Day: July 5, 2009

HONDURAS: IT’S NOT ABOUT ZELAYA

by David L. Wilson, MRZine Manuel “Mel” Zelaya is a rancher and business owner who wears large cowboy hats and, in November 2005, was elected president of Honduras, an impoverished Central American country with a population of 7.5 million. On… Read moreHONDURAS: IT’S NOT ABOUT ZELAYA

Central America

Honduran golpista: Obama a “little black man who knows nothing”

Honduras’ new foreign minister Enrique Ortez dissed world leaders who reject his coup-installed regime in contemptuous terms—calling Barack Obama a “little black man who knows nothing.”

Central America

OAS holds emergency session on Honduras; Ortega fears “blood-bath”

Meeting in Washington, the OAS again demanded the immediate return of Mel Zelaya to power in Honduras—while Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega said the Honduran military is preparing a “blood-bath.”