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Entries from August 2008

President Zelaya accuses USA of being coup promoter

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments

The president of Honduras, Manuel Zelya attacked the embassy of the United States which he accused of being promoter of Coup d’états, invasions and nation rises from Central America.

He added that ex ambassador Charles Ford proposed he give him political asylum in our country to Luis Posadas Carriles, Zelaya refused this proposal.

The president defended the president of Venezuela at all times from all the criticism Hugo Chavez received from different business and political groups during the Alba signing ceremony.

Zelaya said Chavez only came to express his ideas and we should respect them, and that he shares his same ideas.

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Tags: General Honduras News · Honduran Business & Economics

Honduras joins ALBA officially

August 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Honduras officially joined the Bolivarian Alternative for the People of our America (ALBA) yesterday in the midst of speeches against the government system of the United States, pronounced by the presidents who form this mechanism lead by the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez.

The presidents Spike little about the reaches of this agreement, since they where mostly focused in criticizing the government of the United States, whom they blame for the sub-development the Latin-American countries live in.

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Honduras Heads Home from Olympics

August 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Being a small Central American country, Honduras knew the Olympic tournament was going to be difficult. But after upsetting Mexico in the CONCACAF qualification tournament, they would’ve hoped things went a little better than they did.

Three games. Three losses.

Fives goals against. Zero goals for.

Of course, they did face a tough group, consisting of Italy, Cameroon, and South Korea. All in all, the Honduran team left China on Thursday feeling like the experience wasn’t a waste. Which makes sense, since this was only their second Olympic qualification; the full side has advanced to the World Cup finals only once, in 1982 in Spain, where they managed two draws but did not escape the group.

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Honduras Requests TPS Extension

August 13th, 2008 · No Comments

The Honduran government requested the US Tuesday to allow a new extension of the Temporary Protection Status to guarantee the continuance of more than 76,000 Honduran citizens who are living in the US illegally, said the Honduran Foreign Ministry.

The request of increasing the time limit in favor of Honduran illegal residents in the US in 18 months is the eighth since 1998.

Honduran newspaper Tiempo Digital remembered that TPS expires on January 5, 2009, and if the widening request is not definitely accepted and approved, more than 76,000 Hondurans would be exposed to deportation.

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Tags: Politics in Honduras