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Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:28 PM

National Party (HN)

Type: Organization
Name: National Party (HN) (National Party, Partido Nacional, PNH)
First Reported 11/01/2009 - Updated 11/01/2009 - 5 Documents
TEGUCIGALPA - A government led by the opposition party Unidad Nacional party in Honduras will replace de facto leader Roberto Micheletti by November 5, under the agreement signed by Michelletti and ousted president, Manuel Zelaya and bring peace to the ... [Inside Costa Rica - 11/01/2009]
First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 2 Documents
Ricardo Lagos - Click to view image in its original context
Ricardo Lagos
By Cecilia Barria BBC News, Tegucigalpa Despite tensions, Mr Zelaya remains in good spirits in the Brazilian embassy After four months of conflict, the political agreement reached in Honduras can be likened to a circus elephant balancing on a tightro ... [BBC - 11/03/2009]
First Reported 11/04/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 2 Documents
Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya dance during a rally outside the congress building in Tegucigalpa on November 4, 2009. (Jose Cabezas/AFP/) TEGUCIGALPAOusted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya may have jeopardized his bid to return ... [Epoch Times - 11/05/2009]
First Reported 11/04/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
Organization of American States - Click to view image in its original context
Organization of American States
Four of the six candidates in the Honduran presidential election have signed a pact binding them to a defense of democratic order, peace and freedom if any of them is elected in the Nov. 29 poll.The pact was initialed as a guarantee against misuse of ... [UPI - 11/04/2009]
First Reported 11/04/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
Daniel Ortega - Click to view image in its original context
Daniel Ortega
UThe plan was agreed to last week by supporters of Mr. Zelaya and the head of the de facto government, Roberto Micheletti, with a powerful nudge from a U.S. delegation led by Tom Shannon, assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs. It ... [Miami Herald - 11/04/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
Four of the six candidates for Honduras presidential election next November 29th signed Tuesday the social pact to strengthen democracy, peace and freedom, one of several steps agreed last week to end the four months institutional crisis of the Central ... [Merco Press - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/12/2009 - Updated 11/12/2009 - 1 Documents
Hugo Chávez - Click to view image in its original context
Hugo Chávez
The U.S. drops its support for Honduran former president Manuel Zelaya. Hugo Chávez says nothing, a development in itself.The October 30 Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord (translated here), under which the United States and other nations are to recognize the ... [Pajamas Media - 11/12/2009]
First Reported 10/22/2009 - Updated 10/22/2009 - 1 Documents
Uncertainty surrounding Honduras' political future has not stopped candidates from launching their campaigns for a presidential election scheduled for 29 November, with conservative Porfirio Lobo Sosa from the National Party (Partido Nacional: PN) as ... [Jane's Airport Review - 10/22/2009]
First Reported 10/25/2009 - Updated 10/25/2009 - 1 Documents
Honduras' de facto leaders are hunkering down to stay in power until a November election, tightening controls on protests and grinding down ousted President Manuel Zelaya by blasting his refuge with rock music. With Central America's worst political crisis ... [Kuwait Times - 10/25/2009]
First Reported 10/27/2009 - Updated 10/27/2009 - 1 Documents
At stake: President, National CongressBackgroundHonduras was once regarded as one of the poorest and least developed countries in Latin America. After a period of stability, the Central American nation is now facing new political challenges.In the 20th ... [Angus Reid Global Monitor - 10/27/2009]
First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/30/2009 - 1 Documents
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Deposed President Manuel Zelaya and his opponents have agreed to a U.S.-brokered deal that he believes will return him to power four months after a coup shook faith in Latin America's young democracies.The power-sharing agreement ... [Los Angeles Times - 10/30/2009]
First Reported 10/31/2009 - Updated 10/31/2009 - 1 Documents
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Deposed President Manuel Zelaya and his opponents have agreed to a US-brokered deal that he said will return him to power four months after a coup.The power-sharing agreement reached late Thursday calls for the Honduran Congress ... [New York Post - 10/31/2009]

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...' It's for that reason, Lobo claims, that he's moved his conservative National Party to the center. The next government should "reflect more Christian humanism. We've been too alienated from the poor."
...of Zelaya and Micheletti's Liberal Party, and the National Party candidate, Porfirio Lobo, have urged Congress to make a decision soon on Zelaya. "What needs to happen is for Congress to make a decision because there is no point in prolonging the crisis" Santos said...
..."Micheletti and Zelaya made a pact, and as long as that pact is carried out the world has to recognize the elections as valid," he says. "So at this point, what does it matter which of them is in office when the election is held?" Lobo also knows that as long as the vote is sanctioned by the U S , from whom Honduras gets the lion's share of its trade and aid, he needn't lose too...
This puts the spotlight on the 55 conservative National Party lawmakers, who supported the coup in June but who could now back Zelaya. "I think it's viable because the parties need stability and need the elections to be recognized" said Rolando Sierra, a historian at the National Autonomous University of Honduras

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Unmagical Realism in Central America [Time - 11/19/2009]
Honduran Congress awaits court opinion on Zelaya [Washington Post - 11/09/2009]
Dissident Voice : Honduran Accord Solidifies Co... [Dissident Voice - 11/07/2009]
Lobo Sosa Leads Before Honduran Ballot [Angus Reid Global Monitor - 11/07/2009]
Zelaya-Micheletti Honduras Deal Risks Trouble f... [Time - 11/06/2009]
I believe a president should focus on the masse... [Latin America Press - 11/06/2009]
Honduran presidential hopefuls sign democracy a... [Merco Press - 11/06/2009]
Agreement to End Honduran Coup Marks Victory an... [Global Exchange - 11/06/2009]
Honduras's political conflict: Zelaya's scrap o... [The Economist - 11/05/2009]
Zelaya Stumbles in Bid to Lead Honduras Again [Epoch Times - 11/05/2009]
Honduras candidates ink democracy & good-go... [UPI - 11/04/2009]
ANALYSIS - Zelaya stumbles in bid to lead Hondu... [Reuters India - 11/04/2009]
The Honduran solution [Miami Herald - 11/04/2009]
The Real Winner in Honduras: The United States? [Upside Down World - 11/04/2009]
Honduran lawmakers put off vote on Zelaya's return [Forbes.com - 11/04/2009]
Honduran lawmakers put off vote on Zelaya's ret... [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/04/2009]
Honduran lawmakers put off vote for court opini... [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/03/2009]
Honduras pact remains in the balance [BBC - 11/03/2009]
Honduran front-runner key to negotiations [Taipei Times Online - 11/03/2009]
Honduras election commission takes off; Lobo le... [Merco Press - 11/02/2009]
Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya embrac... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/01/2009]
Opposition Party To Form Interim Government In ... [Inside Costa Rica - 11/01/2009]
Q+A: Honduran rivals reach deal on crisis, but ... [Reuters - 11/01/2009]
Honduran opposition leader key to ending confli... [Yahoo! News - 11/01/2009]
Honduran opposition leader key to ending conflict [Reuters UK - 11/01/2009]
Honduran Congress to review crisis accord Tuesday [SignOn San Diego - 11/01/2009]
Honduras big back [New York Post - 10/31/2009]
Agreement to End Honduran Coup Marks Victory an... [IRC Americas Program - 10/31/2009]
Agreement reached to restore ousted Honduran pr... [Los Angeles Times - 10/30/2009]
Honduras: Interview with Carlos H. Reyes trade ... [NYC Independent Media Center - 10/28/2009]
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U.S. (Belatedly) Changes Course on Zelaya, Ch&#... [Pajamas Media - 11/12/2009]
The U.S. drops its support for Honduran former president Manuel Zelaya. Hugo Chávez says nothing, a development in itself.The October 30 Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord ...
Laura Carlsen: The Little Coup that Couldn't [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 10/31/2009]
On Oct. 29, Honduras' de facto regime finally agreed to allow Congress to vote on whether to "return executive power to its state prior June 28"--a convoluted ...
Daniel Altschuler: Tense Stand-off in the Run-u... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 09/11/2009]
Three months before Honduras' scheduled elections, tensions remain high in Tegucigalpa. Walls and campaign propaganda are covered with pro-Zelaya graffiti; ...
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