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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Nicaragua</title>
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		<title>Crowd of supporters of Nicaragua&#8217;s Sandanista government attack opposition protest in capital</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Nicaragua government supporters attack opponents

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Rock-throwing supporters of Nicaragua&#8217;s governing Sandinista party have attacked a small protest march by the opposition.
The opposition rally Monday was marking the first anniversary of 2008 local elections that activists say were marred by fraud.
The protesters sought protection at a police station after being confronted by a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ida drenches Central America, forecasters say it might regain force, head toward US</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Ida drenches Central America, might approach US

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Former Hurricane Ida drenched Central America as a tropical depression Friday and edged back out over the Caribbean, where forecasters said it had some chance of regaining force and heading toward the United States.
Ida had winds of 75 mph (125 kph) when it hit the central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ida sweeps into Nicaragua as hurricane, damaging homes, forcing evacuations, then loses steam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Filadelfo Aleman</dc:creator>
		
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Ida hits Nicaragua as hurricane, then loses steam

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Hurricane Ida swept onto Nicaragua&#8217;s Atlantic coast Thursday, destroying homes, damaging schools and downing bridges before losing steam and becoming a tropical depression as it moved inland.
Ida&#8217;s winds swirled at 75 mph (125 kph) when the storm struck land around sunrise in Tasbapauni, about 60 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ida weakens to tropical depression with 35 mph top winds as it sweeps over Nicaragua</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Ida weakens to tropical depression over Nicaragua

MIAMI — Ida has weakened to a tropical depression with 35 mph top winds as it sweeps over Nicaragua.
The storm rumbled ashore Thursday at hurricane strength, but began losing muscle as it moved over land, dumping rain.
By Thursday night, Nicaragua&#8217;s government had discontinued tropical storm warnings along the country&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Ida rips into Nicaragua, damages homes, schools, forcing evacuation of thousands</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Hurricane Ida rips into Nicaragua&#8217;s Atlantic coast

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Hurricane Ida swept onto Nicaragua&#8217;s Atlantic coast Thursday, destroying homes, damaging schools and downing bridges before losing steam and becoming a tropical storm as it moved inland.
Ida&#8217;s winds swirled at 75 mph (125 kph) when the storm struck land around sunrise in Tasbapauni, about 60 miles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ida weakens slightly, becomes a tropical storm with 65 mph winds as it dumps rain on Nicaragua</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Ida weakens to tropical storm over Nicaragua

MIAMI — Ida has been downgraded to a tropical storm, weakening as it dumps heavy rains over Nicaragua.
The storm was at hurricane strength when it hit the country&#8217;s Atlantic coast around sunrise Thursday, destroying several dozen homes and forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 people.
On Thursday afternoon, Ida [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Ida hits Nicaragua, forces evacuations, power outages</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Hurricane Ida hits Nicaragua coast
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Newly born Hurricane Ida ripped into Nicaragua&#8217;s Atlantic coast on Thursday, destroying several dozen homes and forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 people.

Ida, clocking 75 mph (120 kph) winds, struck land around sunrise in Tasbapauni, about 60 miles northeast of Bluefields, said meteorologist Dennis Feltgen of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ida reaches hurricane force, batters Nicaraguan island as it heads for landfall on mainland</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Ida reaches hurricane force near Nicaragua

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Tropical Storm Ida grew to hurricane force just off Nicaragua&#8217;s coast on Thursday, forcing more than 2,000 people to flee their homes and knocking out power to some parts of the impoverished region.
The hurricane was forecast to slash into Nicaragua&#8217;s Atlantic coast within hours, then cut across [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Storm Ida batters Nicaraguan island as it heads for landfall on mainland</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Tropical Storm Ida batters Nicaraguan island

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Tropical Storm Ida uprooted trees, knocked down power lines and forced the evacuation of 300 people on Nicaragua&#8217;s Corn Island after forming Wednesday and quickly gaining strength in the southwestern Caribbean.
The storm was threatening to become a hurricane before making landfall in Nicaragua early Thursday morning.
Heavy rains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane watch for Nicaragua coast; Tropical Storm Ida strengthens, may make land Thursday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Tropical Storm Ida strengthens in SW Caribbean

MIAMI — Tropical storm Ida is gaining strength in the southwest Caribbean, prompting a hurricane watch for the eastern coast of Nicaragua and storm warnings for two Colombian islands.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the ninth tropical storm of the season took shape Wednesday afternoon. Maximum sustained winds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Storm Ida forms in Caribbean, warnings in effect for parts of Colombia, Nicarauga</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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Tropical Storm Ida forms in southwest Caribbean

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Tropical storm Ida formed in the southwestern Caribbean on Wednesday, quickly gaining muscle and threatening to become a hurricane before making landfall in Nicaragua.
Nicaraguan authorities readied shelters, saying evacuations were likely in the coastal city of Bluefields and the towns of Laguna de Perlas, Cruz de [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical depression forms in southwestern Caribbean off Nicaragua, expected to strengthen</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Tropical depression forms in southwest Caribbean

MIAMI — A tropical depression has formed in the southwestern Caribbean, prompting storm warnings for the coast of Nicaragua and two Colombian islands.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the 11th tropical depression of the season formed Wednesday morning. It had maximum sustained winds near 35 mph (55 kph) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Latin America, voters granting leaders more time in office to effect real change</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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MEXICO CITY — Horrified by the excesses of dictatorship, Latin Americans discarded the strongman model at the end of the 20th century and limited politicians&#8217; time in power.
Now a new wave of populist presidents is trying to do away with those limits, arguing they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US envoy says no apology for criticizing Nicaragua court ruling allowing Ortega to run again</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
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US envoy: No apology for chiding Nicaragua court

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — The U.S. ambassador to Nicaragua said Saturday that he sees no need to apologize for criticizing a court ruling opening the way for the possible re-election of leftist President Daniel Ortega.
&#8220;I did not do anything for me to apologize for,&#8221; Robert J. Callahan said a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sandinistas protest US ambassador for criticizing Nicaraguan leader&#8217;s re-election bid</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sandinistas-protest-us-ambassador-for-criticizing-nicaraguan-leaders-re-election-bid-211921/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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Nicaraguan leader&#8217;s allies protest at US Embassy

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — The Nicaraguan government accused the United States of applying an &#8220;interventionist and destabilizing policy&#8221; Thursday after the U.S. ambassador criticized a ruling allowing leftist President Daniel Ortega to seek re-election.
The Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that it &#8220;considers unacceptable the intervention of the United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nicaraguan Congress fails to force debate on allowing president&#8217;s re-election</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nicaraguan-congress-fails-to-force-debate-on-allowing-presidents-re-election-210640/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Nicaraguan Congress will not debate re-election

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — The Nicaraguan Congress on Wednesday narrowly rejected an initiative to force a debate on whether to annul a hotly disputed court ruling allowing President Daniel Ortega to seek re-election.
The vote in the National Assembly&#8217;s controlling commission went along party lines with congressional leader Rene Nunez — a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fla. judge rules that Nicaraguan judgment for $98M against food giant Dole can&#8217;t be enforced</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fla-judge-rules-that-nicaraguan-judgment-for-98m-against-food-giant-dole-cant-be-enforced-202262/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — A Florida judge has ordered that a $98.5 million judgment against U.S. food giant Dole and Dow Chemical Co. cannot be enforced.

U.S. District Judge Paul Huck in Miami ruled Tuesday that the Nicaraguan court that awarded the judgment did not have jurisdiction and did not meet international legal standards.
A Nicaraguan trial court had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nicaragua court says President Ortega can seek re-election; opposition in uproar</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nicaragua-court-says-president-ortega-can-seek-re-election-opposition-in-uproar-201103/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Leftist President Daniel Ortega appears to have won the right to seek re-election in 2011, though opponents call the decision illegal and are vowing to fight it.

The constitutional commission of the Supreme Court on Monday overturned a ban on consecutive re-election and on serving more than two terms, and the head of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Del. woman pleads guilty to helping her son kidnap his 3 daughters, flee to Central America</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/del-woman-pleads-guilty-to-helping-her-son-kidnap-his-3-daughters-flee-to-central-america-165095/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WILMINGTON, Del. — The mother of a Delaware optometrist who fled to Central America in a motor home with his three young daughters has pleaded guilty to endangering the girls&#8217; welfare.

Sixty-four-year-old Lenore Matusiewicz (Mah-TOO-suh-witz) told Superior Court Judge M. Jane Brady on Thursday that she was sorry and she&#8217;d like to get on with her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nicaragua&#8217;s San Cristobal volcano spits cloud of ash, showers towns; no damage or injuries</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaragua&#8217;s San Cristobal volcano has let off a series of explosions, spewing gases and showering ash on nearby towns.

There are no reports of injuries or damage.
Civil Defense Maj. Carlos Caceres says Sunday&#8217;s blasts prompted officials to issue an alert for 25 districts near the volcano.
The 5,725-foot (1,745-meter) volcano is located about 70 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fidel Castro chats live via speaker in first publicly broadcast phone call since 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Fidel Castro chatted live via speakerphone with graduating medical students in Nicaragua in the latest of a series of media events showing off the former Cuban leader looking more robust.

The 83-year-old Castro, who hasn&#8217;t been seen in public since falling ill three years ago, called Thursday during the graduation ceremony to congratulate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nicaragua to dredge border river at center of dispute with Costa Rica</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Filadelfo Aleman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaragua will reroute a river on the border with Costa Rica that has been at the center of a lengthy dispute between the two Central American countries, the Nicaraguan government announced Tuesday.

Eden Pastora, president of the committee for development of the San Juan River, said the dredging project will begin at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nicaragua attains full literacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prensa Latina</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANAGUA - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said his country has attained full literacy after about three percent of the country&#8217;s illiterate population learned to read and write.

Ortega made the announcement after Education Minister Miguel de Castilla gave him a certificate stating the full literacy status of the country. 	 	
The president said at a rally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nicaragua&#8217;s Ortega says Honduras may try to provoke neighbor as coup distraction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddy Cuevas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega claimed Honduras&#8217; coup-installed government might try to provoke a border military incident &#8220;to distract attention&#8221; from international efforts to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

Ortega cited no evidence in making the claims, which come as Honduras&#8217; interim leader dampened hopes for a negotiated solution to the country&#8217;s crisis, capping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nicaragua&#8217;s Ortega says Honduras may try to provoke neighbor as coup distraction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddy Cuevas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega claimed Honduras&#8217; coup-installed government might try to provoke a border military incident &#8220;to distract attention&#8221; from international efforts to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

&#8220;There is a danger that, to try to distract attention from the internal conflict they themselves created, they might organize a group of people with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honduran interim leader says ousted president cannot be restored to power</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras&#8217; interim leader says ousted President Manuel Zelaya cannot be allowed to return to power.

Roberto Micheletti says Zelaya may be allowed to return to Honduras to face trial on charges of abuse of power &#8220;but under no circumstances will we let him take possession of the government.&#8221;
Micheletti&#8217;s comments late Thursday further complicate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honduras&#8217; interim government gives mixed signals on ending crisis; cracks down on protest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddy Cuevas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduran police cracked down on protesters and Congress delayed consideration of an amnesty bill needed to end the standoff, even as the interim leader appeared to back away from his opposition to reinstating ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

The mixed signals from Honduras&#8217; interim powers on whether a deal to resolve the country&#8217;s coup [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ousted Honduran president says disgruntled military officers could rebel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OCOTAL, Nicaragua — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says disgruntled military officers could rebel &#8220;at any moment&#8221; against the government installed in a coup.

Zelaya says he has information that some soldiers and officers are &#8220;repudiating the way in which the military leadership is directing the armed forces.&#8221;
He warns young officers could rebel &#8220;at any moment&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US revokes diplomatic visas of 4 Honduran officials, raising pressure on coup-installed govt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OCOTAL, Nicaragua — The U.S. government has turned up the pressure on the interim government of Honduras to accept the return of exiled President Manuel Zelaya, suspending the diplomatic visas of four Honduran officials a month after a military coup.

The interim regime showed no signs of relenting, saying Tuesday&#8217;s suspensions would have no significant effect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honduran leaders say they can resist pressure to step down until elections, outlast Zelaya</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OCOTAL, Nicaragua — Honduras&#8217; interim leaders insist they can resist international pressure to step down until the country&#8217;s presidential election in four months, expressing confidence a new government will spell the end of exiled President Manuel Zelaya&#8217;s bid to return to power.

In an interview with The Associated Press on the eve of the one-month anniversary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ousted Honduran leader struggles to galvanize poor farmers, teachers against powerful foes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS MANOS, Nicaragua — Ensconced in the mountains near Honduras, ousted President Manuel Zelaya struggled Monday to galvanize poor farmers, teachers and street activists into a movement strong enough to overcome his foes and sweep him back into office.

Military checkpoints kept all but a few hundred supporters from reaching the Nicaraguan town of Ocotal, where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ousted Honduran president sees division opening between military, civilian leaders at home</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OCOTAL, Nicaragua — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya has encamped his roving government-in-exile in this sleepy mountain town near the Honduran border to launch his return to power after a coup last month.

After weeks of shuttling between Central America and Washington, Zelaya said he would not leave the border region for at least a week, despite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deposed Honduran president leaves Nicaraguan town star-struck, overrun by supporters</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OCOTAL, Nicaragua — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya encamped his roving government in exile in this sleepy mountain town near the Honduran border Sunday to launch his return to power after a coup last month.

After weeks of shuttling between Central America and Washington, Zelaya said he has no plans to leave the border region, despite a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ousted Honduran leader stays near border, calls on US for more sanctions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS MANOS, Nicaragua — Exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya sought to increase pressure on his country&#8217;s interim government, promising to camp out across the border in Nicaragua with his supporters and urging Washington to slap tough sanctions on coup leaders.

Hundreds of Hondurans trickled across the border on foot through the mountains to avoid roadblocks and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ousted Honduran president makes 2nd symbolic visit to Honduran border, says he&#8217;ll camp out</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ousted-honduran-president-makes-2nd-symbolic-visit-to-honduran-border-says-hell-camp-out-120694/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS MANOS, Nicaragua — Deposed President Manuel Zelaya returned to the Honduran border on Saturday and announced he would set up camp there, despite foreign leaders urging him not to force a confrontation with the government that ousted him in last month&#8217;s coup.

Zelaya arrived at a rural frontier crossing and immediately grabbed a megaphone, shouting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ousted Honduran president readies another symbolic visit to Honduran border</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OCOTAL, Nicaragua — President Manuel Zelaya made a second, largely symbolic trip to the Honduran border on Saturday, despite foreign leaders urging him not to force a confrontation with the government in power since last month&#8217;s coup.

Aide Allan Fajardo said a visit was likely, and Zelaya&#8217;s white jeep set out north, toward the border. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ousted Honduran president takes symbolic step onto home soil, then retreats _ now what?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OCOTAL, Nicaragua — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya stood on the edge of his country and called on his fellow Hondurans to resist the coup-installed government.

Then he quickly retreated back to Nicaraguan territory, saying he wanted to avoid bloodshed and give negotiations another try.
His foray Friday brought the Honduran political crisis no closer to a resolution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ousted Honduran president take symbolic step into homeland; supporters clash with troops</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EL PARAISO, Honduras — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya took a symbolic step into his homeland Friday, vowing to reclaim his post a month after soldiers flew him into exile.

But he stayed less than 30 minutes before returning to Nicaragua, saying the risk of bloodshed was too great. He said he would give talks with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ousted Honduran president steps into homeland; supporters clash with troops</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EL PARAISO, Honduras — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya stepped across the border into his homeland Friday, vowing to reclaim his post a month after soldiers flew him into exile.

Zelaya&#8217;s supporters clashed with soldiers and police after the government ordered everyone off the streets along the 600-mile (1,000-kilometer) border with Nicaragua in a noon-to-dawn curfew.
Wearing his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honduras imposes border curfew, blocks crossings as ousted leader nears border</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduras-imposes-border-curfew-blocks-crossings-as-ousted-leader-nears-border-120037/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS MANOS, Nicaragua — Honduran security forces clashed with supporters of the country&#8217;s ousted president on Friday as the government ordered everyone along the border off the streets in an attempt to block his return.

Just across the border in Nicaragua, deposed President Manuel Zelaya led a swarm of reporters and security forces to the edge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honduras imposes daytime curfew for border region as deposed president prepares to returN</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras&#8217; coup-installed government has ordered people off the streets along its border with Nicaragua as the country&#8217;s deposed president prepares to return home.

The administration of Roberto Micheletti says all people must stay indoors starting at noon Friday until 6 a.m. Saturday &#8220;to keep the peace.&#8221;
The restriction applies only to the region along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honduras sends troops to border, blocking crossings as ousted leader prepares return home</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduras-sends-troops-to-border-blocking-crossings-as-ousted-leader-prepares-return-home-119809/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ESTELI, Nicaragua — Honduras&#8217; interim government blocked border routes with troops, police and trucks on Friday as the president it deposed planned a risky return to his homeland that could lead to his arrest.

President Manuel Zelaya has urged soldiers to ignore orders to arrest him and lower their weapons when they see him. He also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exiled Honduran leader sets up base near border, plans strategy for reclaiming presidency</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/exiled-honduran-leader-sets-up-base-near-border-plans-strategy-for-reclaiming-presidency-119423/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ESTELI, Nicaragua — Honduras&#8217; deposed president set up base near his country&#8217;s border to prepare a return home, urging soldiers to ignore an arrest order against him and shrugging off warnings that his homecoming could provoke violence.

Manuel Zelaya drove a jeep to Esteli, a town just 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of the Honduran border, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honduras&#8217; leader prepares risky return after coup that threatens democracy in Latin America</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ESTELI, Nicaragua — Honduras&#8217; deposed president drove into a Nicaraguan town near his country&#8217;s border Thursday, preparing a risky return home in an attempt to reverse an ouster that is testing the vitality of democracy in Latin America.

The interim government that sent Manuel Zelaya into exile vows to arrest the president if he sets foot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exiled Honduran leader says he&#8217;ll launch return bid after talks to return him to power falter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevenson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Thursday prepared a risky return to his homeland, where the government installed after last month&#8217;s coup vowed to arrest him.

Zelaya announced his imminent return after the administration of Roberto Micheletti refused to reinstate him — a key point of a last-ditch proposal presented by Costa Rican [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mediator&#8217;s final proposal for Honduran crisis rebuffed, as talks head toward failure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevenson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Talks on resolving the Honduran political crisis headed toward failure Wednesday when the interim government indicated it would reject a mediator&#8217;s final proposal for returning ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power.

Zelaya, who is in neighboring Nicaragua, declared the mediation effort a failure and vowed to return to Honduras on Friday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mediator&#8217;s final proposal for Honduran crisis rebuffed, as talks end without agreement</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevenson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Talks on resolving the Honduran political crisis headed toward failure Wednesday when the interim government indicated it would reject a mediator&#8217;s final proposal for returning ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power.

Zelaya, who is in neighboring Nicaragua, declared the mediation effort a failure and vowed to return to Honduras on Friday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As sanctions loom over Honduras, supporters of ousted president fear impact on poor</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/as-sanctions-loom-over-honduras-supporters-of-ousted-president-fear-impact-on-poor-116826/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevenson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya are advocating targeted economic sanctions to pressure the interim government to allow his return rather than broader measures that might harm the Central American country&#8217;s poorest citizens.

U.S. officials are considering sanctions on one of the hemisphere&#8217;s poorest countries if mediation efforts by Costa Rican President Oscar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nicaraguan opposition denounces Ortega&#8217;s call to end term limits, institute recall votes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaraguan opposition lawmakers on Monday condemned a public appeal for constitutional changes by President Daniel Ortega as an attempt to extend term limits and eventually allow the leftist leader&#8217;s re-election.

At a massive celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution on Sunday, the president and former guerrilla fighter proposed to allow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ousted Honduran president pushes for tougher international sanctions as talks stall</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Aides to ousted President Manuel Zelaya pushed Monday for international sanctions against Honduran officials who took power in a coup and foreign nations stepped up pressure after negotiations for his return reached a deadlock.

A top Zelaya adviser, Enrique Flores, told The Associated Press that other governments should take steps such as freezing [...]]]></description>
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