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
At summit, Obama gets friendly with Chavez
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - President Barack Obama offered a spirit of cooperation to America's hemispheric neighbors at a summit Saturday, listening to their complaints about past U.S. interference in the region and even reaching out to Venezuela's fiery leftist leader.
Nations:Bolivia Venezuela Nicaragua Spain People:Daniel Ortega Hugo Chavez Barack Obama Ronald Reagan George W. Bush Activities:U.S.-Venezuela
2009-04-18
McCain linked to private group in Iran-Contra case
WASHINGTON - GOP presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua in the Iran-Contra affair.
Nations:Nicaragua U.S. People:Sarah Palin Barack Obama John McCain Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(AP)
2008-10-07
Fewer cocaine shipments stopped in 2007
U.S.-directed seizures and disruptions of cocaine shipments from Latin America dropped sharply in 2007 from the year before, reflecting in part a successful shift in tactics by drug traffickers to avoid detection at sea, senior American officials disclosed Monday in releasing new figures.
Nations:Venezuela Colombia Bolivia Nicaragua Mexico People:Alvaro Uribe Hugo Chavez Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
2008-01-14
Chavez loses constitutional vote
Humbled by his first electoral defeat ever, President Hugo Chavez said Monday he may have been too ambitious in asking voters to let him stand indefinitely for re-election and endorse a huge leap to a socialist state.
Nations:Singapore Venezuela Bolivia Ecuador Nicaragua People:Fidel Castro Hugo Chavez
2007-12-03
Iran leader says nuclear issue is closed
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told world leaders his country will defy any further U.N. Security Council resolutions imposed by "arrogant powers" seeking to curb its nuclear program, accusing them of lying and imposing illegal sanctions against Tehran.
Nations:Israel France North Korea Nicaragua Myanmar Germany People:Nicolas Sarkozy Daniel Ortega Angela Merkel Hugo Chavez Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis
2007-09-26
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
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