Archivo etiqueta «Honduras»
By Dana Frank, a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is at work on a book about the A.F.L.-C.I.O.’s cold-war intervention in the Honduran labor movement (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 27/01/12):
It’s time to acknowledge the foreign policy disaster that American support for the Porfirio Lobo administration in Honduras has become. Ever since the June 28, 2009, coup that deposed Honduras’s democratically elected president, José Manuel Zelaya, the country has been descending deeper into a human rights and security abyss. That abyss is in good part the State Department’s making.
The headlines have … Seguir leyendo
By Noah Feldman, David Landau and Brian Sheppard, law professors at Harvard Law School, Florida State University College of Law and Seton Hall University School of Law, respectively (LOS ANGELES TIMES, 07/06/11):
Is Honduras ready for a return to the community of nations? It has been almost two years since the forced removal of then-President Manuel Zelaya at the hands of the Honduran military. On June 1, the Organization of American States said yes, when it lifted the suspension of Honduras from the organization by a vote of 32 countries in favor and one against. Still, the question … Seguir leyendo
By Joseph Huff-Hannon, a Brooklyn, NY-based independent writer and producer (THE GUARDIAN, 28/06/10):
“Right now there are a bunch of military trucks driving around the city, full of soldiers, surrounding most of the important buildings downtown,” Karla Lara tells me over the phone from the capital of Honduras, on the eve of the one-year anniversary of last year’s coup d’etat. “It’s pretty clear they’re trying to scare people.”
The renowned singer and human rights activist was speaking to me from her recording studio in Tegucigalpa, where she was rehearsing for a big public concert, organised by the National … Seguir leyendo
Por Marco Vicenzino, director del Global Strategy Project, con sede en Washington, EEUU (EL MUNDO, 01/02/10):
Con la investidura de Porfirio Lobo como nuevo presidente de Honduras, la mayor parte de los hondureños han pasado la página de la crisis política que se desencadenó en junio de 2009 con el derrocamiento de su predecesor, Manuel Zelaya. Para muchos miembros de la comunidad internacional, la crisis no ha terminado, como demostraron ausentándose en la toma de posesión de Lobo. Por lo general, el rechazo a su reconocimiento diplomático ha estado vinculado a la resolución del nuevo estatus de Zelaya. Ahora … Seguir leyendo
By Marco Vicenzino, director of the Global Strategy Project in Washington (THE WASHINGTON POST, 29/01/10):
With Porfirio Lobo assuming the presidency of Honduras on Wednesday, its citizens formally turn the page on the political crisis triggered by former President Manuel Zelaya’s removal from office in June 2009. It is time for the international community to do the same. It must extend diplomatic recognition to Honduras’ new government, restore international aid and lift all sanctions. Honduras’ fragile economy and its citizens have paid a high price in recent months. They must be given a chance at a new beginning and … Seguir leyendo
Por Óscar Álvarez Araya, director ejecutivo de la Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe para la Democracia (REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO, 19/01/10):
Tema: Las elecciones generales del 29 de noviembre de 2009 en Honduras supusieron un proceso transparente y libre, del cual se analizan también sus implicaciones hemisféricas.
Resumen: La ausencia de observadores internacionales de la OEA dejó en manos de organizaciones de la sociedad civil la tarea de monitorizar las elecciones generales del 29 de noviembre de 2009. Esas organizaciones han dado fe de la libertad y transparencia del proceso. El reconocimiento de EEUU al resultado de las elecciones generales … Seguir leyendo
By Calvin Tucker, co-editor of 21stcenturysocialism.com and a freelance writer (THE GUARDIAN, 26/11/09):
On Sunday, Honduras’s coup regime, with the support of the US, is staging a presidential election of a special kind. Voters will have a choice of two candidates: the coup supporter Porfirio Lobo or the coup supporter Elvin Santos. The anti-coup candidate, Carlos Reyes, has withdrawn his nomination and condemned the election as fraudulent.
“Cash discounts” will be offered to anyone who can prove they voted, courtesy of the country’s coup-supporting big business federation. Trade unions and social movements calling for a boycott … Seguir leyendo
By Michael Lisman, an associate at the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, DC (THE GUARDIAN, 11/11/09):
Of the many lessons to be learned from the Honduran political crisis, perhaps the most important one for would-be deal brokers is that if you get involved, prepare to stay involved.
The Organisation of American States, Costa Rican, Brazilian, Chilean and, most recently, US negotiators at even the highest levels have thrown up their hands in dismay at the intransigence on display. The agreement at the end of last month, which was praised by the Obama administration as a landmark in inter-American diplomacy, is … Seguir leyendo
By Edward Schumacher-Matos, a former managing editor of the Wall Street Journal Americas and the Robert F. Kennedy visiting professor in Latin American studies at Harvard University (THE WASHINGTON POST, 06/11/09):
Adults learn that human conflicts are seldom black and white. So the way the international community jumped to punish tiny Honduras for the ouster of its president, without knowing the facts, was foolish.
That some Senate Republicans have been extremist in the other direction borders on galling. Opposing a U.S.-brokered agreement reached a week ago by Hondurans to defuse the crisis, the senators, led by South Carolina’s Jim … Seguir leyendo
Por Simón Alberto Consalvi, editor adjunto de El Nacional, Caracas (EL PAÍS, 17/10/09):
En sus 60 años, la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) nunca expulsó a uno de sus miembros porque en él se hubiera dado un golpe de Estado, a pesar de que tales golpes fueron acometidos por personajes como Augusto Pinochet, los generales brasileños o los genocidas del Cono Sur.
Violando su propia Carta, la OEA acogió en su seno a los peores dictadores del hemisferio, a Somoza, Pérez Jiménez y Trujillo, el dictador dominicano que protagonizó La fiesta del chivo. La guerra fría y el anticomunismo … Seguir leyendo
By James A. Baker III, secretary of state from 1989 to 1992 (THE WASHINGTON POST, 17/10/09):
As the Honduran daily newspaper El Heraldo proclaimed in a recent editorial, “the current situation is untenable.” And it threatens to grow worse. Unrest and protest are mounting as Honduras’s constitutional crisis continues. Matters will only deteriorate if the international community refuses to recognize the results of the coming Honduran elections, scheduled for Nov. 29. In the United States, the crisis risks reawakening the divisive domestic political debates between the left and right that were the rule before 1990.
It doesn’t have to … Seguir leyendo
Por Joaquín Villalobos, ex guerrillero salvadoreño y consultor para la resolución de conflictos internacionales (El PAÍS, 07/10/09):
La deportación de la hija de Micheletti por el Gobierno de EE UU, la negación de la entrada de los embajadores de la OEA a Tegucigalpa, el ultimátum del Gobierno de facto a Brasil y la respuesta de éste comenzaron a convertir la crisis hondureña en una cuestión de pulso de fuerzas que aparentemente ha comenzado a corregirse.
Un pulso de fuerzas sólo conduciría a que la violencia entre los hondureños sea la forma de dirimir arrogancias nacionales e internacionales. Si ése fuera … Seguir leyendo
Por Jorge Heine, abogado, diplomático, ex ministro de Estado chileno y catedrático de Gobernanza Global en la Escuela Balsillie de Asuntos Internacionales en Waterloo, Ontario (EL PAÍS, 30/09/09):
Honduras va de mal en peor. Y Brasil ha decidido tomar la sartén por el mango y liderar la búsqueda de una solución. El presidente Lula ha indicado que Manuel Zelaya se podrá quedar en la residencia de la Embajada de Brasil en Tegucigalpa “el tiempo que sea necesario”. Al ultimátum de 10 días dado por el Gobierno de facto para entregar a Zelaya o concederle asilo diplomático, ha respondido diciendo que … Seguir leyendo
By Michael Lisman, an associate at the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, DC (THE GUARDIAN, 23/09/09):
There is, and has been, nearly global consensus on the fundamentally democratic question of whether Manuel Zelaya belongs back at the helm of Honduras for the remainder of his presidential term, with restrictions or otherwise. He probably does. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that Honduras will be better off for it.
The story that has developed over the past three months has not made it easy for a reasoned international community that calls for his return on democratic principles. His border stunts and promises … Seguir leyendo
By Roberto Micheletti, president of Honduras (THE WASHINGTON POST, 22/09/09):
My country is in an unusual position this week. Former president Manuel Zelaya has surreptitiously returned to Honduras, still claiming to be the country’s legitimate leader, despite the fact that a constitutional succession took place on June 28. Amid all of the claims that are likely to be made in coming days, the former president will not mention that the people of Honduras have moved on since the events of that day or that our citizens are looking forward to free, fair and transparent elections on Nov. 29.… Seguir leyendo