Honduran court clears army generals linked to coup
October 20, 2011
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Honduras' Supreme Court has cleared six army generals accused of toppling former president Manuel Zelaya and flying him to Costa Rica in 2009. The Supreme Court voted 12 - 3 to...
Honduras drops all charges against ex- president
May 02, 2011
| AP
A Honduran court dismissed the last two remaining charges Monday against former President Manuel Zelaya, removing a key obstacle to his return to the country. The decision could...
Honduran court dismisses charges against Zelaya
May 02, 2011
| AFP
A Honduran court dropped all remaining corruption charges against former president Manuel Zelaya, clearing the way for his return to the country after a June 2009 coup. The...
OAS coup report implicates Honduras in 20 slayings
July 07, 2011
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The Honduran government violated human rights by causing the deaths of 20 people in the seven months after the 2009 ouster of President Manuel Zelaya, an Organization of American...
Zelaya calls for end to ruling elite in Honduras
June 26, 2011
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras Ex-Honduran President Manuel Zelaya predicted Sunday that his supporters will win power from the Central American country's long-ruling elite. In his...
Honduran ex- first lady hints at presidential bid
May 30, 2011
| AFP
The wife of ex-president Manuel Zelaya has hinted in an interview that she is preparing her own presidential bid, just days after returning to Honduras with her husband after...
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José Manuel Zelaya Rosales (born 20 September 1952) is a politician who was President of Honduras from January 27, 2006 until June 28, 2009. The eldest son of a wealthy businessman, he inherited his father's nickname "Mel," and, before entering politics, was involved in his family's logging and timber businesses. Elected as a conservative, Zelaya shifted to the political left during his presidency, forging an alliance with the ALBA. On 28 June 2009, in the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis, he was seized by the military and secreted to Costa Rica in the 2009 Honduran coup d'état. On 21 September...
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