President Manuel Zelaya

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joins regional summit talks in Guatemala later Friday as she urges recognition of the new Honduran government and promises aid to fight drug trafficking. Wrapping up a six-country tour of Latin America, the chief US diplomat will meet Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom as well as hold broader talks with him and the leaders of El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Belize and Panama. An official from Nicaragua is also expected, but the full attendance list has not been confirmed. In neighboring Costa Rica on Thursday, Clinton urged Latin American ministers to recognize Honduran President Porfirio Lobo, who came to ... Read Full Story

Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya plans to write a book describing his ouster last year. Zelaya says Honduras' business elite was behind last June's military-backed coup that sent him into exile. In a television interview broadcast in Venezuela, Zelaya said the business leaders feared he planned to copy President Hugo Chavez's socialist policies and some were upset over his decision to seize control of fuel terminals used by store imported oil. Honduran officials say Zelaya was ousted for refusing to drop a campaign for a referendum on changing the constitution, which the Supreme Court had ruled illegal. Zelaya said Sunday he hopes to publish ... Read Full Story

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday Washington will restore aid to Honduras despite the refusal by some Latin American countries to recognize new President Porfirio Lobo's government. Clinton announced the move on a visit to Costa Rica, which tried to mediate a deal between deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya and de facto leader Roberto Micheletti, who in the end organized new elections without Zelaya. "I have just sent a letter to the Congress of the United States notifying them that we will be restoring aid to Honduras," Clinton told reporters at a press conference with Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. President Barack ... Read Full Story

The Honduran journalist Karol Cabrera was seriously wounded and her companion Joseph Ochoa an entertainment journalist was killed do to gunshot wounds received in yesterday during an attack which occurred at 7:50 pm, while driving home after a visit to the presidential house where she signed a contract to work on state television 8, National Television of Honduras, to begin airing yesterday. The journalist had died due to more than 20 bullets in the neck, thorax and abdomen, while Cabrera had at least three bullet wounds in her arms and her right side. A daughter of Karol Cabrera was killed on 16 December last ... Read Full Story

New Honduran President Porfirio Lobo fired the military leaders responsible for leading the coup against then-president Manuel Zelaya last June. Lobo, who took office on January 27, sacked Army General Romeo Vasquez, head of the Honduran armed forces, along with the top military commanders involved in the coup, including the heads of the army, air force and navy. The president announced that Vasquez "will now retire," and immediately swore in his replacement, General Carlos Antonio Cuellar, who until now was the armed forces inspector general. "General Cuellar will choose those who will take over the positions in the joint chiefs of staff," Lobo said ... Read Full Story