Topic: Honduras
Honduras' new government has reinstated its top immigration official, 24 hours after firing him, citing "a misunderstanding and a mistake." Nelson Willy Mejia, the head of Honduras' immigration agency, was dismissed Friday after a Brazilian diplomat was denied entry into the country. The interior and justice minister, Africo Madrid, said ...
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is in Honduras meeting with newly inaugurated president Porfirio Lobo, a first step toward repairing international ties that were fractured in a June coup. The Organization of American States cut off diplomatic ties to Honduras in the summer after then-President Manuel ...
Honduras' new administration began its term Thursday saying the nation is bankrupt and will likely need international financial assistance to recover from months of diplomatic isolation over its June coup. The first day of the new government also was marked by early morning police raids that resulted in 41 ...
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Toppled Honduran president Manuel Zelaya emerged from months holed up in a Brazilian embassy compound and flew into exile on Wednesday, ending a months-long political crisis as Honduras swore in a new president. Zelaya, deposed in a coup last June, boarded a plane for the Dominican Republic shortly after President Porfirio Lobo, an opposition leader elected in November ...
