Honduras curfew as Zelaya returns Sep 22, 2009
TIMELINE: ZELAYA OUSTED 28 June: Zelaya forced out of country at gunpoint 5 July: A dramatic bid by Zelaya to return home by plane fails after the runway at Tegucigalpa airport is blocked 25-26 July: Zelaya briefly crosses into the country at the land border with Nicaragua on two consecutive days, in a symbolic move to demand he be allowed to return 21 Sept: Zelaya appears in the Brazilian embassy in Tegulcigalpa ... They've done everything in their power to prevent Manuel Zelaya's return -... (BBC News -- Americas)
Argentinas travel industry provides business and leisure Sep 19, 2009
ECI Development, which has resort communities in Nicaragua, Belize and Costa Rica, is actively pursuing locations for a resort community in Argentina because of its rise in popularity. The country offers more than wine tasting tours. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
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The Stakes in Honduras - HUMAN EVENTS. The Stakes in Honduras by 09/15/2009. (Human Events Online)
The Stakes in Honduras Sep 15, 2009
That Obama doesn't know what he's doing. snapped Honduran foreign minister Enrique Ortez on July, 4. (Human Events Online)
Andrew Zimmern Eats His Way Around the World Sep 10, 2009
When we traveled to Nicaragua, a local chef knew were coming. He had heard about this cheese Nicaraguans used to make, which died with the Sandinista movement 30 years ago. (Time.com)
Random Walk: On Apologies, Chavistas, Ethics, Michelle's Staff, Etc. Sep 3, 2009
-- So why does the Obama administration side with Fidel Castro, Chavez, and other Latin chavistas in backing Zelaya - camped out a la Cindy Sheehan in Nicaragua next to the Honduran border. And why do Obama and his Democrats refuse to approve the free trade agreement with Colombia - America's foremost friend south of the border, and an effective fighter of drug lords and chavista guerrillas. (Townhall.com)
Good Neighbor Finalists Announced Aug 20, 2009
After a 2004 mission trip to Nicaragua, Ragon was inspired to improve living conditions and find ways for local residents to become more self-sufficient. This year, she built and staffed a medical clinic in the village of Calihuate, obtaining more than $40,000 worth of used medical equipment from the U.S. She also supports the local school, providing electricity, computers and books and even securing bars on the windows and doors so the students would not have to carry their desks back and forth... (Realtor Magazine Online)
Cracks in local support for Zelaya expulsion Aug 6, 2009
Zelaya was returning to Nicaragua later Wednesday and said he would visit Brazil next week. (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Zelaya calls for int'l law targeting coups Aug 6, 2009
Zelaya also appeared to be more confident of returning to serve out his term in Honduras, which ends next January, and said Honduras' business people had visited him in Nicaragua to offer him support. Zelaya has a base in Nicaragua close to the Honduras border, where he had tried in vain to enter his own country. (Xinhuanet, China)
In Mexico, ousted Honduran leader boosts bid to go home Aug 5, 2009
Zelaya has attempted to return to Honduras twice: one week after his ouster, when his mission was thwarted by the military, and more recently, he walked across the border from Nicaragua, where he has set up a base. He was not arrested by the military on charges including treason, as the interim government has threatened. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Colombia's Uribe On Trip To Defend US Bases Pact Aug 5, 2009
The placing of U.S. military bases on Colombian soil is giving the creeps to Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, to Rafael Correa in Ecuador, and to Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua for a few simple reasons. 1) With a U.S. presence in Colombia, it will be more difficult for those three tyrants to keep supporting the terrorist group known as Farc. (CBS News -- World)
Suporters of ousted leader plan Honduras marches Aug 3, 2009
Supporters of ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya shout slogans against Roberto Micheletti, at the shelter in Ocotal, Nicaragua. Zelaya supporters plan to begin a five-day march on the country's two main cities starting Wednesday, organizers said. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Ousted Zelaya trains 'army', warns of insurrection Aug 2, 2009
"Either the coup is reversed or generalized violence is coming," Zelaya warned the interim government headed by Roberto Micheletti in an interview Friday with Nicaragua's state-owned Channel 4 TV. ... Soon after, around 100 Honduran men belonging to Zelaya's "popular army" began training exercises in a camp on the Nicaraguan side of the border with Honduras, an AFP journalist witnessed ... Zelaya announced Wednesday that -- with permission from leftist Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega -- he... (Yahoo! Asia News)
Graduates to get gap-year money Aug 2, 2009
The 10-week expeditions - to Borneo, India, Costa Rica and Nicaragua - will enable graduates to work on community and environmental volunteering projects in remote communities. Higher Education Minister David Lammy said volunteering would help new graduates develop "the communication and leadership skills that are so highly valued in the workplace". (BBC News -- UK)
Honduran interim leaders: Zelaya can't be restored Aug 1, 2009
Zelaya told a television station in Managua, Nicaragua on Friday that "either they reverse the coup, or there will be generalized violence," although he later told Mexico's Radio Formula that he wanted to avoid any bloodshed ... Thousands more Zelaya supporters marched peacefully elsewhere in Tegucigalpa, led by his wife, Xiomara Castro, who returned to the capital after military blockades prevented her from joining her husband in a Nicaraguan town near the border ... In effect almost... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Creating a subaltern stimulus Jul 30, 2009
Some of the intensively investigated transfer programmes are: Oportunidades (Mexico), Social Protection Network (Nicaragua), Bolsa Escola and PETI (Brazil), Family Assignment Program (PRAF - Honduras), Chile Solidario (Chile), and Program of Advancement through Health and Education (Jamaica). Brazil has a bunch of transfer programmes. (India Times)
Ousted Honduran president returns to border Jul 27, 2009
LAS MANOS, Nicaragua (CNN) -- Ousted Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya returned to his nation's border briefly Saturday, a day after crossing a few yards into Honduras and then leaving for a nearby Nicaraguan town a few hours later ... Saturday's visit was even shorter -- about 20 minutes -- and Zelaya stayed inside Nicaragua, about 50 meters (165 feet) away from the Honduran border ... "If we had tried to capture him there," Micheletti said, "we could have been in Nicaraguan territory. We... (CNN -- World)
Exiled Honduran Leader Promises Border Camp Jul 27, 2009
LAS MANOS, Nicaragua, Jul ... (AP) Exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya sought to increase pressure on his country'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 patrols that have paralyzed frontier crossings with Nicaragua. (CBS News -- World)
Full Story Jul 26, 2009
LAS MANOS, Nicaragua (AP) -- 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 in power since last month's coup ... Zelaya drove north from his hotel in the early afternoon in a white jeep, accompanied by two pickup trucks carrying his Nicaraguan police escort ... He urged Hondurans to resist the coup-installed government before retreating into... (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Zelaya Makes 2nd Trip To Honduran Border... Jul 26, 2009
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's coup ... Ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya talks to his supporters upon his arrival at the land border between Nicaragua and Honduras on Saturday ... Mr. Zelaya is apparently going to commute back and forth between the camp and the... (The Drudge Report)
Ousted Honduran leader steps briefly into homeland Jul 25, 2009
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya pushed through a crowd made up mostly of journalists and some supporters, lifted the chain that divides Nicaragua and Honduras and stepped into his homeland yesterday, nearly one month after he was deported in a coup. He stepped back into Nicaragua 30 minutes later ... In his trademark white cowboy hat and a black leather vest, Zelaya drove a white Jeep ahead of a long motorcade from the northern Nicaraguan city of Esteli to the... (Boston Globe)
Ousted Honduran leader retreats after brief return home Jul 25, 2009
Faced with international calls for restraint, ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has retreated from the Honduran-Nicaraguan border after briefly setting foot into his country ... Clashes between anti-riot police firing tear gas and hundreds of Zelaya supporters, some wielding stones, erupted on the Honduran side of the border as the beleaguered leader arrived just meters away in Nicaragua ... Surrounded by a throng of supporters and media, Zelaya, wearing a leather waistcoat and his... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
* Zelaya vows to cross border into Honduras Jul 25, 2009
Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya vowed to end his month-long exile by staging a dramatic border crossing from Nicaragua yesterday, defying government threats to arrest him and warnings the move will prompt bloodshed ... He was set to travel to northern Nicaragua on Thursday and to the border the following day, in a move sure to inflame already heightened tensions in the small Central American nation ... The exiled president would enter Honduras when the conditions were ready, an... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Zelaya prepares risky return to Honduras Jul 24, 2009
Honduran soldiers stand guard at the border crossing between Honduras and Nicaragua, in Paraiso, 70 miles north of Tegucigalpa, on Thursday ... MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Honduras' deposed president was headed toward his nation's border Thursday to prepare a risky return, an attempt to reverse an ouster that is testing the vitality of democracy in Latin America ... Fajardo told The Associated Press that Zelaya would set up base Thursday in the Nicaraguan city of Esteli, near the Honduran border, and... (MSNBC -- International)
Click to read:Ousted Honduran Leader Inches Toward Home Jul 24, 2009
ESTELI, Nicaragua, July 24, 2009 ... Exiled President Zelaya in Nicaraguan Border Town Plotting Weekend Return to Challenge Coup Leaders ... (AP) Honduras' deposed president drove into a Nicaraguan town near his country'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. (CBS News)
Airlines Face Traveler Crash Fears Jul 24, 2009
Some airlines from countries including Bangladesh, Nicaragua, and even Croatia don't meet the FAA's minimum standards. Unfortunately, the improvement in airline safety over the last 50 years hasn't stamped out accidents altogether. (BusinessWeek)
Honduras talks hitting brick wall Jul 23, 2009
Zelaya, who is in neighboring Nicaragua, declared the mediation effort a failure and vowed to return to Honduras on Friday without an agreement. He said he would travel to northern Nicaragua with his wife and children today and try to cross the border by land the next day ... "The coup leaders are totally refusing my reinstatement," Zelaya said during a brief news conference in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua. (AZCentral -- News)
Honduras talks break down over Zelaya's return Jul 20, 2009
"Next weekend we will have everything necessary to make our return," he told reporters late Sunday in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua ... And in Nicaragua, Zelaya's foreign minister Patricia Rodas called for a massive march if mediation fails. (India Times, India)
Amnesty for Honduras? Jul 19, 2009
Rumors have swirled that Zelaya might try to cross over into Honduras by land from Nicaragua, possibly with Venezuelan or Nicaraguan military units. AFP Digg. (iAfrica.com)
From there to hair Jul 18, 2009
Country of origin: Nicaragua ... As a 13-year-old schoolboy in Nicaragua, Jorge Alvarado hid in his room for weeks at a time, not even venturing into the back yard ... Alvarado's parents, an accountant and a secretary, decided to try to get the family out until things got better in Nicaragua, he said. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Secretive arms tycoon behind new uranium mine Jul 16, 2009
Mr Blue, 74, first came to prominence during the 1980s as a self-described "enthusiastic supporter" of US involvement in a covert war against the left-wing government in Nicaragua ... According to The New York Times, Mr Blue once part-owned a cocoa and banana plantation in Nicaragua with the family of former president Anastasio Somoza ... He told the paper he was supportive of the Contra guerillas that fought Nicaragua's Sandinista government but refused to discuss any link to CIA operations in... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Zelaya calls for uprising Jul 15, 2009
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Zelaya Issues Ultimatum: 'Reinstate Me or Else' Jul 14, 2009
"We are giving the coup regime an ultimatum," Zelaya said Monday at a news conference in Nicaragua, where he arrived Sunday night following a brief trip to Washington. If at the next round of talks the interim government does not agree to reinstate him, "the mediation effort will be considered failed and other measures will be taken," he said. (Fox News)
Students seek donations for Nicaragua trip Jul 14, 2009
In anticipation of its third year of travel to Nicaragua in September to perform free veterinary exams and procedures, the International Veterinary Students Association at OSU is scrambling to collect supplies and donations from the community ... For OSU vet med students, the destination is Ometepe Island in Lake Nicaragua ... We get up early in the morning and work until there isn t any daylight, said Jessika Lais, a vet student who will be going to Nicaragua for the second time in September. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Full Story » Jul 13, 2009
The lifting of the curfew, which had been in place from 11 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. local time, came as a relief for this coffee-exporting Central American country that is the third poorest in the Americas after Haiti and Nicaragua. Ordinary Hondurans have sought to put a brave face on the coup crisis, from a village that forged ahead regardless with its annual fiesta, complete with a brass band and fireworks, to the gang-plagued slums surrounding the capital, where the poor are bracing for higher... (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Mission trip volunteers flee Honduras unrest Jul 13, 2009
They are proud that their nation avoided the civil wars that killed thousands in nearby El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua in the 1980s. "Hondurans like to think that's due to their ability to reconcile and to the agrarian reforms that are in place there. Their hope is that they can resolve this without great bloodshed and social conflict," he said. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
* Honduran opponents still far apart in mediated talks Jul 11, 2009
Venezuela has suspended its oil deliveries to Honduras, while Nicaragua denied Micheletti permission to fly through its airspace for the Costa Rica meeting. Amid the tension, there was speculation that a door was open to a possible solution. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Man With A Plan? Jul 11, 2009
Just two years ago, Mexico was able to beat Brazil 2-0 and thrash Paraguay 6-0 in a major international tournament, and now El Tri is struggling struggles against the likes of Nicaragua and Panama, regional minnows who failed to advance even to the semifinals of the current World Cup qualifying cycle ... To restore faith in the national team, Mexico must defeat the U.S. If this team of youngsters scraps out success in the Gold Cup, it likely will matter little next month at the Estadio Azteca... (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Missionaries stranded in Honduras return home Jul 10, 2009
Pro-Zelaya forces cut off several highways, including a key southern truck route to Nicaragua and El Salvador. Backers of the Micheletti government demonstrated in the northern industrial city of San Pedro Sula and other places. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
* Tensions rise in Honduras as crisis talks move to US Jul 8, 2009
Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya speaks during a press conference in Managua, Nicaragua, on Monday, where he said he would travel to Washington to meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ... Zelaya said in Nicaragua that he would leave late on Monday for Washington, where he planned to talk to Clinton about his eventual return to Honduras. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Can int'l mediation break Honduras' political stalemate? Jul 8, 2009
He was forced to land in neighboring Nicaragua and vowed to try again. Another optimistic sign of compromise came when a Honduran Supreme Court spokesman told the media on Tuesday that Zelaya would be allowed to return if the Congress granted him amnesty. (Xinhuanet, China)
Medical adventurers to set sail on floating mission of mercy Jul 7, 2009
Project HOPE's programs have spanned more than 90 countries, including Nicaragua, South Africa, Georgia and Egypt ... They are the Floating Doctors, a group of young, optimistic health and nutrition professionals and students who plan to depart from Palm Coast later this month to set up temporary -- and free -- medical clinics in Central American countries such as Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
More Honduras protests as Zelaya heads to US Jul 7, 2009
" they shouted at a crowd of soldiers behind riot shields as they marched several hundred meters (yards) past the presidential palace. A fake corpse covered in fake blood lay under a Honduran flag to represent the first deaths since the troubles began. "We're going to continue with peaceful resistance despite the repression," union leader Juan Barahona told AFP. Zelaya said in Nicaragua that he would talk to Clinton about his eventual return to Honduras. "I will return to Honduras, there's no... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Cheers, jeers greet Taiwan's president Jul 7, 2009
After arriving late Saturday evening from Nicaragua with a 169-person delegation, Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou stayed overnight at the Kahala Hotel & Resort before beginning a whirlwind visit that included a wreath-laying ceremony at Dr. Sun Yat-sen's statue at the Chinese Cultural Plaza and a series of private events: breakfast with Gov. Linda Lingle, lunch at the East-West Center and a reception at the Kahala Hotel & Resort sponsored by the Overseas Chinese in Hawaii ... After arriving... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Troops stop Zelaya return Jul 6, 2009
Shortly afterwards his plane landed in Nicaragua, officials in El Salvador said ... Interim leader Roberto Micheletti ramped up tensions on Sunday by alleging that Nicaraguan troops were moving toward the countries' joint border, a claim Nicaraguan military immediately denied ... "We have been informed that in the sector of Nicaragua, some troops are moving toward the border," Micheletti said in a televised news conference. (iAfrica.com)
Groups to protest Taiwan president's isle visit Jul 5, 2009
He is staying at the Kahala Hotel on an overnight stopover on his way back to Taiwan from a trip to Nicaragua and Panama ... He is staying at the Kahala Hotel on an overnight stopover on his way back to Taiwan from a trip to Nicaragua and Panama. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
* More than a thousand teams enter Taiwan contest Jul 4, 2009
Contestants come from a wide variety of countries including Iraq, Israel, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Nigeria, the officials said. Anyone was eligible to enter the contest, as long as his or her team has at least two people and at least one team member is not Taiwanese. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
President of Taiwan shifts isle stopover to weekend Jul 4, 2009
His trip -- with a 169-person delegation -- also included a visit to Nicaragua today ... His trip -- with a 169-person delegation -- also included a visit to Nicaragua today. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
* Mayors death wont derail Mas Nicaraguan schedule Jul 3, 2009
Mayors death wont derail Mas Nicaraguan schedule ... President Ma Ying-jeou (^E) will go ahead with his plans to visit Nicaragua despite the death of Managua Mayor Alexis Arguello, Minister of Foreign Affairs Francisco Ou (E) said in Panama on Wednesday ... Ma, who attended the inauguration of Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli on Wednesday, was scheduled to travel to Nicaragua today for a state visit. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Honduras coup spotlights Latin America's growing instability Jul 3, 2009
Unrest has also erupted in Guatemala and Nicaragua in the past year, and the region is dealing with powerful organized crime and drug traffickers ... Citizens took to streets in Nicaragua demanding a recount after municipal elections they say were rigged ... Unrest in Guatemala, Nicaragua. (Christian Science Monitor)
Latin leaders unite against junta in Honduras Jul 1, 2009
Managua, Nicaragua - Leaders of Latin America's left, right, and center met in the Nicaraguan capital Monday to speak in one voice of support for deposed Honduran President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, who was ousted by military force Sunday. The group of presidents and representatives of 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries roundly condemned Sunday's coup and announced a series of economic and political sanctions against Honduras as reprisal for what they're calling the illegitimate installation... (Christian Science Monitor)
Honduras unrest flares, Zelaya vows to return Jun 30, 2009
Zelaya told a meeting of regional leaders in the Nicaraguan capital Managua he planned to travel Tuesday to Washington, where US President Barack Obama has denounced the coup as illegal, and to New York to speak before the UN General Assembly ... Leftwing Latin American leaders who met in Nicaragua Monday, as well as Mexico and Chile, said they were recalling their ambassadors to Honduras to protest Zelaya's removal. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Honduras battles tide of support for ousted Zelaya Jun 30, 2009
Reuters Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya (2nd-L) stands with Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega ... "I am going to Tegucigalpa on Thursday. The president elected by the people is coming," Zelaya said at a meeting of leftist Latin American leaders in Nicaragua ... Left-wing Latin American presidents led by Venezuela's Chavez said in Managua, capital of neighboring Nicaragua, that they would withdraw their ambassadors from Honduras in protest at the coup. (Yahoo News)
Honduras's Deposed President Zelaya Will Seek UN's Help to Regain His Post Jun 30, 2009
Latin American leaders from market-friendly Mexican President to self-declared socialist Venezuelan President stood united against the regions first coup since 2002 at an emergency summit in Nicaragua yesterday ... Nobody has to show obedience to a usurper government, he said in an interview in Nicaraguas capital, Managua ... Democratically elected leaders aligned with Chavez in Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, as well as U.S. ally in Colombia, have sought constitutional changes to stay... (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Honduran interim government faces domestic protests, international pressure Jun 30, 2009
El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua have decided to halt cross-border trade with the country for 48 hours as part of a broader effort by the Central American Integration System (SICA) to help Zelaya return to office ... Ecuador, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba formally withdrew their ambassadors and issued a statement saying "the only diplomatic representation in our nations is staff appointed by Zelaya." ... (L-R) Bolivian President Evo Morales, Honduran ousted President Manuel Zelaya,... (Xinhuanet, China)
* Ties with Honduras unchanged: Presidential Office Jun 30, 2009
Following his trip to Panama, Ma will travel to Nicaragua where Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega will drive him to the hub of a bilateral technological cooperation project, which will allow Ma to interact with Nicaraguan citizens. Ma will also attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a large trade fair to be held in Nicaragua from tomorrow to Sunday, at which many Taiwanese firms are expected to exhibit their latest products ... During the Nicaragua visit, first lady Chow will visit the local... (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Honduran president forced to travel to Costa Rica Jun 29, 2009
"The U.S. can avoid this terrible attack on our people and our democracy. The presidents of the Americas are calling me and I have already spoken to Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega who has offered me his support," Zelaya said. Zelaya said that Ortega had invited him to travel to Nicaragua and take part in the Central American Integration System presidents' meeting as normal when it begins on Monday morning ... "The U.S. can avoid this terrible attack on our people and our democracy. The presidents of... (People's Daily Online, China)
Protests erupt after Honduras coup Jun 29, 2009
In neighbouring Nicaragua, leftist leaders from the region led by Zelaya's ally Venezuelan Hugo Chavez gathered in the capital Managua for late night talks on the crisis ... Zelaya, now in a smart white shirt, sat down on Sunday night with Chavez, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa and Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega in Managua. (India Times, India)
Central America, 16 nights, $1,149 Jun 25, 2009
You'll spend more that two weeks exploring and hiking in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica ... Along the way, some highlights include visiting Mayan ruins in Copn; swimming in the blue waters of the Bay Islands, off the coast of Honduras; seeing the Mosquito Coast of Honduras by ferry; shopping in the markets of Granada, Nicaragua; touring Ometepe, an island on Lake Nicaragua with its two volcanoes; and exploring the Monte Verde rain forest and Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica ...... (MSNBC -- Travel)
Peru revokes land decrees Jun 19, 2009
Pizango left Peru on Wednesday after Nicaragua granted him political asylum. The conflict with the Amazon natives was the most severe crisis of Garcia's second term in office (other controversies dogged his 1985-1990 term as president). (iAfrica.com)
Peru moves to ease Amazon crisis Jun 18, 2009
The government has meanwhile granted safe passage to an indigenous leader to travel to Nicaragua, which has granted him political asylum. Alberto Pizango took refuge in the Nicaraguan embassy after being accused of sedition, conspiracy and rebellion. (BBC News -- Americas)
Voices of the high shools' Class of 2009 Jun 16, 2009
Byler, who has spent summers in Panama and Nicaragua with the international nonprofit organization Amigos, said she hopes to minor in Spanish and International Relations and eventually serve in the Peace Corps. "I'm studying biomedical engineering and pre-med so I can bring that knowledge over to the Americas and find ways to bring basic health care to these communities for them to use on their own," she said. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Bringing Cuba in from the cold Jun 5, 2009
However, the peoples of the region remember all too well Washington's record of support for vicious, repressive dictatorships in this hemisphere, including Augusto Pinochet's in Chile, Anastasio Somoza's in Nicaragua, and the Argentine military junta that waged a notorious US-backed "dirty war" against domestic opponents from 1976 to 1983. This is why Clinton's otherwise defensible reference to the charter's democratic criteria could appear hypocritical to other OAS members. (Boston Globe)
OAS Votes to Readmit Cuba After 47 Years Jun 4, 2009
He said the main support from Cuba s return came from "countries like Nicaragua and Venezuela; they re the ones who have been trapped in the past" while the United States was celebrating "that the OAS is, in fact, a community of democracies.". Clinton herself left the meeting before the final vote. (Time.com)
Clinton details conditions for Cuba entry to OAS Jun 3, 2009
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said the United States is using the OAS as a tool of repression and said Cuba's 1962 suspension was due to the support of former Latin American dictators "imposed and used by the Yankees." ... That prospect angered representatives of the region's growing number of socialist-run countries like Nicaragua, Venezuela and Bolivia. (USA Today)
