Honduras offers return, but not office: PHOTO
While the US prepares to cut aid to Honduras for enforcing its own laws, the man they want returned to power in Tegulcigapa has an offer to come home — but not to return to office.

Micheletti: Zelaya's return a non-starter: PHOTO
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Honduras interim President Roberto Micheletti says the only way ousted Manuel Zelaya could return would be to face charges. Micheletti was named interim president after a military coup sacked Zelaya, who was shuttled to Costa Rica after his ouster in June. Micheletti said Zelaya would be jailed and tried on 18 charges of violating the Constitution if he returned, McClatchy News Service reported Tuesday. "The only way President Zelaya can return is if he...

Honduras court shuns Zelaya deal
Honduras's Supreme Court has rejected a Costa Rica-brokered deal to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power and ordered his arrest if he returns.

State Dept suspends Honduras visa service: PHOTO
Never let it be said that the Obama administration took a defeat graciously.

Central American bank freezes Honduras loans following coup
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Central America's development bank says it is freezing credits to Honduras following the June 28 coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Local media say the decision could affect infrastructure projects like planned highways in the impoverished Central American nation. The Central American Bank for Economic Integration said in a statement Wednesday that the freeze is provisional, while the banks' governors weigh whether to suspend financing. The bank has provided...

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Zelaya's expulsion illegal, says Obama
Guadalajara (Mexico), Aug 11 (Xinhua) US President Barack Obama has said the expulsion of Honduran president from office was illegal. Obama made the remarks at a press conference after the two-day Fifth North American Leaders’ Summit that ended here in western Mexico Monday. Mexican President Felipe Calderon said his country would continue to push for restoration of the democratically elected Honduras President Manuel Zelaya. Zelaya earlier said the US pressure on the post-coup government...

Insurers explore savings in overseas care: PHOTO
As Washington searches for ways to tame the country's escalating Health Care costs, more insurers are offering networks of surgeons and dentists in places like India and Costa Rica.

Costa Rica's president contracts swine flu, quarantined at home with fever
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rican President Oscar Arias says he has Swine Flu and has been quarantined at home with a fever and sore throat. In a statement, the 69-year-old president and Nobel Peace Prize winner said Tuesday that he is being treated with the anti-flu medicine oseltamivir. The statement says Arias suffers from asthma and is at higher risk than most.

OAS chief: Honduras' chance for negotiation shrinking: PHOTO
The head of the Organization of American States warns of diminishing prospects for a negotiated solution to Honduras' political crisis. "I believe there is still some room left (for negotiations,) but it's shrinking," Jose Miguel Insulza told a press conference in Washington on Wednesday after his return from a two-day visit to Tegucigalpa. Insulza and his delegation tried but failed to persuade the de facto government to accept a plan negotiated by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias that would...

OAS mission in Honduras ends without breakthrough: PHOTO
Costa Rica's Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno (R) reads a statement next to OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza during a news conference in Tegucigalpa August 25, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>     TEGUCIGALPA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- A mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Honduras seeking a solution to the country's political deadlock ended Tuesday without breakthrough.     The mission, led by OAS Secretary...