On March 26, 2023, Honduras stopped its diplomatic relations with Taiwan and established these formally with the Republic of China. On this decision, I spoke with the Vice Foreign Minister of the Republic of Honduras, Gerardo Torres Zelaya. What is the broader context of your government’s decision to establish diplomatic relations with the P.R. of China? Honduras, traditionally and especially ...
By Fernando Esteche* In 2009, a coup of a new kind was carried out in Honduras in order to disrupt the possibility of Honduras’ strategic alliance with Bolivarian Venezuela through ALBA. The coup by Joe Biden and Hilary Clinton, then vice-president and secretary of state of President Barack Obama, was undisguised. Months after the coup, a mock general election was ...
Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, candidate of the Free Party (Partido de Libertad y Refundacion – LIBRE) for the presidential elections of November 28, seems to have achieved a landslide victory. Though official results have not been announced yet, Castro, who calls herself a “democratic socialist”, has a lead of 20% over the next competitor with more than 50% of the ...
The former President is very busy. He is at the same time on the phone, is directing his assistant and pursuing political debates with activists and even waitresses that enter and leave the restaurant in Mexico City. Maybe this is the reason why José Manuel Zelaya Rosales appears always taller and more energetic than you remember from the last time ...