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U.S. Men's National Team Looks for First-Place Finish Against Costa Rica on Wednesday, Oct 14, at RFK

Oct 13, 2009 3:13 PM

Excerpt UNFINISHED WORK: After earning a place in the 2010 FIFA World Cup with a memorable victory against Honduras, the U.S. Men's National team sets its sights on a final goal for CONCACAF qu...

Tracking the Honduras vs. U.S. Match

Oct 10, 2009 8:01 PM

Excerpt Claudio Cruz/Associated Press Charles Davies, left, with Emilio Izaguirre of Honduras during the first half Saturday night. Jack Bell of the Times will be providing live updates on the ...

Political climate worsens in Honduras just 13 days before USA World Cup qualifier

Sep 28, 2009 4:49 PM

Excerpt If the game were to be moved to say...El Salvador, would both teams booed the entire time? Gringo's - obviously we're disliked, but Honduras is a main rival in every fashion with El Sal...

Robert Naiman: Popular Resistance to the Coup in Honduras: an Interview with Bertha Caceres

Sep 27, 2009 11:23 AM

Excerpt Beverly Bell: Here we are in Havana with Bertha Caceras Flores in the Forum on Emancipatory Paradigms, speaking about the tactics and repression of those behind the coup d'etat. Bertha...

Emails: Honduras

Sep 21, 2009 1:03 PM

Excerpt I am getting flooded with emails about / from Honduras.  I have yet to get one that says that President Obama has this one right.  Here are emails...randomly picked: Thank you for cover...

Honduras offers return, but not office

Aug 28, 2009 12:35 PM

Excerpt While the US prepares to cut aid to Honduras for enforcing its own laws, the man they want returned to power in Tegulcigapa has an offer to come home — but not to return to office.  Rob...

Millions of Dollars in USAID Funding Still Flowing to Honduras

Aug 28, 2009 6:41 AM

Excerpt Agency bankrolling “good governance” programs to ensure the “rule of law in the country” The taxpayer-funded Millennium Challenge Corporation has continued to move millions of dollars i...

US to stop issuing most visas in Honduras

Aug 25, 2009 4:41 PM

Excerpt Xiomara Castro, front left, the wife of the Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, embraces a demonstrator as she takes part in a rally in support of Zelaya, in Tegucigalpa, Monday, ...

U.S. Military Denies Aiding Honduras Military Coup

Aug 16, 2009 12:57 PM

Excerpt LAS MANOS, Nicaragua (AP) ― The U.S. military said Saturday its troops in Honduras did not know of and played no role in a flight that took ousted President Manuel Zelaya to exile dur...

Arias mediation has little effect in Honduras

Aug 13, 2009 4:57 PM

Excerpt TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The month-old mediation effort by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias to resolve Honduras' political crisis is foundering under the near-universal opposition of Ho...

Arias mediation has little effect in Honduras

Aug 13, 2009 1:00 AM

Excerpt ...Costa Rican President Oscar Arias to resolve Honduras' political crisis is foundering under the near-universal opposition of Honduras' top leaders to permitting deposed President Man...

OAS sending envoys to pressure Honduras coup gov't

Aug 4, 2009 8:21 AM

Excerpt Honduran police cracked down on protesters and Congress delayed consideration of an amnesty bill needed to end the standoff, even as the interim leader appeared to back away from his op...

Honduras claims that FARC is financing Zelaya

Jul 27, 2009 3:04 PM

Excerpt As Honduras Officials Meet for Second Day of Peace Talks , attorney Miguel Estrada, born and raised in Honduras, writes: Honduras’ non-coup Under the country’s Constitution, the ouster...

Ousted Honduran leader cites divisions at home

Jul 27, 2009 12:15 AM

Excerpt Ousted President Manuel Zelaya has encamped his roving government-in-exile in this sleepy mountain town near the Honduran border to launch his return to power after a coup last month. ...

[audio] Venezuela News Summary #87

Jul 24, 2009 4:38 AM

Excerpt I. Telesur and Venezuelan TV Journalists Arrested in Honduras On Saturday, July 11th, the coup government arrested Telesur and VTV journalists. Both channels are based in Venezuela, an...

A QUESTION. So look at this picture of an anti-Zelaya march in Honduras: Now note this AFP…

Jul 23, 2009 3:02 PM

Excerpt Honduras stalemate persists as talks set to start Reuters Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya listens to questions during a news conference at the Honduras Aide: Ousted Honduran p...

Honduras resists pressure to let Zelaya return

Jul 23, 2009 9:52 AM

Excerpt (For full coverage of Honduras, click on [nN28343997]) * Honduras' de facto leaders show no sign of backing down * Zelaya to start journey home to Honduras * Arias says Honduras is "...

Honduran interim gov't asks Venezuelan diplomats to leave _English_Xinhua

Jul 21, 2009 8:45 PM

Excerpt news.xinhuanet.com 18 days ago — TEGUCIGALPA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Honduras' interim government announced Friday that the country decided to quit from the Organization of American States ...

Central American bishops want dialogue on Honduras

Jul 21, 2009 12:27 PM

Excerpt ...people divided over the efficiency of this effort in placing an end to the conflict. The dialogue between the delegations of Honduras gathered in Costa Rica failed after Micheletti's...

Honduras talks collapse over return of ousted leader

Jul 19, 2009 7:01 PM

Excerpt ...too, would seek to change his country's constitution to seek reelection. The United States has been watching developments in Honduras with concern. "We're looking for a peaceful reso...

Eva Golinger: Washington and the Coup in Honduras: Here's the evidence!

Jul 15, 2009 1:44 PM

Excerpt 2009-07-15 22:44:55 - The US Department of State had prior knowledge of the coup. The Department of State and the US Congress funded and advised the actors and organizations in Hondura...

What the hecks going in Honduras?

Jul 15, 2009 11:54 AM

Excerpt Honduras just can’t catch a break. The country’s so-called leaders always seem intent on wrecking the place. I mean, doesn’t it feel like it was just yesterday that King K’ak’ Tiliw Cha...

Canada Supports the Military Coup in Honduras

Jul 14, 2009 9:45 AM

Excerpt For the first time in decades, the world's eyes are on Honduras, a tiny country many Canadians know for those little stickers on exported bananas and the surplus of coffee it floods ont...

Talks to End Honduras Crisis Will Resume Saturday

Jul 14, 2009 2:08 AM

Excerpt June 29: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, raises the arm of Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, center, who embraces Cuba's Raul Castro. June 29: Venezuela's President Hugo Chav...

Honduras' interim govt lifts curfew imposed since June 28 coup

Jul 12, 2009 1:00 PM

Excerpt ReutersSoldiers with barricades in Honduras Honduras' interim government has lifted a curfew imposed since the June 28 coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya, saying it has succeeded ...

[audio] Venezuela News Summary #86

Jul 12, 2009 2:13 AM

Excerpt On Sunday, June 28th a military coup d’etat kidnapped Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and forced him out of the country. Zelaya's government was shut down, and Roberto Micheletti swore...

Costa Rica President Arias mediates Honduras rivals

Jul 11, 2009 12:42 AM

Excerpt SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- Talks to resolve the leadership crisis in Honduras began without a breakthrough Thursday, as both rivals emerged from meetings with a mediator showing no signs o...

Caudillismo in Action: Looking Back on Honduras

Jul 7, 2009 3:56 PM

Excerpt Hunting for an endgame and an exit strategy The National Congress and Supreme Court are institutions of questionable virtue, but so is Zelaya The interim government has very feeble card...

U.S. Men to Continue Gold Cup on Wednesday Against Honduras

Jul 7, 2009 8:28 AM

Excerpt Steve Cherundolo captained the U.S. in the Gold Cup opener. © isiphotos.com U.S. Men’s National Team Game Notes USA vs. Honduras 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup FOCUSING ON THE REGION: With...

Honduras isolated, Clinton to meet ousted leader

Jul 6, 2009 2:40 PM

Excerpt (For a TAKE A LOOK on Honduras, click [ID:nN28343997]) * U.S. State Department condemns violence * Clinton to meet Zelaya on Tuesday * Honduras caretaker government defiant * Ousted...

U.S. Joined the OAS in Suspending Honduras

Jul 6, 2009 4:00 AM

Excerpt 12:45 p.m. EDT MR. KELLY: All right. Well, welcome on Monday to the briefing room. Hope you all had a relatively relaxing three-day weekend. I can’t say mine was entirely unbrokenly rel...

Zelaya's Plane Not Allowed to Land in Honduras

Jul 5, 2009 6:54 PM

Excerpt Supporters of ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya stand next to the fence protecting the airfield as soldiers guard the international airport on the other side in Tegucigalpa, Satu...

Honduras coup spotlights Latin America's growing instability

Jul 5, 2009 11:22 AM

Excerpt The military ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on June 28, for many, harks back to dark days of military coups in Latin America. A supporter of ousted Honduras' President ...

Zelaya's Vow to Return Stirs Controversy

Jul 4, 2009 10:31 PM

Excerpt By Jose de Cordoba and Paul Kiernan TEGUCIGALPA -- The stage was set on Sunday for a dramatic confrontation in Honduras, with plans by ousted president Manuel Zelaya to return to the co...

Honduras backs leader's ouster

Jul 3, 2009 10:47 PM

Excerpt Supporters of ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya march Friday, the day the nation's Supreme Court refused a diplomat's request to restore Zelaya. ( Rodrigo Abd, The Associated Pres...

Honduras rejects OAS appeal to restore president

Jul 3, 2009 8:33 PM

Excerpt TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Honduras rebuffed a personal appeal from the Americas' top international diplomat Friday, refusing to reinstate President Manuel Zelaya and setting the stage fo...

Belén Fernandez : The Situation in Honduras

Jul 3, 2009 7:44 PM

Excerpt On a visit to the website of the US State Department yesterday, I was greeted with a map of Honduras. Accompanying explanations for the map consisted of a link to a July 1 “Teleconferen...

Let them come to Tegucigalpa

Jul 3, 2009 6:06 AM

Excerpt legalinsurrection.blogspot.com — With each passing day, the vapidness of the Obama administration's foreign policy becomes more clear. Lofty words spoken in the capitals of Europe and t...

Honduran interim government says open to early election

Jul 2, 2009 11:10 PM

Excerpt ・Zelaya said he may forgive the coup participants and was preparing for going home. ・Zelaya's supporters staged their largest rally since the coup in capital Thursday.     TEGUCIGALPAPA...

Diplomats reach out for solution to Honduras coup

Jul 2, 2009 11:03 PM

Excerpt International diplomats who have threatened and isolated Honduras' coup-spawned government took a softer approach on Thursday, trying to coax the interim leaders into agreeing to restor...

OAS chief says sanctions likely in Honduras

Jul 2, 2009 11:03 PM

Excerpt A top diplomat said Thursday he is heading to Honduras to demand the return of the president toppled at gunpoint _ a mission he said is likely to meet rejection, bringing diplomatic and...

County native: Honduran revolt restored order

Jul 2, 2009 9:48 PM

Excerpt Editor’s note: The following letter was written by Somerset County native Chester Thomas of Honduras and sent to relatives and friends to present his perspective on the coup that result...

Johann Hari: The other 9/11 returns to haunt Latin America

Jul 2, 2009 4:00 PM

Excerpt A news report the world did not need This has got to be some of the most irresponsible and biased reporting that I have ever read. I am an American living in Honduras right now and I am...

The Significance of Washington's Coup Attempt in Honduras

Jul 2, 2009 11:18 AM

Excerpt When it comes to the Honduran military, the U.S. government needn't ask permission for anything. The decades long relationship between the two institutions is one of dependence Honduras...

US seeks deal between Honduran coup leaders and deposed president

Jul 2, 2009 10:56 AM

Excerpt The standoff between deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and the interim government installed by the military following Sundays coup intensified Wednesday, following unanimous reso...

Nikolas Kozloff: U.S. Intervention in Honduras From John Negroponte to Luis Posada Carriles

Jul 2, 2009 8:21 AM

Excerpt Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who was overthrown in a military coup on Sunday, is irate about U.S. interventionism in his country. That's not too surprising in light of the h...

Hands Off Honduras

Jul 2, 2009 4:59 AM

Excerpt Well Put (More on Honduras) www.poliblogger.com 16 hours ago — Kevin Casas-Zamora (former vice president and minister of planning of Costa Rica and senior fellow at Brookings) writes a...

Honduras' interim leader blames Chavez for crisis

Jul 2, 2009 2:14 AM

Excerpt Honduras' interim leader accused Venezuela's Hugo Chavez of instigating his nation's crisis and lawmakers tightened a curfew aimed at stemming unrest, as coup leaders showed few signs o...

Top Diplomat: Sanctions Likely in Honduras

Jul 2, 2009 1:51 AM

Excerpt June 29: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, raises the arm of Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, center, who embraces Cuba's Raul Castro. June 29: Venezuela's President Hugo Chav...

HONDURAS: Ousted President Zelaya reschedules return date

Jul 1, 2009 1:27 PM

Excerpt AFP - Deposed President Manuel Zelaya said Wednesday he has rescheduled his planned return to Honduras for this weekend, after the end of a 72-hour ultimatum issued by the Organization ...

A coup is a coup: Lessons from Honduras

Jul 1, 2009 12:23 PM

Excerpt Make no mistake, the sudden and clandestine removal of a president, while still in his pajamas, by the military is certainly a coup. Yes, military coups can still happen in Central Amer...

Un U.S./U.N. Complot Contra Anti-comunista Honduras*

Jul 1, 2009 10:26 AM

Excerpt Las personas de Honduras imploran para la justicia de medios y comprenden de cómo ellos guardaron su sistema democrático del gobierno de una conspiración internacional basada en Venezue...

OAS gives Honduras 72-hour ultimatum to reverse coup

Jul 1, 2009 9:23 AM

Excerpt ReutersHonduran soldiers block a street near the home of President Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa Honduras faced growing pressure to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya after the Org...

Letter from Honduras

Jul 1, 2009 1:51 AM

Excerpt On Tuesday in Honduras, two days after a military coup forced President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya from office, I am headed down towards a rural village where protest is gathering strengt...

Honduras Under the Bus

Jun 30, 2009 8:40 PM

Excerpt ...coverage of South America Today they comment on the Obama administration's reaction to the removal of Honduran President ... Honduras defends its democracy faustasblog.com 38 hours...

Day Three: Democracy Held Hostage in Honduras

Jun 30, 2009 6:54 PM

Excerpt Andrew Sullivan has asked aloud for English-writing bloggers from Honduras to send him their reports. Sadly, what he’ll likely get is a mountain of the upper-class “oligarch diaspora” p...

UN tells Honduras to reinstate president

Jun 30, 2009 4:21 PM

Excerpt TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Honduras' ousted president won overwhelming international support Tuesday as he planned a high-profile return to his chaotic country. The politicians who sent s...

Editors: The Honduran Counter-Coup

Jun 30, 2009 12:11 PM

Excerpt Obama responds to Honduras coup briefingroom.thehill.com 2 days ago — President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras was reportedly overthrown in a coup today and is now seeking asylum in Costa R...

Todd Gordon : Acceptable Versus Unacceptable Repression

Jun 30, 2009 11:24 AM

Excerpt June has been a difficult month for progressive activists around the world. Mass protests in Iran and indigenous blockades in Peru were met with heavy repression, while a left-of-centre...

The World from Berlin: Situation in Honduras 'Cannot Be Justified'

Jun 30, 2009 5:58 AM

Excerpt Since then, international condemnation of the coup has been fairly unanimous. Micheletti has not been recognized, various South American states have withdrawn diplomatic staff and halte...

Leaders from Obama to Chavez blast Honduras coup

Jun 29, 2009 7:43 PM

Excerpt ...Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya set up barricades near to the presidential house in Tegucigalpa, Monday, June 29, 2009. Honduras' new leaders defied growing global pressure on Mond...

World tells Honduras to reinstate ousted president

Jun 29, 2009 7:43 PM

Excerpt Honduras' newly appointed leader vowed Monday to resist pressure from across the Americas to reinstate the president ousted in a military coup, as protesters burned tires outside the oc...

Frida Berrigan: Coup! U.S. Military Support for Honduras

Jun 29, 2009 3:52 PM

Excerpt International Military Education and Training funds in that same period came to $14.82 million. But for Honduras, the second poorest nation in very poor Central America, the aid and we...

Leaders from Obama to Chavez blast Honduras coup

Jun 29, 2009 3:45 PM

Excerpt TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Police and soldiers clashed with thousands of protesters outside Honduras' national palace Monday as world leaders from Barack Obama to Hugo Chavez demanded the ...

Clinton says Honduras has 'evolved into a coup'

Jun 29, 2009 12:43 PM

Excerpt WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday the United States believes the unrest in Honduras "has evolved into a coup," but the United States is not demanding...

The Coup in Honduras

Jun 29, 2009 10:19 AM

Excerpt Could the diplomatic thaw between Venezuela and the United States be coming to an abrupt end?  At the recent Summit of the Americas held in Port of Spain, Barack Obama shook Venezuelan ...

Honduras Travel Alert

Jun 29, 2009 10:00 AM

Excerpt The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the current unstable political and security situation in Honduras, and recommends that American citizens defer all non-essential travel ...

Coup in Honduras

Jun 29, 2009 9:40 AM

Excerpt Obama responds to Honduras coup briefingroom.thehill.com 3 days ago — President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras was reportedly overthrown in a coup today and is now seeking asylum in Costa R...

Obama Sides With Marxists Over Honduras

Jun 29, 2009 9:21 AM

Excerpt Claims of a “military coup” have appeared in the press because that is the way far-left officials of the Obama Administration have described it. The so-called "military coup" in Hondur...

What’s the Deal With Honduras?

Jun 29, 2009 7:44 AM

Excerpt The Bush administration, and virtually all of the American right, managed to pro-coup in 2002. Perhaps the Cold War is only over for half of us. Not many people in America care because ...

The Economics Behind the Honduras Coup

Jun 29, 2009 6:27 AM

Excerpt Long before a military coup ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, the country was in a financial pinch. One of Latin America's smallest and poorest nations, with per capita income of...

Chavez allies back ousted Zelaya

Jun 29, 2009 4:55 AM

Excerpt Mr Chavez: The region cannot allow a return to the past Left-wing Latin American leaders have declared their support for Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted in an army coup...

Honduras Torn After President Ousted by Military

Jun 29, 2009 2:02 AM

Excerpt June 28: Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya attends a news conference at Juan Santamaria airport in Alajuela. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras   Honduras is now torn between two presidents: one leg...

Coup d'Etat Underway in Honduras: OBAMA’S FIRST COUP D’ETAT

Jun 28, 2009 10:36 PM

Excerpt President Zelaya of Honduras has just been kidnapped [Note: As of 11:15am, Caracas time, President Zelaya is speaking live on Telesur from San Jose, Costa Rica. He has verified the sold...

Honduras' Dictator-for-a-Day Rails vs. Obama & Chávez, Declares Martial Law

Jun 28, 2009 5:07 PM

Excerpt Honduras' dictator-for-a-day Roberto Micheletti is already losing it in the face of unanimous international condemnation of his coup d'etat. This from the daily El Heraldo - one of the ...

Translating Twitter from Honduras

Jun 28, 2009 5:00 PM

Excerpt OMG! OMG! Oh noes! A violent coup d’etat and its censorship in Honduras is fine by us, but we’re really really upset about the coup on Twitter! Thus could be summed up the unintentional...

Clinton: Coup in Honduras "Should Be Condemned"

Jun 28, 2009 4:07 PM

Excerpt "The action taken against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya violates the precepts of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, and thus should be condemned by all. "We call on all parties i...

Honduras Tense After Army Coup

Jun 28, 2009 12:06 PM

Excerpt By Paul Kiernan in Tegucigalpa and Jose De Cordoba in Mexico CityTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Soldiers stormed the house of leftist President Manuel Zelaya in a predawn raid Sunday, arresti...

Coup in Honduras

Jun 28, 2009 11:44 AM

Excerpt School of the Americas-Trained Military Detains and Expels Democratically-Elected President Zelaya Early this morning approximately 200 Honduran soldiers arrived at President Manuel "Me...

Extreme Alert: Military Coup in Honduras, President Zelaya in Costa Rica, Minister and Ambassadors Reported Kidnapped

Jun 28, 2009 11:44 AM

Excerpt This morning the president of Honduras was surrounded by military units and forcibly deposed. He is now in Costa Rica. The people are in the streets and the government has been taken ov...

Chavez accuses U.S. of coup role as ties restored

Jun 28, 2009 11:38 AM

Excerpt Obama responds to Honduras coup briefingroom.thehill.com 45 hours ago — President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras was reportedly overthrown in a coup today and is now seeking asylum in Costa...

Situation in Honduras

Jun 28, 2009 4:00 AM

Excerpt OPERATOR: Good afternoon, and thank you for standing by. I would like to remind all parties that your lines have been placed on listen-only until the question-and-answer portion of toda...

Pavon lifts Honduras over Central American rival El Salvador 1-0

Jun 10, 2009 10:24 PM

Excerpt ...them in CONCACAF’s last guaranteed place for next year’s World Cup as the “hexagonal” reached its midpoint. The win moved Honduras ahead of the visiting Cuscatlecos into third place ...

Kansas City Wizards Weekly Update

Jun 8, 2009 10:44 PM

Excerpt Kansas City midfielder Roger Espinoza remains with the Honduras National Team for a Wednesday match-up against El Salvador. Espinoza joins Toronto FC star Amado Guevara as the only MLS ...

U.S. Men Looking To Bounce Back As They Host Honduras at Solider Field in Chicago for FIFA World Cup Qualifier

Jun 5, 2009 1:06 PM

Excerpt LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK: The U.S. takes the field in Chicago looking to rebound from a disappointing defeat at the hands of Costa Rica three days earlier. The 3-1 loss to Los Ticos exten...

OAS votes to readmit Cuba after 47 years

Jun 3, 2009 7:23 PM

Excerpt The Organization of American States voted Wednesday to revoke the 1962 measure suspending communist Cuba, overturning a landmark of the Cold War in the hemisphere. Honduras' Presid...

Honduras: End Violence Against Transgender People

May 29, 2009 9:30 AM

Excerpt (San Pedro Sula) - Honduras should act to end an epidemic of violence against transgender people by investigating, prosecuting, and convicting those responsible, Human Rights Watch said...

7.1 earthquake topples homes, kills 6 in Honduras

May 29, 2009 12:50 AM

Excerpt TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A powerful earthquake toppled dozens of homes in Honduras and Belize early Thursday, killing at least six people and injuring 40 as terrified residents spilled f...

Honduras earthquake victim: 'I felt like it was the end of the world'

May 28, 2009 9:46 PM

Excerpt Per El Periódico, four people were killed, dozens of homes were destroyed in several towns, buildings were severely damaged and a bridge was destroyed in Honduras. Utila in Bay Islands,...

7.1 earthquake topples homes, kills 4 in Honduras

May 28, 2009 12:48 PM

Excerpt TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Officials are urging calm after a magnitude-7.1 quake rocked Honduras and Belize, killing four people and wounding 40 more. Honduras was jolted by a 4.8 aft...

Big quake off Honduras kills 5, crumbles houses

May 28, 2009 10:24 AM

Excerpt * Quake of 7.1 magnitude strikes just off coast * Death toll expected to rise * Country's main port closed (Updates death toll, adds port shut, Clinton visit) TEGUCIGALPA, May 28 (Re...

7.1 earthquake topples homes in Honduras, Belize

May 28, 2009 9:09 AM

Excerpt ...spokesman for the mayor of El Progreso, told Radio Satelite there was "serious damage" to Democracy Bridge, a 1957 span across Honduras' biggest river, the Ulua. He did not provide d...

Honduras earthquake: Your stories

May 28, 2009 5:51 AM

Excerpt A 7.1 magnitude quake hit 64km (39 miles) north-east of Roatan on Honduras' Isles de la Bahia in the Caribbean Sea, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. Tremors were felt in dozens of ...

Strong earthquake jolts Honduras

May 28, 2009 4:07 AM

Excerpt Per the USGS, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Honduras early Thursday morning. The quake occurred offshore, 80 miles north/northeast of La Ceiba, Honduras. Per El Per...

7.1 magnitude earthquake off Honduras coast

May 28, 2009 3:32 AM

Excerpt ...their pajamas when the magnitude-7.1 quake struck at at 3:24 a.m. (0824 GMT), according to Ana Maria Rivera, spokeswoman for Honduras' emergency commission.The quake struck at the re...

Has socialism finally come to Honduras?

May 25, 2009 4:59 PM

Excerpt Critics immediately labeled Zelaya’s action as a blatant and cynical attempt to extend his term limits. Some, such as Honduran political analyst Juan Ramon Martinez, argue that we are w...

O.C. volunteers help build computer network in Honduras

May 19, 2009 11:17 AM

Excerpt Orange County members of Engineers Without Borders pause after donating toys to a small public school in Juticalpa, Honduras, where they also are helping to upgrade a wireless network. ...

Funds raised to enhance Honduras education

Apr 17, 2009 8:04 AM

Excerpt The Western Illinois University chapter of Students Helping Honduras is hosting several educational and fundraising events throughout the month of April to help raise funds for the orga...

When qualification really is a matter of life and death

Apr 14, 2009 5:10 PM

Excerpt Honduran captain Carlos Pavon Plumer celebrates scoring on their way to a 5-0 win over El Salvador in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, in 2000. - (Photograph: Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images) ...

From North Fork to Honduras with love

Apr 9, 2009 1:32 AM

Excerpt Updated: 4/9/2009 - 4:20 AM Sis. Margaret embraces poor in Central America JULIE LANE |STAFF WRITER   0 comments below The young girl hiked for five hours down a mountain on b...

Honduras missing star striker Suazo --

Mar 26, 2009 7:31 PM

Excerpt challenge ahead: Honduras coach, Colombian Reynaldo Rueda, looks on at a recent national team training session. Honduras will play Trinidad and Tobago in a 2010 World Cup qualifier tomo...

Local Universities Bring Electricity to Rural Areas of Honduras

Mar 19, 2009 4:11 PM

Excerpt Village Energy Inc., created by professors and students at Baylor University, is currently in business to bring electricity to the rural and remote communities in many developing countr...

Latin American Countries Worlds Apart in Economic Downturn

Mar 13, 2009 12:20 PM

Excerpt Reyes explains that if the global economic crisis becomes more profound in the United States, and the economy doesn't rebound quickly enough, unemployment and related problems will furt...

Cocaine-carrying plane crashes in Honduras

Mar 10, 2009 9:29 PM

Excerpt TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras—A plane that was carrying more than 2 tons of cocaine crashed Tuesday in northern Honduras, killing the pilot, Honduran authorities said. Authorities estimate the ...

Cooperation Provides Key for Central American Security, Southcom Leader Says

Feb 1, 2009 10:10 AM

Excerpt Navy Adm. James Stavridis, commander of U.S. Southern Command, left his Miami headquarters for Guatemala City, where he will meet with President Alvaro Colom Caballeros and his senior d...

Users tip Costa Rica and Honduras

Jan 26, 2009 7:39 AM

Excerpt The Central American (UNCAF) Cup, which kicked off last Thursday, has captured the imagination of FIFA.com's English and Spanish-speaking users. We received over 300 comments from all f...

Honduras beats Chile 2-0 at Lockhart Stadium

Jan 18, 2009 8:27 PM

Excerpt Carlos Pavon and Danilo Turcios saw enough of the match from the sidelines and became immediate contributors once they were called into action. Turcios and Pavon combined on a late-seco...

Chile and Honduras to play friendly at Lockhart Stadium

Jan 18, 2009 12:48 AM

Excerpt A rare visitor will face a familiar local entrant in South Florida's first international soccer friendly of the year Sunday night at Lockhart Stadium. Chile, currently in South American...

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras look to build momentum at Central American Nations Cup

Jan 16, 2009 6:57 PM

Excerpt For at least Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras, the most important thing is to qualify for the World Cup. Winning the Central American Nations Cup would be a nice start toward that g...

A life-changing seven weeks in Honduras

Dec 28, 2008 12:19 AM

Excerpt Over the summer, I didn't see "The Dark Knight," didn't hear about Manny-mania, and didn't hang out at the Westlake Promenade once. I didn't even touch my cell phone for eight weeks! In...

Hexagonal Preview: Honduras

Dec 23, 2008 5:17 AM

Excerpt 3:23 PM 23 Dec 08 JC Holly Springs, NC Yea this team will be dangerous for the USA , Last time Honduras played in World Cup Qualifier here in the USA 30,000 Hondurans showed up...

Midfielder Roger Espinoza Called to First Honduras National Team Camp

Dec 19, 2008 3:48 PM

Excerpt December 19, 2008 - Major League Soccer (MLS) Kansas City Wizards Kansas City Wizards midfielder Roger Espinoza has been named to the training camp roster for Honduras ahead of the upco...

Background Note: Honduras

Dec 16, 2008 3:47 PM

Excerpt Geography Area: 112,090 sq. km. (43,278 sq. mi.); slightly larger than Virginia. Cities: Capital--Tegucigalpa (1,150,000); San Pedro Sula (800,000-900,000). Terrain: Mountainous. Cli...

Honduras Push México To The Limit

Nov 19, 2008 7:49 PM

Excerpt By César García The crowd in San Pedro Sula rejoiced like never before with a deserved Honduras victory against México, which qualified the Catrachos to the Hexagonal final round in fir...

CONCACAF WCQ Preview: Honduras vs. México

Nov 18, 2008 10:44 AM

Excerpt By César García On the sixth and final matchday of CONCACAF semifinal round qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, both México and Honduras will define who advances to the Hexagonal final r...

Honduras and Central America: Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 10

Nov 17, 2008 1:53 PM

Excerpt This situation report is based on information received from, the UN Emergency Technical Team (UNETT) in the affected countries, the OCHA Regional Office in Panama and the National Hurri...

Honduras and Central America: Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 2

Oct 23, 2008 6:54 PM

Excerpt This situation report is based on information received from, the UN Emergency Technical Team (UNETT) in the affected countries, the Regional Office in Panama, the UNDAC Team in Honduras...

Heavy rains leave 11 dead in Honduras

Oct 20, 2008 10:00 AM

Excerpt ...Officials didn't give details on the other deaths. Flooding has forced evacuations, claimed crops and cut off communities across Honduras, and emergency officials say things could ge...

Heavy rains leave 11 dead in Honduras

Oct 20, 2008 8:14 AM

Excerpt TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras—A week of heavy rains in Honduras has caused landslides and flooding that have killed at least 11 people and left two others missing, officials said Monday. A land...

COMMUNITY HAZARD MAPPING: Learning Exchange on Resilience in Honduras

Oct 9, 2008 9:44 PM

Excerpt July 18, 2008 Trujillo, Honduras Twenty eight community leaders from Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras - primarily grassroots women - together with a large number of local residents gat...

Tending the Web of Life

Sep 16, 2008 1:39 AM

Excerpt WORKING TOGETHER FOR A HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT This Global ReLeaf tree-planting project in Honduras is helping villagers improve their environment-and their lives. Hurricane Mitch may h...

Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in Honduras

Aug 21, 2008 12:22 AM

Excerpt What do you believe are the biggest obstructions to human rights problems in Honduras? I have addressed this question to some degree already in previous answers, but I think the primary...

Withstanding the Menace of Mega-Tourism [photoessay]

Aug 12, 2008 10:55 AM

Excerpt "'We have hundreds of kilometers of beaches that aren't developed, and it's a waste,' said the then Honduran Tourism Secretary (IHT), Ana Abarca in 2001. ‘We want strong tourism. We are...

Honduras: The power of football to improve young lives

Aug 11, 2008 2:06 PM

Excerpt Young footballers, who play in the Fútbol Para la Vida league, a programme that uses sport to improve young lives, line up during a break in practice at a ball field in Tegucigalpa, Hon...

Honduras Promises To Invest In Its Farmers

Aug 7, 2008 9:42 AM

Excerpt Honduras is seldom in the headlines. But inside its borders, you can see almost every aspect of the global food situation. The crisis is bringing farming in this small Central American ...

Honduras Promises To Invest In Its Farmers

Aug 4, 2008 3:41 AM

Excerpt ... Audio for this story will be available at approx. 9:00 a.m. ET Rubio shows off an ear of corn in his field of genetically altered crops. Santiago Gonzales stands on a rocky hillsid...

Digicel Wins WiMAX License in Honduras

Aug 1, 2008 5:44 AM

Excerpt TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 08/01/08 -- Digicel, the fastest growing mobile company in the Caribbean and new entrant to the Central American market, today announced that i...

Honduras Promises To Invest In Its Farmers

Jul 25, 2008 3:22 PM

Excerpt ... Audio for this story will be available at approx. 12:00 p.m. ET Rubio shows off an ear of corn in his field of genetically altered crops. Santiago Gonzales stands on a rocky hillsi...

Taiwan-Honduras free trade agreement takes effect

Jul 16, 2008 8:07 PM

Excerpt A free trade agreement (FTA) between Taiwan and Honduras went into effect July 15, Honduras time, making it the fourth FTA that Taiwan has established with its diplomatic allies, accord...

Honduras wraps up Olympic soccer berth

Mar 20, 2008 7:31 PM

Excerpt NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Clinching an Olympic berth and a trip to China is like getting to a World Cup. At least according to Honduran coach Alexis Mendoza, and now his players are celebratin...

Newsletter for December 26, 2007

Mar 7, 2008 9:20 AM

Excerpt The place to be right now: Honduras Honduras' pristine coral reefs, verdant rain forest and laidback pace will keep you blissed out from sunup to nightfall. If (like me) you missed out ...

Honduras: Good Potential

Dec 3, 2007 3:36 PM

Excerpt Honduras economy - here represented by business city San Pedro Sula (top) - is growing. Above, the country's president, Manuel Zelaya. (Photos: Honduras Tourism Ministry and Honduran Pr...

UN draws Honduras, Nicaragua sea border

Oct 8, 2007 2:53 PM

Excerpt THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The U.N.'s highest court Monday granted Honduras sovereignty over four Caribbean islands in its decades-old dispute with Nicaragua, and carved up rich fishing g...

UN rules on Nicaragua-Honduras border row

Oct 8, 2007 2:34 PM

Excerpt THE UN's highest court has settled a territorial dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras that almost led to war, giving Honduras sovereignty over four islands and redrawing the maritime ...

Hurricane Felix Takes Aim at Nicaragua and Honduras

Sep 4, 2007 5:04 AM

Excerpt Sept. 3: People stock up on groceries in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Felix in La Ceiba, Honduras. Sept. 3: People stock up on groceries in preparation for the arrival of Hu...

Agencies donate to Honduras team

May 31, 2007 1:57 PM

Excerpt Local emergency officials have brought the saying, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” to life by donating out-dated supplies and equipment to the impoverished country of Hondu...

3 Americans Identified in Honduras Crash

Feb 7, 2007 1:59 PM

Excerpt 3 U.S. charity workers killed in fatal Honduras crash were from Georgia, group says Source Info CBS News

U.S. to Expand Cargo Scans to Detect Nuclear Material

Dec 7, 2006 8:11 PM

Excerpt WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 — All cargo sent by container ships to the United States from three ports — in Pakistan, Honduras and Southampton, England — will be scanned for hidden nuclear weapon...

El Salvador, Honduras at odds again in border fight

Oct 17, 2006 11:24 PM

Excerpt ...island of Conejo, or "Rabbit", which lies just off the Honduran mainland in the Gulf of Fonseca between the two neighbors. Honduras has always considered Conejo its own and protested...

CAFTA implementation leaves some countries hanging by a thread

Jul 1, 2006 1:54 AM

Excerpt Staggering the implementation of CAFTA has disrupted business in countries that rely on trade with their Central American cousins but have yet to join the regional trade agreement with ...

Honduras prueba remedio triple contra la pobreza

Apr 6, 2006 3:02 PM

Excerpt Durante el fin de semana el Grupo de los Ocho países más industrializados anunció que acordaron hacer "la más grande liquidación de deuda que el mundo haya visto", beneficiando a alguno...

Honduras Flirts With Three-Step Remedy to Poverty

Apr 6, 2006 3:02 PM

Excerpt WASHINGTON -- If there were a lottery to end poverty, Honduras would be holding a winning ticket. Over the weekend, the Group of Eight major industrial nations announced that it...

Thousands Flood Loop In Protest

Mar 11, 2006 4:55 AM

Excerpt Traffic was tied up throughout Chicago's Loop Friday afternoon as the city hosted the largest march of Latinos ever recorded in the country. Nearly 100,000 demonstrators were said to...

CAFTA Delays Costing Jobs, Investment

Feb 15, 2006 12:08 PM

Excerpt GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Jacobo Kattan was hoping to build an industrial park and create 8,000 new jobs after the expected implementation of a regional free-trade pact last month. Instead...

Veterinarian Follows Religious Beliefs to Honduras

Aug 19, 2005 1:20 PM

Excerpt Scott Karper left a comfortable veterinary practice in Pennsylvania to work in northern Honduras. There, he is living out his religious beliefs by sharing his expertise with rural famil...

Exporting Bad Ideas

Aug 4, 2005 10:43 PM

Excerpt ...another set of countries in which they are forced to beg copyright holders' permission to innovate. El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras have approved the agreement, while Nicaragua,...

CAFTA Passes House by Slim Margin

Jul 28, 2005 3:50 AM

Excerpt ...small businesses." The United States signed the accord, known as CAFTA, a year ago with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic, and the Se...

Unusual Pacific hurricane hits Central America

May 20, 2005 6:42 AM

Excerpt ...a Category 1 storm. It weakened slightly as it neared the coast. As of 0800 PDT (1500 GMT) on Friday, it was dissipating over western Honduras with maximum sustained winds of 30 mile...

Career milestone for American star

Jun 2, 2004 9:08 PM

Excerpt ...Mass. U.S. midfielder Claudio Reyna on Wednesday made his 100th international appearance as the USA defeated Honduras 4-0 in an exhibition match. Reyna, who captains the team and orc...

Police Target Youth Gangs in Central America

Sep 9, 2003 8:16 AM

Excerpt ...across Central America launch massive crackdowns on youth street gangs in recent months. Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador enact new laws and deploy military patrols to stop gang a...

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