Honduras Coverage

Costa Rica Hosts Talk Over Honduras Coup
From: Democracy Now
Talks between the ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and the leaders of last week’s military coup began on Thursday in Costa Rica. Zelaya and the military-backed president of Honduras Roberto Micheletti met separately with Costa Rican President Oscar Arias but there were no face-to-face meetings between the two sides. Zelaya maintained his demand to be reinstated as head of state of Honduras. Micheletti argued Zelaya was lawfully ousted last month because he violated Honduras’ constitution by trying to lift presidential term limits. Dozens of Costa Ricans protested outside the Honduran embassy in San Jose in support of ousted president Manuel Zelaya.
Jorge Hernandez: “We came here to protest in a peaceful and democratic way to support President Zelaya, and also to support President Arias, asking that he not fall into the trap of the militarists and coup-plotters by recognizing Micheletti and treating him as a head of state.”Article

Honduras Conflict Talks Yield Little Movement
From: The New York Times
Author: Ginger Thompson
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica — The two sides of the political conflict in Honduras agreed to little more on Friday than that they would meet again “sometime soon,” after two days of talks in which there was little sign of movement toward bridging the divide between them. As the talks failed to gain traction in Costa Rica, much of Honduras was paralyzed by strikes and protests, and tiny cracks were beginning to emerge in the solidarity of the coalition of countries demanding the return of the ousted president, Manuel Zelaya. Article

Click here for the NYT's slideshow of Zelaya supporters protest in Honduras

Honduras and Constitutional Democracy
From: The New Republic
Author: David Fontana
Here in the United States, the removal of President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras has prompted disparate reactions from the political right and political left. Conservatives (fearing the influence of Hugo Chavez and his authoritarian brand of politics, with which Zelaya had aligned himself) have tended to side with the coup leaders. Liberals (fearing a return to the era of Latin American military coups) have tended to side with Zelaya.
But both sides are missing a layer of complexity, one that suggests the Honduras crisis isn't an easy case of heroes and villains. Article

Honduras lifts curfew 2 weeks after coup d'etat
From: The Associated Press
Author: Juan Zamorano
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduran authorities on Sunday lifted a curfew imposed since the ousting of President Manuel Zelaya two weeks ago — a sign the interim government is trying to restore normality to life in the crisis-gripped country.
In a nationally broadcast announcement, the interim government said the curfew had reached its objective to "restore calm" and curb crime. Article