US revokes diplomatic visas for Honduran officials

October 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Once coveted by Indian techies, more than one fourth of the H-1B visas for skilled professionals are yet to be grabbed, with the US job market still to pick up as it recovers from its deepest recession in decades. By Sep 25 only about 46,700 of the H-1B visas in the general category were filled up against a Congressional mandated cap of 65,000, according to the latest update by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

September 24th, 2009 Regaining footing: SC mayor revokes no-chase callCOLUMBIA, S.C. — The mayor of a small South Carolina town says she's allowing her police officers to run after suspects again.

September 12th, 2009 Honduras: US revokes visas of 16 interim officialsTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Honduran official says the United States has taken away the diplomatic and tourist visas of 16 interim government officials. Presidential spokeswoman Marcia de Villeda says Washington revoked the visas of 14 Supreme Court judges, the foreign relations secretary and the country's attorney general.

September 12th, 2009 Honduras' interim president: US revoked my visasTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Washington has revoked the visas of Honduras' interim president and 17 other top officials to pressure the Central American nation to reinstate ousted leader Manuel Zelaya, Honduras' government said Saturday. The interim government expects the United States to revoke the visas of at least 1,000 more public officials "in the coming days," Information Minister Rene Zepeda told The Associated Press.

September 3rd, 2009 US cuts aid to HondurasWASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Thursday cut all non-humanitarian aid to Honduras over the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya, making permanent a temporary suspension of U.S. aid imposed after he was deposed in June.

August 15th, 2009 Firebombs hurled at Honduran newspaper officeTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Honduran editor says assailants threw molotov cocktails at the offices of his newspaper, setting fire to the entrance. El Heraldo chief editor Fernando Berrio says security guards were the only ones in the building at the time.

August 15th, 2009 Honduran consuls ousted for disloyalty to ZelayaLOS ANGELES — Four Honduran consular officials have been removed from their posts for refusing to declare loyalty to the ousted government of Manuel Zelaya or for supporting the man who replaced him, officials said Friday. Enrique Reina, Honduras' ambassador in the United States, told the Associated Press that the consuls were dismissed in Los Angeles, New York, Washington and San Francisco.

August 2nd, 2009 Honduran man shot during pro-president march diesTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Honduran educator who was shot in the head while protesting the coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya died Saturday after being in a coma for two days, a teachers union leader said. Roger Vallejo, a 38-year-old high school teacher in the capital of Tegucigalpa, was wounded on Thursday as thousands of Zelaya supporters blocked a highway and clashed with security forces, although police allege he was shot by his fellow protesters.

July 30th, 2009 Interim Honduran leader deplores US visa measuresTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The Honduran leader installed in a coup criticized the United States on Thursday for revoking the diplomatic visas of four interim-government officials, saying such measures only complicate efforts to resolve the crisis peacefully. Interim President Roberto Micheletti also continued to insist that President Manuel Zelaya was legally removed from office, saying "sadly, American leaders have ignored key facts from the first days of the crisis." "Instead of imposing sanctions, the United States should support the mediation of (Costa Rican President Oscar) Arias to seek peaceful solutions," Micheletti said in a statement.

July 28th, 2009 US revokes visas of 4 Honduran officialsOCOTAL, Nicaragua — The U.S. government has turned up the pressure on the interim government of Honduras to accept the return of exiled President Manuel Zelaya, suspending the diplomatic visas of four Honduran officials a month after a military coup.

July 24th, 2009 TEGUCIGALPA - Honduras Friday imposed a curfew at its borders with Nicaragua and EL Salvador apparently to block ousted President Manuel Zelaya's return to the country. The interim government said the curfew will remain at the border areas till Saturday morning.

July 2nd, 2009 OAS: No negotiations on Honduras president returnGEORGETOWN, Guyana — The No. 2 official with the Organization of American States says the group is seeking the "unconditional" return of the ousted president of Honduras.

June 30th, 2009 Many Hondurans in US laud Zelaya's ousterMIAMI — Hondurans in the U.S. are organizing rallies supporting the ouster of the Central American nation's president, even as he plans to return to his country accompanied by U.N.

June 28th, 2009 Honduran president in Costa Rica after arrestSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — A high-ranking official says that Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is in Costa Rica following his detention by soldiers in his homeland. The official at the Costa Rican president's office was not authorized to be quoted by name.

June 3rd, 2009 3 Colombians charged in US visa fraud caseWASHINGTON — Three Colombian citizens have been arrested on charges of alien smuggling — accused of coaching more than 100 people how to lie to obtain visas to travel to the United States. The three were arrested Tuesday in Bogota after being indicted in federal court in Washington.