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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Dec 2, 2009, 10:25 pm
Honduran congress The session of congress closed at 9:36 p.m. after a very long day. See my blow-by-blow 6-hour long report here and the introduction here. The final Honduras congressional vote was ...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Dec 2, 2009, 7:41 pm
Roberto Micheletti, constitutional president of the Republic of Honduras Can we have our constitutional president back now? That is, Don Roberto Micheletti. I want to hear him speak. He deserves the ...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Dec 2, 2009, 2:15 pm
Honduras congress The Honduran Congress is meeting now in a televised extraordinary session to decide whether or not Manuel Zelaya will be restored to the presidency, as required by the Tegucigalpa-S...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Dec 2, 2009, 1:17 pm
Poll from last night: What possibility do you see that the congress will restore Mel Zelaya tomorrow? None: 92% Some: 8% Today is another historic milestone for Honduras. The congress will meet toda...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Dec 2, 2009, 11:52 am
The pinky greeting of Election Day I went to three polling places on Sunday in La Ceiba (the third largest city in Honduras) and one in El Porvenir (a smaller town) in the department of Atlantida. Th...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Dec 2, 2009, 11:14 am
Socializing on election day Friends Of Honduras PO Box 65676 Washington, DC 20035 Statement on the National Elections in Honduras November 29, 2009 The Friends Of Honduras participated as Intern...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Dec 1, 2009, 11:38 pm
Honduran dicho: He who talks much about what he knows, knows little about what he says. Can I speak frankly here? These OAS people are just fools. Apparently anyone can claim anything and the OAS wil...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 29, 2009, 9:45 am
Lined up to vote Photos: El Heraldo After three days of darkness and rain, the sky is blue and the sun is shining brightly through the scattered clouds. Television coverage showed dozens of people...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 29, 2009, 8:23 am
I found the following voter abstention statistics at the Directorio Legislativo site: Elections % Abstentionism Elected President Elecciones% de AbstencionismoPresidente Constitucional Electo ...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 29, 2009, 7:06 am
No hat is going to take away my right to vote! Hat: Boycott elections Lots of ways are available to keep up with the Honduran election coverage no matter where you are. Honduran newspapers: El Hera...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 28, 2009, 2:53 pm
Reader Roy, who I believe is from Venezuela, left this very interesting comment documenting media manipulation and the 'Chávez Media Machine'. It is a perfect example of how you need to you k...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 27, 2009, 4:23 pm
Adán Fúnez, Mayor of Tocoa, Colon On his knees (literally!), the mayor of Tocoa and candidate for reelection, Adán Fúnez, renounced the resistance and asked forgiveness of the Liberals who he of...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 27, 2009, 10:29 am
Fausta of Fausta's Blog did a podcast (click above) about the Miami El Herald article, CARLOS ALBERTO MONTANER: Por qué Estados Unidos le quitó su apoyo a Zelaya (Why the US withdrew support fo...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 25, 2009, 7:36 pm
I saw the expression "tab dump" used on another blog and liked it. I generally have 20-30 tabs open, often more, so thought I would pass along some interesting articles I've been reading. I usuall...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 25, 2009, 5:38 pm
"Chanel 36 signal jammed to prevent broadcasting/information" Despite the fact that the above screen would have you believe that the Honduran government has interfered with the broadcasting of Canal ...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 24, 2009, 4:22 am
José Falck Zepeda, not Resistencia I'd like to direct you to Honduran José Falck Zepeda's blog, Honduras: Libre Democratica y Independente, to read Who are the members the Resistencia? What...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 23, 2009, 11:40 pm
Baby chick, rescued from the jaws of drool drowning (Chloe) ... Blog contents copyright © 2006-2009 La Gringa. All rights reserved. ...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 23, 2009, 2:17 pm
Mel Zelaya − not gonna do it! Let me count the ways that the Guaymuras-Tegucigalpa-San José Accord has already been violated. 1. In the first paragraph of the preamble, the Accord states that "We...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 22, 2009, 4:40 am
Sunday, November 29, 2009 Only seven days left! The following is a list of the official Honduran voting locations in the USA. Please note that the Honduran Consulate offices are NOT involved in the ...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 21, 2009, 4:28 am
Do you believe it is correct for Roberto Micheletti to temporarily retire from the presidency of the Republic? Yes: 15% No: 85% Should Micheletti step aside during elections? A lot of people think no...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 20, 2009, 11:35 am
Soldiers in La Ceiba Z-day, June 28, 2009 The military and police have been in strategy sessions in preparation for election security. Approximately 5,000 reservists have been called in to help as we...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 19, 2009, 8:15 pm
As soon as I heard Micheletti's speech, I switched the volume on Radio Globo knowing Mel Zelaya would be on to "program" his followers' reaction. Yup. Within about 15 minutes (he probably had ...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 19, 2009, 7:18 pm
President Roberto Micheletti Photo: El Tiempo, Honduras In a national television and radio broadcast tonight, Honduran President Roberto Micheletti encouraged all Hondurans, without exception, to vot...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 19, 2009, 4:27 pm
Craig Kelly, center, with Roberto Micheletti and Hugo Llorens (everyone is smiling) Photos: La Tribuna, Honduras Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Craig Kelly gave a brief press conference in Hondu...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 18, 2009, 6:18 am
The sinking ship Zelayistas and journalists are deserting the sinking ship of the Brazilian Embassy. Yesterday, Salvadoran Padre Andrés Tamayo left. Deserters are escorted away by police and, I bel...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 17, 2009, 10:47 pm
Zelaya logic Mel Zelaya's letter to Barack Obama was widely misreported or misinterpreted by the media within and outside of Honduras as claiming that he had renounced any intention to return to ...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 17, 2009, 9:30 pm
Mel Zelaya Photo: AP Everyone knows that Mel refused to provide his nominations for the Unity and Reconciliation Government, being insulted that the "golpista" Minister of the Presidency dared to req...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 11, 2009, 8:20 pm
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza I frequently torture myself by watching the hours-long videos of the Organization of American States (OAS) meetings about Honduras. While much of it is a bu...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 10, 2009, 1:38 pm
Vilma Morales, former President of Honduran Supreme Court Photo: La Tribuna, Honduras Yesterday, in a terrific noon press conference held by Honduras' own little ball of fire, Vilma Morales, form...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 9, 2009, 4:20 am
Mel Zelaya whips the crowd into a frenzy (video) On June 25, Mel Zelaya declared that the court has committed a coup d'etat against him by ordering the restitution of General Romeo Vásquez Velas...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 8, 2009, 7:14 pm
Article 239 of the Honduran constitution states that the President can only serve one term and that anyone who proposes to reform this disposition, directly or indirectly, immediately ceases in his po...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 6, 2009, 1:13 pm
Midnight announcement by Roberto Micheletti Photo: El Heraldo, Honduras Just barely meeting the November 5 deadline, Honduran President Roberto Micheletti reported to the country in a national broadc...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 5, 2009, 4:14 am
I ran across this in an AP article: "I think it was sort of assumed that there was a deal with Congress to reinstate him," said Dana Frank, a historian at the University of California, Santa Cruz. "Bu...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 4, 2009, 6:43 pm
Armida López, President of Alianza de Honduras Photo: La Tribuna, Honduras In a noon press conference, it was announced that a large Honduran civic group has just declared OAS Secretary General Jos...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 4, 2009, 1:16 pm
Update: The CNN video did not work so I replaced it with the same video on YouTube. In this CNN (Español) video from yesterday, November 3, you will hear US Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shann...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 3, 2009, 8:45 pm
Vilma Morales, former President of Honduran Supreme Court Photo: La Tribuna, Honduras Vilma Morales is tiny, but she's tough. The following is my translation of a press release from the Casa Pre...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 3, 2009, 1:12 pm
OAS Secretary General and Emperor of Honduras, José Insulza Photo: La Tercera, Chile I'll preface this article by saying, "if this La Tercera article is true..." Let's just admit that the G...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 2, 2009, 4:47 pm
Mel Zelaya: Fooled ya again! Photo: La Prensa, Honduras Article 10, the Final Declaration, of the Guaymuras-Tegucigalpa-San José Accord states: "In the name of reconciliation and patriotic spirit th...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 1, 2009, 10:50 pm
Zelaya and Thomas Shannon Photos: La Prensa, Honduras How did Thomas Shannon, US Assistant Secretary of State, works such wonders in two days after four months of standoff? We'll probably never k...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Nov 1, 2009, 5:13 am
Already! Even before the formal Accord signing ceremony, Mel Zelaya, from his tin foil lined room, is once again giving ultimatums. And once again showing that he has no intentions of abiding by the A...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Oct 31, 2009, 9:45 pm
The following are my notes from the Guaymuras Accord, now being called the Tegucigalpa/San José Accord. I've simplified and just included the main requirements, rather than trying to translate it...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Oct 30, 2009, 3:53 pm
Here is a copy of the signed Guaymuras Accord (in Spanish). I'm listening to another press conference. If I heard correctly (pounding headache, fever, and earaches), the Honduran congress is in r...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Oct 30, 2009, 12:21 am
Honduran President Roberto Micheletti President Roberto Micheletti made an announcement at 10 pm. He has agreed to Zelaya's demand that the National Congress decide the issue of Zelaya's rest...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Oct 29, 2009, 11:45 pm
Okay, folks, all of you who want to help Honduras. Here is your chance: Become an election observer! The Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) wants you! This is something that ALL expatriates in Hondur...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Oct 29, 2009, 2:12 pm
US State Department reps meet with Micheletti Photos: El Heraldo The big guns US State Department representative Thomas Shannon and his team met with US Ambassador Hugo Llorens, Zelaya, Micheletti, ...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Oct 28, 2009, 6:25 pm
Eduardo Maldonado, Radio Globo I was listening to Radio Globo, the "opposition" radio station that used to promote insurrection and violence. Radio Globo is also responsible for spreading many of the...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Oct 28, 2009, 11:15 am
Thomas Shannon, US State Department Photo: La Prensa, Honduras Today's La Prensa front page headline reads (translated) "Heavy artillery from the USA arrives today to pressure for an arrangement....
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Oct 27, 2009, 12:02 pm
Emperor Hugo Chávez For those who haven't heard the latest from Nicaragua, this brief Wall Street Journal summaries the recent Nicaraguan Supreme Court decision that, inexplicably, the constitut...
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La Gringa posted an article on La Gringa's Blogicito - Oct 26, 2009, 12:40 pm
Guanaja beach Photo: Bob Barbanes Mel Zelaya, Patty Rodas, and others of his supporters have traveled the hemisphere, not only to garner support for Zelaya's restoration, but to promote sanctions...
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