Brazil lawmakers meet with ousted Honduran leader, get assurance troops won’t invade embassyTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Brazilian delegation won assurances Thursday that Honduran forces will not attack the embassy where Manuel Zelaya is holed up with supporters and met with the ousted president inside the diplomatic mission. Brazilian lawmakers visit embassy in Honduras, express concern about tear gas episodeTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Brazilian delegation said Thursday it has received assurances from Honduras’ Supreme Court that the interim government will not attack the embassy where ousted President Manuel Zelaya has holed up since sneaking back into the country on Sept. 21. UN rights council condemns abuses in Honduras coup, supports restoration of overthrown gov’tGENEVA — The U.N. top rights body is condemning abuses following the June 28 coup in Honduras. From power brokers to priests, crisis-weary Hondurans pushing to resolve dueling presidentsTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Catholic Church leaders are weighing in on Honduras’ coup stalemate with a proposal to jump-start negotiations, part of a growing movement by crisis-weary Hondurans to resolve the crisis and end the country’s crippling isolation. Honduras’ crisis-weary power brokers consider allowing ousted leader to be reinstatedTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Business and political leaders who backed the coup overthrowing President Manuel Zelaya now are considering the unthinkable: returning him to office with limited powers. Honduran security forces enforce emergency decree despite interim government’s vow to lift itTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Soldiers and police enforced an emergency decree suspending civil liberties Wednesday despite promises by the coup-imposed government to lift the measures criticized by its own allies as going too far. Honduras bans unauthorized meetings, restricts media, allows arrests without warrantsTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ interim government is cracking down on civil rights in response to ousted President Manuel Zelaya’s calls for rebellion. Costa Rica’s Arias warns Honduran elections won’t be recognized under interim governmentCORAL GABLES, Fla. — Costa Rica’s President Oscar Arias on Tuesday commended the interim president of Honduras for saying he will reverse an emergency decree suspending civil liberties in his country. Honduras’ interim gov’t takes increasing measures to heep power by suspending civil libertiesTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The coup-installed government in Honduras took increasingly desperate measures to hold onto power Monday, suspending civil liberties, silencing dissident broadcasters and facing off with hundreds of protesters in the street. Ousted Honduran leader says he is encouraged by business leaders’ proposal for reinstating himTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Tuesday he was analyzing a proposal from Honduran business leaders for bringing him back to power and ending the country’s crisis, saying he found the plan encouraging. Honduran lawmakers threatening to revoke emergency decree; cracks deepen among coup supportersTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Cracks are deepening among supporters of Honduras’ coup-imposed government, with business leaders softening their opposition to reinstating ousted President Manuel Zelaya and lawmakers threatening to revoke an emergency decree limiting civil liberties. Coup-installed president of Honduras backs down and agrees to restore civil libertiesTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The coup-installed president of Honduras backed down Monday from an escalating standoff with protesters and suggested he would restore civil liberties and reopen dissident television and radio stations by the end of the week. At ’south-south’ summit, Gadhafi calls for NATO-like alliance for South America, AfricaPORLAMAR, Venezuela — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi called for a NATO-like defense alliance for Africa and South America as leaders from the two continents agreed to link up to gain more clout as economic and political blocs. Honduras’ top general implores society to find peaceful solution to deepening crisisTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The general who oversaw the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya implored all sectors of Honduran society to join in resolving the country’s deepening crisis Tuesday, a message that seemed aimed at calming an uproar over a government order suspending civil liberties. Coup-installed government in Honduras to restore civil liberties after criticismTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The coup-installed government in Honduras is backing off of its increasingly desperate measures to hold onto power. Deposed Honduran president addresses UN via cell phone; says country ruled by ‘dictatorship’UNITED NATIONS — Honduras’ ousted president addressed the United Nations General Assembly by cellular phone late Monday from the Brazilian embassy in his country where he is holed up, calling on the world body to guarantee his personal safety and turn back the “dictatorship” that has taken power. Honduras government reversal on measures reflects nervousness on Zelaya’s returnTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ interim president promised to restore civil liberties and allow into the country an Organization of American States mediation team, quickly backpedalling from tough measures amid criticism from his own allies that he had gone too far in his fight to stay in power. Honduras gives Brazil 10 days to resolve standoff at embassy, where Zelaya seeking refugeTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras is giving Brazil 10 days to decide what to do with ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who has been inside the Brazilian Embassy since sneaking back into the country last week. Top UN official says any attack on Brazilian embassy in Honduras would be ‘disaster’UNITED NATIONS — An attack by police and soldiers on the Brazilian embassy in Honduras, where that country’s deposed president is holed up, “would be a disaster,” a senior U.N. official said Monday. Increasingly desperate Honduran leaders vow to restore freedoms; standoff at pro-Zelaya marchTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The coup-installed president of Honduras backed down Monday from an escalating standoff with protesters and suggested he would restore civil liberties and reopen dissident television and radio stations by the end of the week. Honduran protesters, police in standoff as authorities silence media, suspend civil libertiesTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The coup-installed government in Honduras took increasingly desperate measures to hold onto power Monday, suspending civil liberties, silencing dissident broadcasters and facing off with hundreds of protesters in the street. Honduras’ interim government raids media outlets after suspending civil libertiesTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ coup-installed government has silenced two key dissident broadcasters hours after it suspended civil liberties to prevent an uprising by backers of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Chavez, Gadhafi build alliances at Africa-South America summit in VenezuelaPORLAMAR, Venezuela — Hugo Chavez made diplomatic inroads in Africa on Sunday at a summit of South American and African leaders where he offered Venezuela’s help in oil projects, mining and financial assistance. Honduras expels OAS advance team members, gives Brazil ultimatum on Embassy standoffTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ interim government on Sunday expelled personnel from the Organization of American States looking to set up a mediation effort and gave Brazil a 10-day ultimatum to decide what to do with ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who is holed up in the Brazilian Embassy. Honduras restricts civil liberties, issues ultimatum to Brazil; Zelaya calls for mass marchesTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Interim government leaders have suspended constitutionally guaranteed civil liberties in a pre-emptive strike against widespread rebellion Monday, three months to the day since they ousted President Manuel Zelaya in a military-backed coup. Honduras clamps down on civil rights, says it’s to prevent Zelaya’s ‘calls for insurrection’TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ interim leaders late Sunday suspended key civil liberties in response to “calls for insurrection” by ousted President Manuel Zelaya, empowering police and soldiers to break up “unauthorized” public meetings, arrest people without warrants and restrict the news media. Honduras’ interim government silences dissident broadcasters after suspending civil libertiesTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ coup-installed government silenced two key dissident broadcasters on Monday just hours after it suspended civil liberties to prevent an uprising by backers of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Dozens of soldiers raided the offices of Radio Globo. Officials also shut down Channel 36 television station, leaving it broadcasting only a test pattern. Pressure on Honduran business community grows as coup enters third monthTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Die-hard supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya are increasingly turning their anger toward the country’s wealthy business elite, a small but powerful cadre that largely backs the interim government officials who removed him at gunpoint three months ago. Honduran interim leader: I won’t meet Zelaya, but he can leave if he gets political asylumTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ interim leader says ousted President Manuel Zelaya might be allowed to leave the foreign embassy where he has taken refuge without being arrested if he is granted political asylum outside the country. Gas shells, noise bombs thrown into Brazilian embassy: ZelayaTEGUCIGALPA - Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya said Friday gas shells and non-lethal noise bombs were thrown into the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, where he has taken refuge, but Honduras’ de facto government denied that the embassy had been attacked. |
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