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2 December 2021

Xiomara Castro was elected President of Honduras with 53% of the vote.
She is the wife of former President Manuel Zelaya who was overthrown in 2009 by a military coup backed by the United States and Israel [1].
The country, which had become something of a Taiwanese colony, could return under (…)

The United States appoints the President of Honduras

30 December 2017

Observers sent by both the OAS (the Organization of American States) and the European Union to Honduras for the presidential election, condemn the election as tainted by fraud. Yet the US government has already appointed the winner: the outgoing president, Juan Orlando Hernández.
Juan Orlando (…)

Xiomara Castro supposed loser of Honduras presidential elections

29 November 2013

Honduras’s electoral commission declared Juan Orlando Hernandez (National Party) the official winner with 34% of the votes, against Xiomara Castro (Freedom Party) with 29%. A surprising result considering the polls and the demonstrations leading up to the elections.
Xiomara is the wife of (…)

When the respectable become extremists, the extremists become respectable

by James Petras

New York (USA) | 27 May 2012

As the Obama regime and its European allies openly endorse extremism, including state terror, targeted assassinations and indiscriminate bombings by rogue groups under their command, the mainstream media have followed suit. Taking the example of Colombia, Honduras and Syria, James Petras argues (…)

Thousands protest journalist killings in Honduras

26 May 2012

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of many cities across Honduras to protest the killings of journalists in the Central American republic.
The demonstrators, who were chanting "Killing journalists does not kill the truth," marched past the offices of the president and the human (…)

Honduras : UN concerned over assassination of journalists, but not RWB

11 May 2010

French NGO Reporters Without Borders did not include Honduras in its 2010 list of Worst Predators of Press Freedom, released on 3 May on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day. The pro-US NGO maintains that no link between the murders and the political climate has been established and that (…)

Ousted Honduran leader to head Petrocaribe’s political body

8 March 2010

Ousted Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, has been appointed to head the newly established political council of the Caribbean oil alliance, Petrocaribe, Mexican media said on Sunday.
Petrocaribe is an oil alliance between Venezuela and 17 Caribbean nations, which allows member states to buy (…)

The popular opposition to the pro-U.S. coup gets tougher

The Honduran People Want More Than a Democracy: They Demand a New Republic!

by Arnold August

Montreal (Canada) | 19 November 2009

Over three months since the Honduran military coup, ousted President Manuel Zelaya has yet to be reinstated. Having secretly organized the coup, the Obama administration on the surface continues to emit an emollient discourse. In particular, it obstinately refuses to qualify it as a "military" (…)

Honduras: A Victory for “Smart Power”

by Eva Golinger

Caracas (Venezuela) | 6 November 2009

The coup d’état in Honduras - instigated, executed and supported by the United States - offers a clear illustration of the new US foreign policy. Underneath, nothing has changed. Washington continues to " do and undo" governments in many parts of the world, if necessary through the use of (…)

Honduras: the popular resistance is close to victory

by Arnold August

Montreal (Canada) | 5 November 2009

While the Honduran people were not seen as being particularly politicized, and US experts had not anticipated a lasting reaction against the coup, the direct opposite has taken place. The population has suddenly arisen, joining activist organisations in a united stance against the putchists. (…)

Honduras: Coup plotters ’hire Israeli mercenaries’

25 September 2009

President Manuel Zelaya at Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has accused the coup regime of hiring Israeli mercenaries to flush him out of the Brazilian embassy with ultrasonic weapons.
Mr Zelaya said on Thursday he feared they may enter the (…)

Declaration about the Situation in Honduras by ALBA Member Countries in the OAS

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 22 September 2009

September 22nd, 2009
Meeting in Washington DC, as representatives to the Organisation of American States (OAS) from member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the peoples of Americas (ALBA), we express our condemnation of the massive violation of human rights of the people of Honduras, (…)

Confirmed: SouthCom organized the overthrow of Honduras President Zelaya

17 August 2009

In his article of June, 29, 2009, Thierry Meyssan submitted that the overthrow of President Zelaya in Honduras [1] had been orchestrated by SouthCom. Moreover, the French edition of his article, in one of the photo captions, underscored the fact that the commander of the US military base at (…)

Military coup or not military coup?

Washington on Honduras: The Tight Rope Walker

by Arnold August

Montreal (Canada) | 15 August 2009

What is Washington’s position with regard to the events in Honduras? At first, in the name of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, the United States vigorously denounced the ousting of President Zelaya. But a closer look shows that they condemned the coup d’état while at the same time (…)

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Fidel Castro: «mediator Oscar Arias is a faithful ally of the United States »

by Fidel Castro Ruz

Havana (Cuba) | 22 July 2009

The mediation of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oscar Arias, between the Honduran constitutional president Manuel Zelaya and the putschists who expelled him, turns out to be a mere delaying tactic. Washington is trying to gain time in order to render the coup d’Etat irreversible. Comandante Fidel Castro (…)

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