The Honduran police have promised on Tuesday to investigate the murder of a gay rights activist who also was amongst protesters that rallied in the June coup that toppled President Manuel Zelaya. The anti-coup National Resistance Front said gunmen in a vehicle had shot at and wounded Walter Trochez on Sunday as he was walking in Tegucigalpa....
Wealthy rancher Porfirio Lobo declared victory after election results showed a broad lead for the candidate from the opposition National Party. Porfirio Lobo has won the presidential election in Honduras, with about 56 percent of ballots cast. Election officials say voter turnout was high, in spite of a call by ousted President Manuel Zelaya...
Assassination of the anti-coup resistance leader in the southern Honduran region clouds even more the tense political atmosphere in the country, ahead of the questioned elections on Sunday. The National Front against the Coup d’Etat leader Luis Gradis Espinal’s corpse was found on Tuesday after he was arrested by the police, human...
The coup last summer in this tiny, Central American country exploded into an international incident, with thousands of Hondurans taking to the streets while everyone from Barack Obama to Fidel Castro lined up behind ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Now, with Zelaya still holed up in the Brazilian Embassy, voters will choose a new president...