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...island of Roatán. But that's not what tourist-industry reporters saw when the country's Minister of Tourism, Ricardo Martínez, presented a video at a recent convention in neighboring El Salvador. With a sound track of revolutionary music, it showed supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya clashing with riot police in the streets of the capital, Tegucigalpa...
...coup d'état, was apologetic but unflinching about showing the video. "I'd like to tell everyone to come to Honduras and that it's a tranquil place and everything is beautiful, but you think I'd be successful with that message?" he says. "Of course not." Acting Honduran Tourism Minister Ana Abarca, appointed by the de facto government of Roberto Micheletti, and other representatives of Honduras' de facto tourism institute were prohibited from attending the Central American Travel Market, the region's largest international tourism trade show of the year. Much of the world, including...
ROSAMARIA VALERIANO FLORES, a Honduran who was beaten while passing through a demonstration in Tegucigalpa held in support of Manuel Zelaya, the country's ousted President...
Either way, the State official says the long-term needs of Honduran democracy should also be weighed. Both sides have to "construct a national dialogue" that addresses "the political polarization plaguing Honduras in the first place," the official says, adding that the election "could end up providing new political leadership that finally confronts that problem." And to their credit, the leading presidential candidates - Porfirio Lobos of the National Party and Elvin Santos of the Liberal Party - have contributed responsibly to resolving the crisis...
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