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Alice in Hondurasland

By Kerry Healey December 4, 2009 @ 8:02am

By now, much has been written by Honduran election observers about the peaceful, orderly, transparent and fair Presidential elections that took place without a hitch on November 29. Unaccountably, many nations still question the legitimacy of the new government and remain mired in rehashing the events of June 28, when President Zelaya was removed unceremoniously from office by the military at the behest of the Honduran Supreme Court. To thei…

In Zelaya's strange world, 'nowhere to hide'

By FRANCES ROBLES December 3, 2009 @ 12:31pm

For 74 days now, toppled Honduran President Manuel ``Mel'' Zelaya has slept in the library of the Brazilian embassy, where soldiers outside harassed their former commander-in-chief by barking like dogs, meowing like cats and blasting him with the Mexican ballad Two-legged Rat.

 

``The Brazilian embassy is a neo-Nazi concentration camp,'' Zelaya told The Guardian newspaper.

 

The president who was force…

Less than sum of its parts

By John Bolton November 25, 2009 @ 12:55pm

The European Union, fortified by the Treaty of Lisbon, last week selected a full-time president and foreign minister. Tony Blair, a candidate for the presidency, was rejected in favor of Belgium's little-known prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, through a process so opaque that selecting a new pope in the College of Cardinals looks transparent. The EU's first foreign minister has no foreign policy experience.

 

How will the…

Obama: Afghanistan Troop Announcement Coming Soon

By Paula Wolfson November 25, 2009 @ 8:34am

U.S. President Barack Obama says he will announce a new Afghanistan war strategy soon. Mr. Obama says he will explain his decision to the American people after the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The president held his final meeting on the new strategy Monday evening - huddling behind closed doors for several hours with members of his national security team. He says he will make the decision public soon. "I will be making an an…

President Obama Didn't Impress Asia

By John Bolton November 23, 2009 @ 11:59am

Barack Obama's first visit to Asia since his inauguration was one of the most disappointing trips by any U.S. president to the region in decades, especially given media-generated expectations that "Obamamania" would make it yet another triumphal progression. It was a journey of startlingly few concrete accomplishments, demonstrable proof that neither personal popularity nor media deference really means much in the hard world of inter…