leader: US weakened anti-coup movement

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Monday the United States has weakened efforts to reverse the coup that ousted him, while a U.S. envoy says his country has clearly opposed the ouster and will examine upcoming elections closely for fairness.

Honduran leader: US weakened anti-coup movement

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Monday the United States has weakened efforts to reverse the coup that ousted him, while a U.S. envoy says his country has clearly opposed the ouster and will examine upcoming elections closely for fairness.

Honduran leader: US weakened anti-coup movement

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Monday the United States has weakened efforts to reverse the coup that ousted him, while a U.S. envoy says his country has clearly opposed the ouster and will examine upcoming elections closely for fairness.

Honduran leader: US weakened anti-coup movement

San Diego Union (Free subscription) | yesterday

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Monday the United States has weakened efforts to reverse the coup that ousted him, while a U.S. envoy says his country has clearly opposed the ouster and will examine upcoming elections closely for fairness.

Honduran leader: US weakened anti-coup movement

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Monday the United States has weakened efforts to reverse the coup that ousted him, while a U.S. envoy says his country has clearly opposed the ouster and will examine upcoming elections closely for fairness.

Some on the outcome in Honduras,

Irons in the Fire (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

which I missed a while back, from Sailor Curt . What this post is about is the classic 6 year old response from Zelaya, the Kindergarten-level wanna-be dictator: "Fine...you're not gonna give me what I want, but I don't want it any more anyway, so I win! Nya!" : Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Saturday he would refuse to return to the presidency as part of any deal to end...

Honduras crisis ending with a whimper

FP Passport (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

If all goes according to plan this weekend, the Honduran leaders who ousted President Manuel Zelaya in the face of nearly unanimous international opposition, will hand power to a new government: The months of turmoil as Zelaya pressed for his reinstatement, the negotiation and U.S. shuttle diplomacy are about to be overtaken by business as usual — Honduran style. Even many of the poor who supported...

AP on Honduras

Left I on the News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

Could the Associated Press print a more one-sided and misleading article on Honduras? "voters will choose a new president Nov. 29...No one is pushing the leftist agenda of the ousted leader, who said he was trying to lift a country where seven in 10 people are poor. "Pushing the leftist agenda"? Who's writing this, Rush Limbaugh? Sean Hannity? While many Hondurans want reform, they were...

In Central America, Coups Still Trump Change

War News Updates (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009

From Time Magazine: If he holds his handy lead in the polls, Porfirio (Pepe) Lobo will be the next President of Honduras. Problem is, the last man elected to that office, Manuel Zelaya, was ousted last summer in a military coup. That makes it unlikely that any nation — except maybe the U.S. — will recognize Lobo if he wins the Nov. 29 election. But as he relaxes in his opulent house near...

• In Central America, Coups Still Trump Change - Time

Honduras election sets return to business as usual (AP)

Politics Index (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

AP - The coup last summer in this tiny, Central American country blew up into an international incident, with thousands of Hondurans taking to the streets while everyone from Barack Obama to Fidel Castro lined up behind ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

• Honduras election sets return to business as usual - Seattle Times
• Honduras election sets return to business as usual - San Diego Union
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Crazy, Or Left-Wing? Is There Still A Difference?

Power Line (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

Venezuela is sponsoring an international conference of socialist parties in Caracas, which it pretentiously labels the Fifth International. Socialists from 40 countries, representing 50 political parties, are attending. On Friday, Hugo Chavez addressed the conclave . He praised Carlos the Jackal as a hero, describing him as "one of the great fighters of the Palestinian Liberation Organization....They...

Fourth Latin America news roundup - November 22, 2009

Latin America News Review (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

TOP STORY - Filmmaker Philippe Diaz on "The End of Poverty?" (Democracy Now!) Honduras - Trumka: Free Elections Not Possible Now in Honduras (AFL-CIO) Honduras - ‘The elections are fraudulent’ (Green Left Weekly) Honduras - Manuel Zelaya to Obama: You're not an heir to Abraham Lincoln (Examiner) Brazil - Brazil Calls on Obama to Start Dialogue with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez (Brazzil...