Troubles for a Deal — and for Obama — in Honduras

Troubles for a Deal in Honduras

US wins praise and some questions for Honduras role

By Deborah Charles

WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The United States has won praise for resolving a post-coup crisis in Honduras that caused regional turmoil, but some experts question why the Obama administration took so long to act in its own backyard.

After months of failed negotiations, Honduras' de facto government late on Thursday agreed to a U.S.-driven deal that opens the door for the return to power of President Manuel Zelaya, who was toppled in a military coup in June.

http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN30400517

Diputados hondureños analizan con cautela su papel en la crisis política del país

Los diputados del Congreso Nacional comienzan a recibir presiones para inclinar su decisión sobre la restitución o no de Manuel Zelaya en el poder. Dejaron en claro además que, si las circunstancias son iguales a las del 28 de junio, se ratificará la destitución de Zelaya y la sucesión constitucional de Roberto Micheletti.

Las comisiones de Micheletti y de Zelaya acordaron el jueves pasado, con la mediación de Thomas Shannon, subsecretario de Estado de EE UU, que fuera el Congreso el que dirimiera ese punto, que empantanó las negociaciones que buscaban poner fin a la crisis política.

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Zelaya Could Be Reinstated

Deal may end Honduras crisis
ZELAYA COULD BE REINSTATED
Final decision will rest with National Congress

By Mary Beth Sheridan and Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, October 31, 2009

Honduras's deeply fractured political forces signed an agreement Friday that could reinstate the president ousted in a coup four months ago and end a crisis whose impact has spread far beyond the poor banana-growing country, igniting partisan battles in Washington and threatening to polarize the hemisphere.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103000351.html

Deal Set to Restore Ousted Honduran President

Less than two days after senior American officials arrived in Honduras, the leader of the nation’s de facto government signed an agreement that would allow the return of the country’s ousted president, paving the way for an end to Latin America’s deepest political crisis in years.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/world/americas/31honduras.html?ref=americas

US Ambassador Chased from University

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Nicaragua: U.S. Ambassador Chased From University

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Published: October 30, 2009

Demonstrators hurling fireworks chased the American ambassador from a university fair on Friday because of his criticism of a Supreme Court ruling letting President Daniel Ortega seek another term. Riot police officers and bodyguards hustled the ambassador, Robert J. Callahan, back into his car, and he left unharmed. The embassy has come under fire since Mr. Callahan called the ruling that overturned the one-term limit “improper.”

Gunment Kill Union Leader in Mexico

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/world/americas/01mexico.html

MEXICO CITY — Gunmen ambushed a peasant union leader and his family in northern Mexico, killing him and 14 others in an attack that bore the hallmarks of a hit by drug cartels but one that his organization said might have been related to his union work.

The victims, who included four children, were leaving a ranch in the northern state of Sonora on Friday afternoon when the gunmen opened fire with AK-47s on a convoy of three trucks, according to one of the three survivors, the state police said.