Honduras president rejects high court order to reinstate fired military leader
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya rejected a Supreme Court decision Thursday that called for the reinstatement of a military general whom Zelaya fired Wednesday. Zelaya's decision comes amidst a controversy over a referendum on...
Honduras president proposes vote on constitutional referendum
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya announced Monday that the government will conduct a poll to determine whether voters are receptive to a November referendum that would establish a Constituent Assembly to draft a new constitution....
Ecuador high court creates oral argument system as new constitution takes effect
The Ecuadorean Supreme Court of Justice and the Constitutional Tribunal of Ecuador on Tuesday published a statement laying out the first steps in enacting a system of oral arguments, as required by...
In a national referendum on Sunday, Ecuadorean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution which consolidates and significantly broadens the powers held by leftist President Rafael Correa . The new constitution gives...
Ecuador's special assembly charged with rewriting the nation's constitution provisionally approved a new constitution on Thursday. The draft includes unprecedented measures giving the president the power to remove Congress in the first three years...
Chavez denounces Colombian raid on leftist guerilla camp as 'war crime'
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday denounced a Colombian attack on a Ecuadorian camp belonging to the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group as a "war crime." Chavez joined...
Colombia president threatens to charge Chavez at ICC for aiding 'genocide'
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe declared Tuesday that his country would bring charges against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in the International Criminal Court (ICC) for allegedly "sponsoring and financing...
About 60 members of the 100-member Ecuadorian Congress met at a hotel in Quito Thursday despite being suspended by the special Constitutional Assembly in late November. Head of Congress Jorge Cevallos had said [press release,...
The special Constitutional Assembly in Ecuador charged with rewriting Ecuador's constitution suspended Ecuador's congress Thursday pending approval of a new charter in a nation-wide referendum, expected late next year. The special assembly, controlled by leftist President...
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said Monday that the country's newly elected Constituent Assembly will consider transforming the current Constitutional Tribunal into a Constitutional Court insulated from political pressure. While the new...
