• Popular leaders in Honduras detained and wounded
July.31.09
TEGUCIGALPA, July 30.— Several leaders of the National Front against the Coup in Honduras were detained today during army and police repression of a peaceful popular demonstration.

• Another anti-coup national strike in Honduras
July.30.09
TEGUCIGALPA, July 30.—Another national strike in the state sector, marches, and the taking of highways and public institutions characterize Honduras today on the 33rd day of popular resistance to military coup.
- Now it is the people who have the say

• Genocide in Honduras, states human rights defender
July.29.09
TEGUCIGALPA, July 28 (PL).— The Honduran armed forces and police are committing practicing collective genocide, affirmed a defender of human rights in the country, which is one month into the coup today.

• Venezuela withdraws ambassador to Colombia and freezes trade
July.29.09
CARACAS, July 28.— The Venezuelan government today ordered the withdrawal of its ambassador in Colombia and began the process of freezing economic relations, after being accused of delivering weapons to guerrilla forces in the neighboring country.

• Military repression heightens tension in the Honduras crisis
July.28.09
TEGUCIGALPA, July 27.—Repression on the part of the armed forces against opponents of the military coup of June 28 is constantly accentuating the crisis to increasingly explosive levels in Honduras.

• Second day of general strike in Honduras
July.24.09
TEGUCIGALPA (PL).—The three principal labor unions in Honduras are maintaining a general strike in the state sector for the second day this Friday, supported by road blocks put in place by the popular forces repudiating the coup d’état.

• Intensive day of anti-coup protests in Honduras
July.23.09
HONDURAN popular movements demonstrated this Wednesday against the military coup in Tegucigalpa, the capital, and in other areas of the country, prior to a general strike for the reestablishment of constitutional order. Thousands of people, convened by the National Front against the Coup d’Etat, marched through the northern barrios of the capital and converged on Central Park in the historic quarter.

• Lazo brings Fidel and Raúl’s greetings to Cuban internationalist workers in Nicaragua
July.21.09
MANAGUA, July 20. — Esteban Lazo, vice president of the Council of State, brought greetings from Cuba’s top authorities to the Cuban internationalist workers and personnel in Nicaragua, PL reports.

• The destiny of Latin America is at stake
July.20.09
MANAGUA, July 19.— Esteban Lazo, vice president of the Council of State, stated here today that the destiny of Latin America and the right of the peoples to freely elect their leaders will be decided in Honduras, PL reports.

• HONDURAS
Fifteenth day of constant protests against coup d’état
July.13.09
THE Honduran people’s organizations returned to the streets of Tegucigalpa on Sunday to express their rejection of the June 28th military coup and to demand the restoration of democratic law, PL reports.

• Honduras: Resistance continues
July.10.09
TEGUCIGALPA, July 9.—Thousands of people marched for the tenth consecutive day today, condemning the military coup of June 28 and demanding the restoration of constitutional order.

• Honduran people block roads in protest of coup regime
July.9.09
TEGUCIGALPA, July 8.— Thousands of members of Honduran popular organizations today blocked the highways at different points throughout the country on the eleventh day of demonstrations to demand an end to the coup regime and the return to power of President Manuel Zelaya.

• We have to go on fighting
July.8.09
AFTER having been hunted down along with her family, the first lady of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, yesterday headed a mass march in Tegucigalpa for democracy, against the coup d’état and for the restoration of the Honduran constitutional president, Manuel Zelaya.

• Honduras and the "twin-track" policy of the United States
July.7.09
UNTIL Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is returned to Tegucigalpa with all of the powers established in that Central American nation’s Constitution, we must be wary of the "twin-track" policy.

• NOAL demands Manuel Zelaya’s reinstatement as president of Honduras
July.7.09
UNITED NATIONS, July 6.— The Coordination Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement today condemned the use of force against unarmed civilians in Honduras and called for the immediate reinstatement of Manuel Zelaya as constitutional president of that country.

• Honduran army’s violent repression results in deaths and injuries
July.6.09
THE people of Honduras responded to their constitutional president, Manuel Zelaya, and like a single body, advanced through the streets of Tegucigalpa to the Toncontín International Airport to wait for him on Sunday afternoon, defying army and police forces working for the de facto government. The repression was not long in coming.
 
• Huge march in Honduras to demand Zelaya’s return
July.6.09
TEGUCIGALPA, July 5.— The Honduran people took to the streets of the capital this Sunday to welcome the constitutional president, Manuel Zelaya, but his arrival was frustrated by the military who blocked the runway during a tense day that left two people dead after being fired on by soldiers...

• President Manuel Zelaya leaving for Tegucigalpa
July.5.09
TEGUCIGALPA, July 5.—President Manuel Zelaya has announced his imminent departure for Tegucigalpa in the company of Miguel d’Escoto, president of the UN General Assembly, to accompany his people in the reestablishment of democracy.

• President Zelaya leaving for Honduras this morning
July.5.09
WASHINGTON.—The president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, is leaving the United States for Honduras at 09:00 to 10:00 this morning and his arrival in that Central American nation is scheduled for 13:00 to 14:00. He confirmed his departure this Sunday in an interview at 02:00 given to the Telesur network, according to news agencies.

• Message from President Zelaya to the Honduran people
July.4.09
TEGUCIGALPA, July 4 (PL).—President Manuel Zelaya sent a message to the Honduran people today assuring them that he is prepared to make any effort and any sacrifice to obtain the freedom that the country needs.

• One journalist killed and another wounded by hired assassins in Honduras
July.4.09
GABRIEL Ciro Noriega, a journalist from San Juan Pueblo, was killed on Friday night after leaving a television program, according to Andrés Pavón Murillo, president of the Human Rights Defense Committee in Honduras. 

• Honduras: resistance movement condemns violations by coup faction
July.4.09
TEGUCIGALPA (PL).—On Saturday June 4, the Popular Resistance Movement Against the Coup D’état condemned the growing repression by the de facto dictatorship led by the oligarchy in Honduras.

• Correa and Cristina on their way to Washington to confirm that they will travel with Zelaya
July.4.09
BUENOS ARIES, July 3.— Argentine President Cristina Fernández left for Washington this evening to join the delegation that will accompany constitutional President Manuel Zelaya on his return to Honduras, reported state news agency, Télam.

• Coup command uses brutality against demonstrations in Honduras
July.3.09
TEGUCIGALPA, July 2 (PL).—Popular demonstrations against the coup continued for the fifth successive day in Honduras, demanding the restoration of democratic rule of law and the return of President José Manuel Zelaya.

• Thousands in Honduras demand Zelaya’s return
July.2.09
TEGUCIGALPA.—An impressive demonstration yesterday flowed through the principal streets of the Honduran capital in repudiation of the military coup and calling for the return of Manuel Zelaya, the constitutional president.

• President-elect of Panama receives Esteban Lazo
July.2.09
PANAMA, July 1.— Ricardo Martinelli, the president-elect of Panama, today received Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo, who is leading a delegation from the island to the swearing-in ceremony.

• Zelaya expresses thanks in General Assembly for international support
July.1.09
CARACAS, June 30.— The constitutional president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, said that the UN resolution passed unanimously today, condemning the coup d’état perpetrated against the constitutional government of Honduras, was greatly uplifting for the dignity of the people of Honduras and the rest of the world.

• Curfew extended in Honduras
July.1.09
TEGUCIGALPA.— The de facto authorities in Honduras have extended the curfew until next Friday, according to a communiqué from the secretary for information and the press, according to AFP.

• Complete text of
June.30.09
Speech by President Raúl Castro Ruz in the extraordinary session of the Rio Group Summit, Managua, June 29, 2009

• Rio Group demands reinstatement of Zelaya
June.30.09
MANAGUA, June 29.— The Rio Group today condemned the coup d’état perpetrated in Honduras and reaffirmed its unconditional backing for the only president of that Central American country, José Manuel Zelaya.

• ALBA presidents condemn coup and back Zelaya
June.29.09
THE Extraordinary Presidential Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), taking place in Managua, Nicaragua, has condemned the coup d’état in Honduras and is backing that country’s constitutionally-elected president, Manuel Zelaya.

• Hondurans back Zelaya’s referendum
June.26.09
TEGUCIGALPA, June 25.—"Nobody is going to stop Sunday’s referendum," affirmed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya at the start of a popular convoy led by Zelaya to the headquarters of the Air Force to "rescue" the ballot boxes and slips for a referendum scheduled for this Sunday and seized by the Public Ministry.

• Historic victory for Peruvian indigenous people
June.25.09
THE selfless struggle of the original peoples of the Peruvian Amazon, in the face of a ferocious governmental massacre that left an estimated 30-plus dead, dozens of injured and unknown total of disappeared, has been crowned – at least temporarily – by the...

• EL SALVADOR
Fight against corruption and for justice
June.25.09
WITHOUT having concluded the first month of its mandate, the government of President Mauricio Funes has confirmed that corruption and the outrages of 20 years under ARENA Party governments were a bottomless barrel from which the resources of a country immersed in the most extreme poverty were allowed to escape into private pockets.

• Faced with paradigms that attempt to dictate to us, the ALBA is our most dignified response
June.25.09
MARACAY, Venezuela, June 24.— Cuba today expressed its satisfaction over the entry of Ecuador, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, and Antigua & Barbuda into the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA).

• ALBA Summit today in Venezuela
June.24.09
CARACAS, June 23.—Delegations from countries comprising the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) are arriving in Venezuela for a summit in which the bloc will grow from six to nine members.

• Nicaragua: illiteracy-free
June.23.09
MANAGUA, June 22.— The government announced this Monday that Nicaragua is now considered to be a country free of illiteracy, following the publication of a report revealing a 19% reduction to just 4.7% of the population unable to read and write.

• Three more countries joinALBA
June.22.09
CARACAS, June 21.— Ecuador, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Antigua and Barbuda are to join the ALBA bloc (Bolivarian Alternative for Our America) this week, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said today.

• Chávez warns of separatist plots in Venezuela
June.15.09
CARACAS, June 14.–– President Hugo Chávez has warned of separatist plots attempting to revive the Venezuelan oligarchy in the states of Zulia and Táchira, which lie in the southwestern part of the country, PL reports.

• Chávez announces Ecuador’s official entry into ALBA
June.4.09
CARACAS, June 3.—Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez today informed that Ecuador’s official incorporation into the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) is to take place at a meeting that should be attended by all the member nation presidents. In a statement on the Venezolana de Televisión’s “Dando y Dando” program, Chávez affirmed that President Rafael Correa had ratified his country’s entry into the regional mechanism.

• Cuba and El Salvador reestablish relations
June.2.09
SAN SALVADOR, June 1— In the presence of President Mauricio Funes, who was inaugurated on Monday, diplomatic ties between his country and Cuba were officially reestablished after the historic signing of a agreement by Salvadoran Foreign Minister Hugo Martínez, and Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandro González.

• Legacy for the new government: growing poverty and a country in crisis
June.1.09
SAN SALVADOR, May 31.–– Growing poverty and the country’s slide into economic, social, and institutional crisis is the sad legacy of the outgoing government in El Salvador, affirmed the Farabundo Martí Front for National Liberation (FMLN), PL reports.

• Evo Morales calls to defend Bolivian unity
May.26.09
SUCRE, Bolivia, May 25.— Bolivian President Evo Morales today called on the people to defend the country’s unity and consolidate the democratic and cultural revolution that he is taking forward together with the people, PL reports.

• The dream of a country
May.15.09
ONE day, Puerto Rico will be part of the choir of free nations. With that conviction, Norma Pérez Muñiz speaks on every platform.

• WONDERS OF OUR AMERICA
The Iguazu Falls, where Argentina and Brazil embrace
May.15.09
IN northeast Argentina, in Mendoza province, about 1,000 km from Buenos Aires, there is a place that brings to mind Biblical accounts of the creation of the world. It is the Iguazu Falls, one of the most transcendent natural beauties of Our America.

• Rafael Correa: historic victory in Ecuador
April 27.09
AFTER being reelected president of Ecuador last Sunday, Rafael Correa confirmed that he is to emphasize his socialist project. The leader of the Movimiento Alianza País achieved a historic and unprecedented victory. No other candidate has won in the first electoral round since 1976. The triumph allows Correa to govern until 2013.

• Warning that risk of assassination remains in Bolivia
April 20.09
LA PAZ, April 19. – Bolivian Vice President Alvaro García Linera stated today that the life of President Evo Morales and the state itself are still at risk of an attack on the part of a terrorist group that planned an assassination attempt that was uncovered this week in Santa Cruz, the EFE reported.

• Cuba reaffirms vocation of solidarity with the people of the Americas
April 17.09
Speech by President Raúl Castro Ruz, in the public segment of the 5th Extraordinary ALBA Summit, Cumaná, Venezuela, April 16, 2009

• Unity, firmness and solidarity characterize 7th ALBA Summit
"We have no other option than to unite in order to confront the economic crisis," affirms Raúl in his address to the Summit
April 17.09
PRESIDENT Raúl Castro Ruz is leading the Cuban delegation to the 7th ALBA Presidential Summit (Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America), which began yesterday in Camaná, capital of the state of Sucre, Venezuela.

• A MEMORABLE DAY IN BOLIVIA
Evo Morales announces new electoral law
April 15.09
LA PAZ (ABI).— On Tuesday, April 14, President Evo Morales announced that a new electoral law had been passed that will serve as a guide for the general elections in December 2009, on a day that he described as "unforgettable, another memorable date" for the Bolivian people.

• EVO MORALES SUSPENDS HUNGER STRIKE
Congress approves new electoral law
April 14.09
LA PAZ. – Bolivian President Evo Morales ended his hunger strike on Tuesday minutes after Congress approved a new Electoral Transition Law, which will guarantee the general elections on December 6.

• Evo receives support from Venezuelan and Nicaraguan Presidents
April 13.09
LA PAZ, April 12.— On Sunday, Bolivian President Evo Morales received backing from his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chávez, while he was explaining on Bolivian national television his arguments for embarking on a hunger strike

• 5th Americas Summit
Nicaragua affirms that the draft statement has not been unanimously agreed on
April 8.09
MANAGUA, April 7. – The Nicaraguan government maintained today that the final declaration for the 5th Americas Summit, which will take place in Trinidad and Tobago, is only a rough draft that "has not been approved or agreed to by consensus" by the heads of state who will attend the meeting from April 17 to 19.

• SELA member states declare themselves against the blockade on Cuba
April 1.09
CARACAS —The 27 member states of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), meeting in Caracas, called this March 31 for an end to the U.S. financial and economic blockade of Cuba, in place for more than 50 years now.

• Negotiate with dignity
March 31.09
TEGUCIGALPA, March 30.—Negotiations between Central America and the European Union (EU) must strengthen the liberty and dignity of the two regions, affirmed Honduran President José Manuel Zelaya, at the start of official talks between the two blocs which begin today, reported PL.

• Ecuador and Paraguay deepen integrationist spirit
March 24.09
ASUNCION, March 23 – The presidents of Ecuador and Paraguay, Rafael Correa and Fernando Lugo, underlined today in this capital city the will of both governments to advance in strengthening bilateral ties and promoting regional integration.

• Evo inaugurates Literacy Improvement Program in Bolivia
March 23.09
ORURO, Bolivia, March 22. – During the inauguration of the Literacy Improvement Program in Chipaya in the Altiplano (388 kilometers south of La Paz) on Sunday, President Evo Morales affirmed that the best way to decolonize the South American Nation is by recovering the identity of the Bolivian people.

• FMLN wins in El Salvador
March 16.09
SAN SALVADOR, March 15.— The Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front won El Salvador’s presidential elections with 51.3% of the vote, after 90.4% of ballots had been counted, in a tendency considered as irreversible, it was officially reported, according to the ANSA news agency.

• FMLN call to defend the vote
March 13.09
SAN SALVADOR, March 12.—Mauricio Funes, the Salvadoran presidential candidate for the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), concluded his campaign with a massively-attended event in Soyapango, where he called on the people to defend the vote.

• South American defense ministers demand an end to the blockade of Cuba
March 11.09
SANTIAGO DE CHILE, March 10.— Defense ministers from the region, meeting today here at the first South American Defense Council (CDS), agreed on the need for the United States  to bring an end to the unjust economic blockade of Cuba, imposed for almost 50 years, reports PL.

• Chávez reiterates to Obama extradition request for terrorist Posada Carriles
February 27.09
CARACAS.—Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has repeated his request to the United States government for the extradition of terrorist Luis Posada Carriles and former President Carlos Andrés Pérez, who was responsible for the Caracazo massacre, PL reported.

• Yes to Chávez and the continuity of the Revolution
February 16.09
CARACAS, February 15. — With the resounding victory of the "Yes" vote, the majority of Venezuelans made the decision to amend their Constitution and give the opportunity to all elected officials, including the president, to run for reelection and guarantee the continuity of the Bolivarian Revolution.
- Message from Fidel to Chávez

• Ten years ago, a new era began in Latin America
February 3.09
CARACAS, February 2 .— Today does not just mark 10 years of Revolution; it marks 10 years since the beginning of a new era in Latin America, the start of a new day, President Hugo Chávez said, addressing a large crowd who braved the rain to commemorate one decade of the Bolivarian Revolution.

• José Ramón Machado leads Cuban delegation to Bolivarian Revolution’s 10th anniversary celebrations
February 2.09
FIRST Vice President José Ramón Machado arrived in Caracas yesterday to attend celebrations for the 10th anniversary of the Bolivarian Revolution, in which context an extraordinary ALBA...

• Advance of Mission Miracle in Venezuela highlighted
January 27.09
CARACAS, January 26.—To date this year, 11,692 Venezuelans have recovered their sight after surgery within Mission Miracle, according to Manuel Pacheco, the international coordinator, PL reports.

• Bolivia says Yes!
January 26.09
LA PAZ, January 25.—President Evo Morales confirmed today from the balcony of the Quemado Palace that the re-founding of Bolivia is underway, in reference to the triumph at the polls of the new Constitution, by a large majority.

• Bolivia and Venezuela break off diplomatic relations with Israel
January 15.09
LA PAZ/CARACAS, January 14.— Bolivia and Venezuela today broke off diplomatic relations with Israel over the aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza, which has left more than 1,000 dead and close to 4,600 wounded. According to PL...

• Haiti and the slave route
January 14.09
THE 205th anniversary of the emancipation of Haiti calls for a vindication of the country that on January 1, 1804, initiated the dawn of liberation in Our America.