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Honduras leaves the OAS: “There is no room in the OAS for freedom-loving countries.”
faustasblog.com - 7/4/2009
Honduras leaves the OAS: “There is no room in the OAS for freedom-loving countries.”
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Fron Libertad Digital: HONDURAS RENUNCIA A SU PRESENCIA EN EL ORGANISMO “En la OEA ya no existe espacio para los estados que aman su libertad” (brief translation: If you used this translation please credit me and link to this post) The Micheletti administration renounced the OAS ...
BBC NEWS | Americas | Honduran court defiant on Zelaya
news.bbc.co.uk - 7/4/2009
BBC NEWS | Americas | Honduran court defiant on Zelaya
— news.bbc.co.uk — The Supreme Court of Honduras has rejected a demand by the Organization of American States to reinstate... the ousted President, Manuel Zelaya. OAS chief Miguel Insulza was told that the court's position was "irreversible" when he met its president for ... (more) BBC NEWS | Americas | Honduran court defiant on Zelaya

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Honduras: will Zelaya show up?
faustasblog.com - 7/5/2009
Honduras: will Zelaya show up?
— faustasblog.com — A brief roundoup of headlines: Honduras will not allow the landing any airplane that may be carrying... Mel Zelaya back to the country. While Zelaya was saying he was going back, in the company of OAS head Insulza, Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez, Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, ... (more) Honduras: will Zelaya show up?

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Honduras Abandoned
hondurasabandoned.blogspot.com - 7/4/2009
Honduras Abandoned
— hondurasabandoned.blogspot.com — My Photo Hunter Smith With no formal training or instruction, I picked up a camera, notepad, and... plane ticket to Tegucigalpa, Honduras where I could report on the change of power that has occurred in Honduras and the possible return of former ... (more) Honduras Abandoned

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Knowledge is Power:  today’s declaration of independence

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Gates of Vienna:  Honduras to the OAS: “Hasta La Vista!”

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today’s declaration of independence
Knowledge is Power — It’s probably not what you think. The Micheletti administration renounced the OAS charter �effective immediately�, following Jos� Miguel Insulza�s visit. Vice-chancellor Marta Lorena Alvarado read the letter addressed to Insulza, which stated the government�s decision �the OAS believes that it no longer has room for Honduras, for the states that love their freedom and defend their sovereignty,� � �in spite of Honduras having taken part in the inter-American systen since its first stages in ...

At the limit of Honduras
Belmont Club — Fausta has been following events in Honduras. Start here and keep scrolling down. Ferdsblog has tried to summarize events from the point of view of whether or nor Hugo Chavez gets to extend his sphere of influence. My guess is that the domestic Honduran situation is complex, but the international politics of the crisis are not. Both the anti-Zelaya and Zelaya groups appear to have supporters on the ground, if this entrepeneurial blogger who lit out for the Honduras with nothing but a notebook is right. From the international political perspective, Chavez is ...

Honduras to the OAS: “Hasta La Vista!”
Gates of Vienna — We went to the Charlottesville Independence Day Tea Party today — in Stonewall Jackson Park, no less! One of us will be reporting on it eventually. In the meantime, for news from the rest of the Western Hemisphere, check out Fausta’s blog. She has the latest on Honduras: Honduras leaves the OAS: “There is no room in the OAS for freedom-loving countries.” From Libertad Digital: HONDURAS RENUNCIA A SU PRESENCIA EN EL ORGANISMO “En la OEA ya no existe espacio para los estados que aman su libertad” (brief ...

Larwyn's Linx: In Dependence Day
Doug Ross @ Journal — ... Independence Day : Anchoress Obama's future memoirs : AT (Guanipa) Climate & Energy Driehaus admits all families will receive 5-10% carbon tax hit : Virtuous Republic Climate Change Factoid o' the Day : TigerHawk Some Time to Ponder : AJacksonian Media He doesn't get it : Phillips Krauthammer and Palin : Doc Zero Palin Derangement Syndrome: Photoshopping Trig : AT (Lifson) CNN vs. the Tea Parties : Blatt World Honduras leaves the OAS : Fausta Saudis greenlight IDF attack on Iran : TAB MI6 chief ...

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