Global Political Cartoons: February 26 – March 4, 2011

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has always had a cartoon quality about him but as he defies all calls to step down, his image is morphing from that of a  comical and clueless Charlie Sheen to a savage dictator ready to aid and abet a blood-letting against his own people. Check out the slideshow here

Manuel Zelaya, Honduras’ former president in exile

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A year ago leftist Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was kidnapped in his pajamas by the Honduran military. He made a dramatic return by sneaking back into the country in the trunk of a car and hiding out in the Brazilian embassy. These days Zelaya is living in exile in the Dominican Republic. Reporter Enrique Rivera caught up with him. (Photo: Enrique Rivera) Download MP3

Polache

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Honduran singer-songwriter Polache wrote this song, “Mira a Honduras,” for an ad campaign to promote tourism. The song became a hit in the Central American country.

Hondurans hope election will help economy

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The political unrest in Honduras has scared away tourists and foreign investors and it’s driven up unemployment. Hondurans are set to choose a new president on Sunday. Many of them hope the election will defuse the crisis and get the country’s economy back on track. Correspondent John Otis reports from Tegucigalpa. Download MP3

Honduras vote

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President Manuel Zelaya (pictured) was ousted in a coup five months ago. On Sunday, Hondurans will go to the polls to elect Zelaya’s successor. Many Latin American countries have refused to recognize the elections, organized by the de facto government of Roberto Micheletti. Yet some Hondurans consider choosing a new president a first step toward ending the country’s political crisis. From Tegucigalpa, John Otis reports. Download MP3

• FAQ Honduras crisis
• William Troop on Zelaya’s return to Honduras in September

Honduras rivals end deadlock

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Ousted Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya and his political opponents have signed off on an agreement that will allow him to return to office and create a power-sharing government. Zelaya has been holed up in the Brazilian embassy in Honduras for weeks during the impasse. Katy Clark finds out more from someone who’s also been in the embassy, Andres Conteris, of the US-based group “Democracy Now en Espanol.” Download MP3

• BBC coverage
• FAQ Honduras crisis
• The World’s William Troop on Zelaya’s return to Honduras in September

Standoff continues in Honduras

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The stand-off in Honduras entered its fifth day today. Deposed president Manuel Zelaya is holed up inside the Brazilian embassy. Anchor Marco Werman speaks one of the people inside the embassy, Andres Conteris of the US-based non-profit group “Nonviolence International.”

Ousted President Zelaya returns to Honduras

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The World’s William Troop reports on the stand-off in Honduras, where deposed president Manuel Zelaya is holed up in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. Zelaya is demanding that he be allowed to return to power, while the de facto government that replaced him is demanding that Brazil turn Zelaya over to be arrested. Download MP3

• BBC coverage: In pictures
• BBC coverage: Q&A

Honduras standoff

Honduras’ interim president said talks may begin Saturday to address the political crisis enveloping the country since the military deposed the country’s sitting president two weeks ago. Anchor Jeb Sharp gets the latest from Jennifer McCoy, director of the Americas Program at the Carter Center in Atlanta. Listen

Global Political Cartoons: June 27 to July 3, 2009

The on-going political turmoil in Iran provides inspiration for cartoonists this week. They also tackle the coup in Honduras, Bernie Madoff’s 150-year prison sentence. Oh, and yes…Michael Jackson.

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US stance on political crisis in Honduras

The Obama Administration has condemned this week’s coup in Honduras. That puts the US in the unusual position of siding with traditional foes Venezuela and Cuba. The World’s Katy Clark reports.
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Entire program – June 29, 2009

Today on The World: international pressure on Honduras after the country’s president is ousted in a coup; on the day of Bernie Madoff’s sentencing, we hear from the son of a British man who lost all his money to Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, then took his own life; and Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor finds [...]

Honduras under international pressure

The new leaders of Honduras are under intense pressure from the United States and other nations a day after a military coup. But the country’s new president says the move was legal. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Frances Robles of the Miami Herald who is in the capital Tegucigalpa.Listen