Manuel Zelaya

Honduras asks Mexico to extradite murder suspect

Honduras is asking Mexico to extradite a man accused of killing at least 43 people, including the president's former bodyguard. Officials say Rodolfo Salinas was detained Tuesday in the Mexican city of Tapachula, on the border...

Honduran president calls for legalizing drug use

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says drug consumption should be legalized to stop violence related to trafficking. Zelaya says that "instead of pursuing drug traffickers, societies should invest resources in educating drug...

U.S. influence wanes in Latin America

In a matter of weeks, a Russian naval squadron will arrive in the waters off Latin America. It is already getting a warm welcome from some in a region where the influence of the United States is in decline.

Activists attend Latin American forum in Guatemala

Thousands of Latin America's indigenous, union leaders, peasants' rights organizations and young idealists sporting dreadlocks and Che t-shirts have gathered here this week for a forum to discuss the region's food crisis,...

CENTRAL AMERICA: Garífunas Confront Their Own Decline

MIAMI, Honduras, Oct 10 (Tierramérica) - "The Garífuna were the best sailors in the world," says Jermonino Barrios, standing barefoot on this slender thread of land between the Laguna de Los Micos and the blue Caribbean Sea.

Development Doesn't Require Big Government

Poor countries are learning the wrong lessons from the crisis The Wall Street Journal, 9 October 2008 Financial meltdown will not cause the U.S. to abandon democratic capitalism, but the outcome is less clear for countries...

If They Came Here . . .

Mayors from around the country suggest questions that would likely come up if they were hosting tonight's town-hall-style presidential debate. Below are contributions from Richmond Mayor L. Douglas Wilder, Miami Mayor Manuel A....

Central America and Caribbean states seek to fend off US crisis

TEGUCIGALPA Honduras (Reuters): Central American and Caribbean countries will take out loans, spend more on job creation and boost agricultural activity in a bid to shield their economies from the spr...

Development Doesn't Require Big Government

Poor countries are learning the wrong lessons from the crisis. Development economics -- the study of how poor countries can become rich -- was forever cursed by the timing of its birth after the Great Depression. The Economic...

HONDURAS: Government Advertising Allocation as "Subtle Censorship"

TEGUCIGALPA, Oct 2 (IPS) - Government practices for allocating official advertising to the Honduran media include reward and punishment policies, payments to individual journalists, and even denial of access to public...

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