RSS• Pathetic precedent: U.S. failed policy of using a heavy hand to return Honduras to the OAS • President Obama’s Latin American policy scarcely differs from President Bush’s and his regional team has had few successes in rehabilitating Washington’s flawed image throughout the hemisphere [...]
Archive for the ‘Honduras’ Category
May 3rd, 2010 - 12:44 pm § in Front Page, Honduras
Slim Prospects for Truth and almost None for Reconciliation in Honduras
• President Obama may be the only optimist in the Americas when it comes to smooth sailing ahead for Honduran democracy • Devastated economy and repeated murders of journalists is almost a fact of life On May 4, 2010, a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Honduras will begin to try unravelin[...]
April 21st, 2010 - 3:16 pm § in Front Page, Honduras
Washington’s Invented Honduran Democracy
Revised and amended version of COHA communiqué of April 22, 2010 President of Newspaper Guild Joins COHA in Expressing Their Extreme Concern Over the Ongoing Massacre of Honduran Journalists Washington’s Faux Honduran Democracy has deceived very few in the Hemisphere, with News Journalists Payin[...]
March 5th, 2010 - 3:39 pm § in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Front Page, Guatemala, Honduras, OAS
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Does Latin America
• Argentina squeezed in at the last minute • Why Guatemala? • Brazil phase is rough • Secretary of State Clinton and her Assistant Secretary, on this try, do not seem to perceive that it is a changed world in terms of inter-American relations and that traditional concepts of pan-Americanism [...]
January 26th, 2010 - 12:05 pm § in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Free Trade, Front Page, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Obama, Reports, Uncategorized, Venezuela
¿Cambio? The Obama Administration in Latin America: A Disappointing Year in Retrospective
In a memorandum written as Barack Obama assumed office in January 2009, COHA’s Research Fellows Guy Hursthouse and Tomás Ayuso considered the widespread Latin American expectations of a dramatic shift in approach from Washington under the new president, and outlined an agenda for change. This[...]
Honduras’ Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo: Another Disaster for Central American Democracy Waiting in the Wing
Tomorrow, January 27th, as the world’s eyes continue to be riveted on the unfolding disaster in Haiti, Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo will be installed as Honduras’ president, succeeding de facto president Roberto Micheletti. Lobo, a supporter of the June 28th military coup that ousted P[...]
A new president in Honduras – same old Uncle Sam
By: Cyril Mychalejko Bucks County Courier Times January 20, 2010 Some things in Latin America never change – like U.S. foreign policy in the region. In the early hours of June 28, Honduran Gen. Romeo Vasquez Velasquez, a graduate at the infamous “School of the Americas” in Fort Ben[...]
December 16th, 2009 - 10:44 am § in Honduras, In the News
Examina OEA dividida la crisis hondureña
Published by Milenio December 3, 2009 Estados Unidos, Colombia, Perú, Costa Rica y Panamá reconocieron el proceso electoral, pero la mayoría de los 33 países miembros lo rechazó porque consideran que se realizaron sin un retorno a la democracia tras el golpe del 28 de junio. Simpatizantes de Ma[...]
December 16th, 2009 - 10:24 am § in Honduras, In the News
Obama’s Honduras Problem: Obama’s First Political Crisis in Latin America Dampens a New Hope for Diplomatic Change in the Region
Published by Campus Progress December 15, 2009 Supporters of ousted Honduras’ President Manuel Zelaya shout slogans during a protest near Congress while lawmakers debate whether to reinstate him in Tegucigalpa, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. After a long history of the United States support for oppress[...]
Honduran Election Results Still Need To Be Scrutinized, State Department Dashes Hopes that a Transformative Latin America Policy Has Been Born
A growing number of nations in the international community have decided to recognize the recent Honduran elections administered by the country’s unlawful de facto government, citing high rates of voter participation as evidence that a “free and fair” election had taken place on November 29. B[...]