Brazil tells Honduras it does not accept ‘ultimatum’

October 6th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Honduras coup leader Roberto Micheletti should step down immediately in return for an amnesty, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Tuesday. "For us, the solution will be easy if those that participated in the coup leave power and allow the legitimately elected president to take power," Lula told journalists at a summit with European Union leaders in Stockholm.

September 30th, 2009 Honduras' interim gov't silences key broadcastersTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' coup-installed government silenced two key dissident broadcasters on Monday just hours after it suspended civil liberties to prevent an uprising by backers of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Dozens of soldiers raided the offices of Radio Globo.

September 30th, 2009 Honduras sets 10-day deadline on embassy standoffTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras is giving Brazil 10 days to decide what to do with ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who has been inside the Brazilian Embassy since sneaking back into the country last week. The government in charge since a June 28 coup that deposed Zelaya says it will take unspecified "additional measures" if Brazil does not define his status.

September 30th, 2009 Honduras expels OAS workers, ultimatum for BrazilTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' interim government on Sunday expelled personnel from the Organization of American States looking to set up a mediation effort and gave Brazil a 10-day ultimatum to decide what to do with ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who is holed up in the Brazilian Embassy. OAS Special Adviser John Biehl told reporters in the capital, Tegucigalpa, that he and four other members of an advance team — including two Americans, a Canadian and a Colombian — were stopped by authorities after landing at Tegucigalpa's airport Sunday.

September 30th, 2009 Honduras restricts liberties to prevent rebellionTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Interim government leaders have suspended constitutionally guaranteed civil liberties in a pre-emptive strike against widespread rebellion Monday, three months to the day since they ousted President Manuel Zelaya in a military-backed coup. Zelaya supporters said they would ignore the decree issued late Sunday and march in the streets as planned.

September 30th, 2009 UN official: Honduras takes 'seriously bad turn'UNITED NATIONS — An attack by police and soldiers on the Brazilian embassy in Honduras, where that country's deposed president is holed up, "would be a disaster," a senior U.N. official said Monday.

September 23rd, 2009 Brazil hopes for negotiations in HondurasNEW YORK — Brazil's president said Wednesday he hoped deposed President Manuel Zelaya's surprise return to Honduras would deter coup plotters and force an eventual restoration of democracy in the Central American nation. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for patience with regard to the stand off that has Zelaya holed up inside the Brazilian Embassy in Honduras, and disputed the notion the Honduran had been asked by Brazil to refrain from politics.

September 22nd, 2009 Brazil's president says he spoke with ZelayaNEW YORK — Brazil's president said Tuesday he asked deposed Honduras President Manuel Zelaya not to provide a pretext for coup leaders to invade the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, where Zelaya has been staying since slipping back into the country. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he spoke with Zelaya by phone on Tuesday morning, and that Zelaya had passed the night as peacefully as could be expected.

September 22nd, 2009 Brazil asks UN for emergency meeting on HondurasBRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil's government has asked the United Nations Security Council to convene an emergency meeting over a standoff in Honduras with the nation's deposed president taking refuge in the Brazilian Embassy. The official Agencia Brasil news agency says Brazil's U.N.

September 4th, 2009 Chavez welcomes US decision to cut aid to HondurasCARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is welcoming the United States' decision to cut millions of dollars in aid to Honduras. Chavez says "it's about time" Washington took action against the government that has been in charge in Honduras since a June 28 coup ousted his ally, President Manuel Zelaya.

August 7th, 2009 OAS announces delegation to HondurasWASHINGTON — The Organization of American States has named a delegation to try to persuade the interim government in Honduras to return ousted President Manuel Zelaya. The OAS says foreign ministers from Argentina, Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico and the Dominican Republic will travel to Honduras on Tuesday.

August 6th, 2009 OAS agrees to send delegation to HondurasWASHINGTON — The Organization of American States agreed Wednesday to send a delegation to Honduras to try to persuade its interim government to negotiate with international mediators seeking the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. OAS Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza said that the organization had not decided in Wednesday's meeting who would represent the delegation.

August 3rd, 2009 National security adviser heads to BrazilWASHINGTON — The White House's national security adviser is heading for a two-day trip to Brazil this week. Retired Gen.

July 15th, 2009 GUATEMALA CITY - Ousted Honduran President Mel Zelaya has urged the people of his country to revolt against the "interim" government that took power after the June 28 military coup in Tegucigalpa. "Insurrection is a right of the people that is deposited in Article 3 of the constitution of Honduras, and the Hondurans should make their constitutional rights count," Zelaya said in a press conference Tuesday after talks with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom.

July 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA - US President Barack Obama has urged his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to help convince Iran to keep its nuclear programme peaceful. The two leaders met for about 30 minutes on the sidelines of the G8 summit in the Italian city of L'Aquila and discussed issues like energy, climate, the political crisis in Honduras, global economic downturn and Iran, the White House said Thursday.