Seven right-wing governments have been defeated, while Brazil is set to join the wave of liberation next month
Over and over again she writes about the lost children picked up on the United States border
For the first time since 1986, the United States failed to qualify for the World Cup with a shock 2-1 defeat against Trinidad and Tobago.
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/ 27 February 2012
Honduras is the world’s murder capital, with a rate 12 times the global average, amid violent fallout from a 2009 coup.
Authorities say inmates screamed from their cells while others rioted to escape as a fire swept through a Honduran prison, killing over 300 inmates.
While both Spain and Honduras had their disappointments in their showdown on Monday, fans loving the South African experience were the real winners.
Spain got their campaign firmly back on track when David Villa struck twice to lead the European champions to a 2-0 win over minnows Honduras.
Jean Beausejour scored the only goal as Chile beat Honduras 1-0 in their Group H opening match on Wednesday.
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/ 30 November 2009
Honduras’ disputed presidential election is likely to set Washington against emerging Latin American power Brazil.
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/ 28 September 2009
Honduras’ de facto government on Monday resisted pressure from opponents and the international community over ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
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/ 22 September 2009
Honduran police dispersed hundreds of protesters on Tuesday outside the Brazilian embassy where ousted president Manuel Zelaya has taken refuge.
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/ 15 September 2009
The European Union warned the de facto government of Honduras on Tuesday it risked further sanctions.
Dozens of Honduran journalists and human rights activists have been attacked or threatened with violence, a press watchdog said on Monday.
Honduras’ ousted president has called on the international community to support him in returning to power after crisis talks broke down.
The Organisation of American States suspended Honduras on Saturday after a caretaker government refused to restore President Manuel Zelaya.
The Organisation of American States prepared to suspend Honduras on Saturday after a caretaker government refused to restore President Manuel Zelaya.
An interim government in Honduras warned Manuel Zelaya to stay away but indicated it could be more conciliatory in talks on Friday over the crisis.
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/ 5 September 2007
Remnants of the once-mighty Hurricane Felix drenched Honduras on Wednesday, threatening to cause dangerous floods and mudslides after killing at least four people and destroying 5 000 homes in neighbouring Nicaragua. Close to 20 000 people in threatened areas of Honduras were evacuated to safer ground.
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/ 4 September 2007
Tens of thousands of people hunkered in storm shelters on Tuesday as Hurricane Felix roared toward Central America, but transport shortages left many facing the storm’s whipping winds and rain in their homes. The category-four hurricane, due to make landfall around mid-morning, charged toward Honduras and Nicaragua with top sustained winds of 215km/h.
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/ 3 September 2007
Hurricane Felix, a potentially catastrophic storm with 260km/h winds, threatened on Monday to plow along the Caribbean coast of Honduras and dump torrential rain across Central America. Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Belize posted hurricane alerts.
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/ 29 November 2005
Honduras’s governing party on Monday accused an electoral official of prematurely declaring wealthy land owner Manuel Zelaya the winner of elections, and the outgoing president urged the candidates to maintain calm as the final results are tallied.
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/ 21 November 2005
The death toll in Honduras from Tropical Storm Gamma increased on Monday to at least 15, with 13 people missing, officials said. In neighbouring Belize, five fishermen were missing at sea because of the record 27th storm of the Atlantic season, Belize media said.
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/ 21 November 2005
Tropical Storm Gamma weakened into a tropical depression and was losing more strength as it drifted off the coast of Honduras on Sunday night after killing 11 people in Honduras and three in nearby Belize. Gamma, the 24th named storm of an already record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season, was expected to bring rain to northern Honduras and central Cuba as it becomes less organised and dissipates.
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/ 20 November 2005
Tropical Storm Gamma deluged the Caribbean coast of Central America on Saturday, killing at least six people — three in flooding in Honduras and three in the crash of a small plane belonging to a lodge owned by United States filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. On Saturday night, Gamma was moving at 10kph and was located about 400km east of the Belizean capital, Belize City.