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Posts tagged "Manuel Zelaya"

Hillary Clinton in Peru or Joran van der Sloot in Peru. What's the bigger story?

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Peru. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Peruvian President Alan Garcia. Photo from the State Department. Unfortunately, the detention of Joran van der Sloot, the leading suspect in the 2005 murder of  Natalee Holloway, now suspected of killing a Peruvian woman, Stephany Flores, is garnering bigger... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
June 7, 2010 at 2:51 pm
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Slavery, an election and Ahmadinejad goes to Latin America

There have been some interesting headlines out of Latin America recently. A slavery ring was broken up in Mexico City. In Honduras, they held an election while the deposed president is still holed up in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. And the president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was recently on a Latin America... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
December 7, 2009 at 12:21 pm
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A concert, a coup and Brazil's bid for the Olympics

Juanes, the Colombian rocker, held a concert for peace in Cuba. The ousted president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, is now holed up in the Brazilian embassy basically a hostage in his own country after he was ousted in a coup. And the president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said his country needs the... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
September 23, 2009 at 11:43 am
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OAS pressures for Zelaya to return to Honduras

The interim leaders of Honduras were given an ultimatum. Restore President Manuel Zelaya within three days or be removed from the Organization of American States. This is just the kind of diplomatic pressure needed to have the democratically- elected president restored. Now some of you disagreed with my first blog post on Honduras. One post... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
July 1, 2009 at 8:32 am
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Honduras coup is a blow to democracy

You may not have noticed but there was a coup in the Central American country of Honduras. What happened? The military went in and removed a democratically elected president, Manuel Zelaya, according to Human Rights Watch. One of the reasons he may have been removed is that he wanted to change the law so the... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
June 29, 2009 at 8:44 am
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