Hondurans weary after 3 months of coup dispute
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduras' interim president promised to restore civil liberties and allow an Organization of American States mediation team into the country, quickly backpedalling from tough measures amid criticism from his own allies that he had gone too far in his fight to stay in power.
Nations:Honduras Brazil Activities:2009 Honduras Coup Source:(AP)
2009-09-29
No end in sight to Honduras political crisis
TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) - Honduras's political crisis has entered its third week with no end in sight despite the interim government's decision to lift a curfew after a coup that removed President Manuel Zelaya from power.
Nations:Honduras Venezuela Activities:2009 Honduras Coup Source:(AFP)
2009-07-12
'Worst to come' warning as G8 leaders gather
L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) - G8 leaders gathering here Wednesday faced deepening crises in Iran and China and a warning that the worst political and social effects of the global economic downturn are still to come.
Nations:Italy Russia Canada India Honduras People:Dmitry Medvedev Nicolas Sarkozy Silvio Berlusconi Ban Ki-moon Gordon Brown Angela Merkel Activities:Group of Eight Global Financial Crisis
2009-07-07
Zelaya's plane circles Honduran runway, can't land
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya says he can't land at the main Honduras airport because soldiers are blocking the runway with several military vehicles.
Nations:Honduras Venezuela Nicaragua El Salvador Paraguay Argentina People:Daniel Ortega Hugo Chavez Barack Obama Activities:2009 Honduras Coup Source:(AP)
2009-07-06
Honduran military ousts president ahead of vote
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Soldiers ousted the democratically elected president of Honduras on Sunday and Congress named a successor, but the leftist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced what he called an illegal coup and vowed to stay in power.
Nations:Honduras Venezuela Nicaragua People:Hillary Clinton Hugo Chavez Barack Obama Activities:2009 Honduras Coup Source:(AP)
2009-06-28
Death toll from Felix nears 100
Rescuers scooped bodies from the open sea and villagers paddled canoes through fallen trees looking for survivors on this remote, swampy stretch of Caribbean coast as the death toll from Hurricane Felix neared 100.
Nations:Nicaragua Honduras Activities:2007 Hurricane Felix
2007-09-07
Felix toll in Nicaragua rises above 40
Helicopters clattered overhead and Miskito Indians paddled canoes through a debris-littered sea Thursday, searching desperately for survivors of Hurricane Felix. At least 40 people were reported dead and scores remained missing.
Nations:Honduras Nicaragua Mexico Venezuela Activities:2007 Hurricane Felix
2007-09-06
Felix sparks flood fears after killing 3
Tropical depression Felix is forecast to dump up to 25 inches of rain on parts of Nicaragua and Honduras, officials said early Wednesday, triggering fears of flooding and mudslides in areas where shantytowns cling precariously to hillsides.
Nations:Nicaragua Honduras Mexico El Salvador People:Felipe Calderon Activities:2007 Hurricane Felix
2007-09-05
Twin storms pack dangerous winds
Felix walloped Central America's remote Miskito coastline and Henriette slammed into resorts on the tip of Baja California as a record-setting hurricane season got even wilder Tuesday with twin storms making landfall on the same day.
Nations:Honduras Guatemala Nicaragua Mexico People:Felipe Calderon Activities:2007 Hurricane Felix
2007-09-04
Category 5 Hurricane Felix slams ashore
Hurricane Felix roared ashore early Tuesday as a fearsome Category 5 storm — the first time in recorded history that two top-scale storms have made landfall in the same season. The storm hit near the swampy Nicaragua-Honduras border, home to thousands of stranded Miskito Indians dependent on canoes to make their way to safety.
Nations:Honduras Nicaragua Mexico Guatemala El Salvador Activities:2007 Hurricane Felix
2007-09-04
Tourists flee as Felix nears
Planes shuttled tourists from island resorts in a desperate airlift Monday as Hurricane Felix bore down on Honduras and Belize. But thousands of Miskito Indians were stranded along a swampy coastline where the Category 4 storm was expected to make landfall.
Nations:Belize Honduras Nicaragua Mexico U.S. Guatemala Activities:2007 Hurricane Felix
2007-09-03
Felix becomes Category 4 hurricane
Hurricane Felix strengthened into a dangerous Category 4 storm Sunday as it toppled trees and flooded homes on a cluster of Dutch islands before churning its way into the open waters of the Caribbean.
Nations:Mexico Honduras Jamaica Activities:2007 Hurricane Felix 2007 Hurricane Dean
2007-09-02
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