By Admin Friday, February 19, 2010
Óscar Álvarez, Honduras’ Minister of Security, said in Bogotá that authorities from the Central American country have detected between 250 and 300 drug trafficking routes, with most of the aircrafts departing from Venezuela and run by the Mexican cartels.
Honduras and Colombia Sign PactBy Admin Thursday, February 18, 2010
Colombian Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez and Honduran Minister of Security Oscar Alvarez signed an agreement that allows the sharing of intelligence on drug trafficking, kidnapping and organized crime between Colombia and Honduras.
Alvarez said that cooperation with Colombia will mean the creation of joint intelligence units, anti-narcotics units, anti-terrorism units and anti-kidnapping units, and more.
Regime change in Honduras brings more repressionBy Admin Thursday, February 18, 2010
On Jan. 27 Jose “Pepe” Lobo was inaugurated as the new president of Honduras. His inauguration was the product of illegitimate elections held under a coup d’état, with pervasive repression of the opposition forces and with only 30 percent of eligible voters participating in the elections.
The inauguration ceremony was held in a stadium that holds 35,000 but was almost empty. Only three other heads of state attended: Ricardo Martinelli from Panamá, Leonel Fernández from the Dominican Republic and Ma Ying-jeou from Taiwan. Colombia, Peru, Malta, Japan and the United States sent representatives.
Zelaya to Join Central American ParliamentBy Admin Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tomorrow, ousted ex-President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, who lives in the Dominican Republic as a “distinguished guest”, will meet with the Dominican’s local members of the Central American Parliament (Parlacen) to see about instating his membership.
6 Cited in Honduran Leader’s OusterBy Admin Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Six military officers involved in the ouster of Manuel Zelaya from the Honduran presidency last year were charged this week with abuse of power, but the charges are expected to be dropped as part of a deal to ease tensions in the country, officials said.
The matter will now go to the Supreme Court, which will decide whether to pursue a case against Gen. Romeo Vásquez Velásquez, the country’s military chief, and five of his subordinates.
Roatan awaits thousands and thousands of touristsBy Admin Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The Tourism Secretary, Ana Barca reported that during this week, come to the island of Roatan (Bay Islands) at least 10.000 tourists.
Cruises and charter flights have been and are bringing visitors from Canada, USA and Europe to the largest of the Bay Islands.
Barca, in an interview with Radio America, showed the importance of the arrival of these cruise guests, who remaining only six to eight hours in Honduras, leaving a median income of $ 107 per tourist (over a million dollars per years).
Colombia’s Uribe Signs Security Pact with Honduras’ LoboBy Admin Friday, February 12, 2010
TEGUCIGALPA – Colombian president Alvaro Uribe signed a security pact with his Honduran counterpart, Porfirio Lobo, and then flew back to his own country after a visit of three hours in the Central American nation.
After a private meeting with Lobo and the ministers of the new Honduran government, both presidents signed a brief declaration in which they committed to launching an “action plan in security matters” beginning next Feb. 15.
Ex-Leader of Honduras Says Successor Must Hasten Purge
By Admin Thursday, February 4, 2010
MEXICO CITY — At the end of his first week in exile, former President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras said Wednesday that his newly inaugurated successor had done nothing to remove those who carried out the coup that overthrew him in June.
Speaking by phone from Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, Mr. Zelaya said that the new president, Porfirio Lobo, had shown only gestures of good will so far. “Legitimacy is a path, it is a process,” he said. “It is not a whim.”
Lobo Assumes Presidency as U.S., Latin America SplitBy Admin Thursday, January 28, 2010
Porfirio Lobo assumed the presidency of Honduras today as the U.S. remains split from most of Latin America over whether the fledgling government is legitimate or should be rejected as the outgrowth of a coup.
Lobo, 62, has vowed to unite the Central American country by naming a panel to investigate last year’s coup against then- President Manuel Zelaya and by appointing opposition members to his Cabinet. Zelaya, 57, who was holed up at the Brazilian Embassy in the capital, Tegucigalpa, since September, left for the Dominican Republic as promised after Lobo was installed.
One Day Before the “Inauguration of the New Puppets”By Admin Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Elected “President” Pepe Lobo [ no doubt called “little wolf” by his gringo puppeteers at the Embassy ] will accept the strings of of attachment to the invisible government and state power that continues to rule in Honduras — a committee of representatives of the army high command and of the ten ruling oligarchic families, who meet under the chairmanship of the US ambassador of the day, and with the blessing of the ranking cleric of the Roman Catholic Church.
