Chavez blasts US plan to solve Honduras coup; talks continue but both sides stubbonrnSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced a U.S.-backed effort to ease Honduras’ coup crisis on Friday as a second day of negotiations ended without a deal between rival contenders for the presidency. Honduran rivals show no signs of budging in post-coup talks; set stage for protracted dialogueSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Hopes for a quick resolution to the post-coup leadership crisis in Honduras have dimmed, with the two rivals fighting over the presidency refusing to meet. They emerged from talks in Costa Rica showing no signs of budging from hard-line positions. Honduran rivals meet with Costa Rican president, beginning post-coup negotiation processSAN 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 of relinquishing their claims to the presidency following a divisive coup. Zelaya leaves talks in home of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias insisting on his restorationSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Talks to resolve the leadership crisis in Honduras finally got on track Thursday, with both sides showing up at the home of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias for closed-door meetings. Both sides in Honduran coup dispute talking in home of Costa Rican President Oscar AriasSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Talks to resolve the leadership crisis in Honduras finally got on track Thursday, with both sides showing up at the home of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias for closed-door meetings. Both sides in Honduran coup dispute in Costa Rica for negotiations, but refuse to budgeSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Leaders of the government that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in a coup arrived in Costa Rica Thursday for talks aimed at resolving the crisis, but with both sides questioning the other’s claim to the presidency, there seemed to be very little common ground. New complications, hard lines in talks on ending Honduran standoff sparked by coupSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — U.S.-backed talks to resolve a standoff over Honduras’ coup faced new difficulties even before they began on Thursday as the sides seemed to harden their positions. The toppled president insists he must return. The interim leaders say he cannot. Sides take hard lines ahead of talks in Costa Rica on ending Honduran standoff sparked by coupSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Honduras’ ousted leader says he’s not here to negotiate but to arrange his return to power. Coup leaders insist his reinstatement is not negotiable. And even the host of Thursday’s talks sought to dampen expectations of a quick fix to the crisis. Honduran first lady feared for her life during coup but now leads effort for Zelaya’s returnTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ first lady has emerged as the public face of the movement to restore President Manuel Zelaya to power, a role she took against her husband’s wishes and despite her continuing fears for her safety. Both sides in Honduran political crisis accept Costa Rican mediationWASHINGTON — A Nobel Peace Prize-winner is taking on the formidable challenge of trying to forge a diplomatic solution to the leadership crisis in Honduras. Both sides in Honduran political crisis signal flexibility, accept Costan Rican mediationWASHINGTON — Both sides in Honduras’ leadership crisis on Tuesday signaled willingness to forge a diplomatic solution to the deadlock over the fate of President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted last month in a coup. Honduran optimism grows as Zelaya talks with Clinton, Arias named to mediate crisisTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Showing more flexibility, Honduras’ interim government on Tuesday backed the appointment of a high-profile mediator for negotiations and softened its stance on prosecuting a president ousted by a coup. Clinton says Costan Rican president will serve as mediator in Honduras’s political crisisWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that Costa Rican President Oscar Arias will serve as international mediator in the Honduran political crisis. Brown, Sarkozy push for sanctions on tax havens, ambitious targets to fight global warmingEVIAN, France — The leaders of France and Britain pushed Monday for ambitious targets for tackling climate change and cracking down on uncooperative tax havens, ahead of upcoming meetings with other heads of state this week and in September. Obama says ouster of Honduran president was ‘not legal’ and he’s still presidentWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday declared that the United States still considers Manuel Zelaya to be the president of Honduras and assailed the coup that forced him into exile as “not legal,” widening the chasm between the Central American nation and much of the rest of the world. UN head calls for reinstatement of Honduran presidentNEW YORK - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday expressed “deep concern” over the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya by the military. Western Hemisphere leaders turn up pressure on Honduras to reinstate ousted presidentTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Police fired tear gas to hold back thousands of Hondurans outside the occupied national palace Monday as world leaders from Barack Obama to Hugo Chavez appealed to Honduras to reverse a coup that ousted the president. Honduras torn between president ousted in coup, replacement named by congressTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ new leaders defied growing global pressure on Monday to reverse a military coup, arguing that they had followed their constitution in removing a leftist president who attacked it. Honduran Congress names its leader as president following military ouster of Manuel ZelayaTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The Honduran Congress has named its leader to replace President Manuel Zelaya following his military ouster and forced exile in Costa Rica. Honduran military sends president into exile ahead of disputed national referendumTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Soldiers ousted the democratically elected president of Honduras on Sunday and Congress named a successor, but the leftist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced what he called an illegal coup and vowed to stay in power. Honduran president calls his arrest, expulsion, a military coup; soldiers surround palaceTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Soldiers seized the national palace and sent President Manuel Zelaya into exile in Costa Rica on Sunday, hours before a disputed constitutional referendum. Zelaya, a leftist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, said he was victim of a coup. Soldiers arrest Honduran president, now in exile in Costa Rica on day of disputed referendumTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Soldiers seized the national palace and sent President Manuel Zelaya into exile in Costa Rica early Sunday, hours before a highly disputed constitutional referendum. Zelaya called the action a coup and pledged to serve out the remaining five months of his term. Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says detention by soldiers was a ‘coup’ and a ‘kidnapping’SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says soldiers rousted him out of bed, beat his body guards and arrested him in his pajamas in what he criticized as “a coup” and “a kidnapping.” Costa Rican official: Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is in Costa Rica following arrestSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — A high-ranking official says that Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is in Costa Rica following his detention by soldiers in his homeland. Ex-Illinois Gov. Blagojevich calls himself ‘Mr. Mom’ during wife Patti’s appearance on TVCHICAGO — Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY’-uh-vich) says he’s “Mr. Mom” during his wife’s tenure on an NBC reality show. Costa Rica confirms first swine flu deathSAN JOSE - Costa Rica has confirmed its first death from the influenza A(H1N1) virus, also called swine flu. Costa Rica reports 1st swine flu death outside N. America; Japan quarantines travellersSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rica reported the death of a 53-year-old patient with swine flu on Saturday, the first death from the epidemic outside of a North American nation, while Japanese authorities scrambled to limit contacts with their first confirmed cases of the disease. Costa Rica’s health minister confirms swine flu death _ the first in Central AmericaSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rica’s health minister confirmed the death of a 53-year-old patient with swine flu on Saturday, the first death from the pandemic outside of a North American nation. Costa Rica’s health minister confirms swine flu death _ the first in Central AmericaSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rica’s health minister confirmed the death of a 53-year-old patient with swine flu on Saturday, the first death from the epidemic outside of a North American nation. Swine flu epidemic waning in Mexico, official says; more cases in US, Europe, Latin AmericaMEXICO CITY — Mexico’s health secretary said the swine flu epidemic in his country “is now in its declining phase,” even as the U.S. and five other countries in Europe and Latin America reported new cases Sunday. |
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