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Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:42 PM

Ricardo Lagos

Type: Person

Name: Ricardo Lagos (Ricardo Lagos Escobar)

Title: Former President (resigned 2006)

Organization: Chile

Date of Birth: 02/03/1938

Place of Birth: Santiago

Nationality: Chile

Fact Sheet: Biography for Ricardo Lagos Escobar

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Michelle Bachelet

Timeline: Chile

1535 - Indigenous Araucanian people successfully resist first Spanish invasion of Chile.1541 - Pedro de Valdivia begins Spanish conquest and founds Santiago.1553 - Araucanians capture and kill Valdivia.1810 - Junta in Santiago proclaims autonomy for Chile ... [BBC - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Chile, Michelle Bachelet, Salvador Allende

First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 1 Documents

Kufuor formally joins Club de Madrid

Ghana's former President, John Agyekum Kufuor has officially been called into the Club de Madrid. His incorporation into the Club was not in isolation. It came together with that of Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo, Festus Mogae, former President of Botswana ... [Ghana Review International - 11/14/2009]

Entities: Madrid, John Agyekum Kufuor, Wim Kok, Ricardo Lagos, Ghana

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 11 Documents

Honduras crisis deal failed

Ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya said on Friday a deal aimed at ending the country's months-long crisis had failed after the interim leader announced a government without his participation.'Practically speaking, we have decided not to continue ... [iafrica.com - 11/06/2009]

Entities: Honduras, Crisis, Roberto Micheletti, Manuel Zelaya

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 7 Documents

Honduran lawmakers put off vote on Zelaya's return (Reuters)

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran lawmakers on Tuesday put off a vote on whether to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya and asked the Supreme Court for its view, bucking outside pressure to quickly end a four-month political crisis.Their inaction leaves ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/04/2009]

Entities: Manuel Zelaya, Supreme Court, Ricardo Lagos, Tegucigalpa

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 2 Documents

VERIFICATION COMMISSION OF AGREEMENTS REACHED IN HONDURAS IS ESTABLISHED IN TEGUCIGALPA

The Commission of Verification of the agreements reached in Honduras was formally established today in Tegucigalpa in an event presided by its four members: the former President of Chile, Ricardo Lagos Escobar, and the Secretary of Labor of the United ... [Organization of American States - 11/04/2009]

Entities: Tegucigalpa, Honduras, President of Chile, Ricardo Lagos

First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 2 Documents

Panel prepares to oversee Honduras power-sharing strategy

US Labour Secretary Hilda Solis and former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos are set to arrive in Tegucigalpa tomorrow as part of a commission that is to monitor the creation of a power-sharing government in Honduras.Representatives from Honduras's two ... [Morning Star Online - 11/03/2009]

Entities: Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, Ricardo Lagos

First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/09/2009 - 2 Documents

Ambush fails in Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Gunmen ambushed a convoy carrying Honduras' top prosecutor, but neither he nor his bodyguards were harmed, police said yesterday.Police spokesman Orlin Cerrato said Attorney General Luis Alberto Rubi was riding on a northern highway ... [Philadelphia Inquirer - 11/09/2009]

Entities: Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, Manuel Zelaya

First Reported 10/29/2009 - Updated 10/29/2009 - 2 Documents

Chilean Leaders Legacy: Upended Traditions and Balanced Books

President Michelle Bachelet of Chile danced in front of the presidential palace in Santiago last month as part of independence anniversary celebrations. SANTIAGO, Chile At first, breaking the gender barrier in South America did not go smoothly for Michelle ... [New York Times - 10/29/2009]

Entities: Chile, Michelle Bachelet, Andres Velasco, Ricardo Lagos, Santiago

First Reported 10/29/2009 - Updated 10/29/2009 - 1 Documents

Chilean President Rides High as Term Ends

Entities: Chile, Michelle Bachelet, Andres Velasco, Ricardo Lagos, Santiago

First Reported 10/29/2009 - Updated 10/29/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

More Than Backpedaling on NAFTA

A bizarre meeting on the 'Future of North America' was scheduled to take place on November 2 and 3. Members of the newly created, self-appointed '' would have gathered in Toronto. Amazingly, the meeting was considered a 'summit,' even though none of the ... [Foreign Policy In Focus - 10/29/2009]

Entities: North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexico, Ricardo Lagos, Vicente Fox

First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/30/2009 - 1 Documents

Chileans Still Opposed to Legalizing Marijuana

- Most people in Chile would reject the legalization of marijuana in the country, according to a poll by Ipsos. 56.5 per cent of respondents oppose legalizing the drug under any circumstances, down one point since June.Conversely, the proportion of respondents ... [Angus Reid Global Monitor - 10/30/2009]

Entities: Marijuana, Chile, Ipsos

First Reported 11/01/2009 - Updated 11/01/2009 - 1 Documents

INSULZA ANNOUNCES THAT RICARDO LAGOS AND HILDA SOLÍS WILL BE THE INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS OF A VERIFICATION COMMISSION TO HONDURAS

The Secretary General of the Organization ofAmerican States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, announced today that the international members of a Verification Commission to Honduras called for in the agreement reached in Honduras last week will be the former ... [Organization of American States - 11/01/2009]

Entities: Ricardo Lagos, Jose Miguel Insulza, Honduras

Quotes

"what we are trying to implement is an agreement that means that president zelaya has to be returned to power and at the same time to make sure that the elections, the presidential elections, are going to be fulfilled in a democratic way on november 29" Lagos told reporters

Honduran lawmakers put off vote on Zelaya's return (Reuters) [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/04/2009]

More Content

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Chile Invokes Pinochet-Era Anti-Terrorism Law A... [Council on Hemispheric Affairs - 11/19/2009]
Timeline: Chile [BBC - 11/19/2009]
Kufuor formally joins Club de Madrid [Ghana Review International - 11/14/2009]
Up close and personal with Jack Leslie [thestar.com.my - 11/14/2009]
PiÃ±era seeks to end CPD dominance [Angus Reid Global Monitor - 11/12/2009]
Fiddling while Tegucigalpa burns [Guardian.co.uk - 11/11/2009]
Ambush fails in Honduras [Philadelphia Inquirer - 11/09/2009]
Honduras: Republicans praise Obama for “reversi... [World Socialist Web Site - 11/09/2009]
Honduras' top prosecutor unhurt in gun attack [CBC - 11/09/2009]
Dissident Voice : Honduran Accord Solidifies Co... [Dissident Voice - 11/07/2009]
Most Chileans Approve of Death Penalty [Angus Reid Global Monitor - 11/07/2009]
Chile's Marco EnrÃquez-Ominami: Jorg... [MSNBC Newsweek - 11/06/2009]
Honduras crisis deal failed [iafrica.com - 11/06/2009]
Honduras Deal Appears to Unravel [New York Times - 11/06/2009]
Deal to End Standoff in Honduras Appears to Fail [New York Times - 11/06/2009]
Zelaya says Honduras crisis deal has failed ... [Yahoo! News - 11/06/2009]
Zelaya says Honduras crisis deal has failed [AFP via Yahoo! - 11/06/2009]
Rival Honduran Leaders Struggle to Form Government [ABC News - 11/06/2009]
Mediator expects Honduran de facto leader to re... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/06/2009]
Honduran presidential hopefuls sign democracy a... [Merco Press - 11/06/2009]
Despite Deal, No Progress On Standoff In Honduras [New York Times - 11/06/2009]
Zelaya says Honduras pact at risk (Reuters) [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/06/2009]
Zelaya says Honduras pact at risk, talks continue [Reuters India - 11/06/2009]
NEW HEALTH CARE UNITS DELAYED [Santiago Times - 11/05/2009]
Zelaya asks Clinton for stand on coup [Taipei Times Online - 11/05/2009]
Honduras's political conflict: Zelaya's scrap o... [The Economist - 11/05/2009]
Anything can still happen [Miami Herald - 11/05/2009]
INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS OF VERIFICATION COMMISSIO... [Organization of American States - 11/05/2009]
Honduras de facto leader 'to quit' [Al Jazeera - 11/05/2009]
Honduras' Verification Commission discards Zela... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/05/2009]

Blogs

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Fiddling while Tegucigalpa burns \| Michael Lisman [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11/11/2009] To end the crisis in Honduras, the US must quickly overcome intransigence by both the coup plotters and Manuel ZelayaOf the many lessons to be learned from the Honduran ...
Daniel Altschuler: Stakes Rise for the United S... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/11/2009] The stakes for the United States in the Honduran political crisis are higher than ever. At the end of October, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, celebrated ...
September 10 2009: Sooner or later it becomes y... [The Automatic Earth - 09/10/2009] G. G. Bain Sea 1910Long Branch bathing beach, New Jersey Ilargi: The Wall Street Journal has an eye-opening piece in today's paper, entitled Banks Load Up on ...

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