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President Barack Obama has largely disappointed hopes for an "equal partnership" with the countries of Latin America, according to the latest in a series of annual reports on U.S. relations with the region released this past week.President Barack Obama has largely disappointed hopes for an "equal... more
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ended a tour of Latin America last week by calling for more countries to recognize the controversial, post-coup government of Honduras.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ended a tour of Latin America last week by calling... more
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Less than a month into his term, Honduran President Porfirio Lobo is facing street protests, complaints of human rights violations, and criticism of the truth commission he set up to investigate last summer’s coup that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya.Less than a month into his term, Honduran President Porfirio Lobo is facing street... more
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In These Times reports that in the Honduran capital, labor union leader and nurse Vanessa Yamileth Zepeda, was killed in the beginning of February. Zepeda was a leader of Workers Union for the Honduran Social Security Institute. The administration of the newly inaugurated President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo has called Zepeda’s murder and other recent attacks common crime. But the Honduran resistance movement – mobilized since the June 2009 coup against then-president Manuel Zelaya – see it as a clear message.In These Times reports that in the Honduran capital, labor union leader and nurse... more
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The right-wing businessman just elected president of Honduras in a post-coup d’etat poll widely seen as fraudulent and illegitimate, Porfirio Lobo, was quick to announce that he wants political amnesty for all those involved in the coup that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya.The right-wing businessman just elected president of Honduras in a post-coup... more
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