Word: roberto
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...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 the U.S. and all of Honduras' neighbors, have refused to recognize the Micheletti regime. (See TIME...
...Manuel Zelaya will be restored to office and allowed to finish the final three months of his term. The U.S., the Organization of American States (OAS) and every other nation in the world have condemned the June 28 military coup as antidemocratic - and they've warned the installed President, Roberto Micheletti, that they won't recognize the results of Honduras' long-planned Nov. 29 presidential election if Zelaya isn't reinstated beforehand...
Nearly two weeks after stealthily returning to the country, ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya remained bunkered in the Brazilian embassy with dozens of supporters. Honduras' de facto leader, Roberto Micheletti, gave Brazil's President 10 days to decide what to do with Zelaya but backed off a plan to limit news broadcasts and restrict public meetings after lawmakers objected. The U.S. and other nations have condemned the June 28 coup that forced Zelaya from office, though a U.S. diplomat blasted Zelaya's "irresponsible and foolish" return from exile before a deal was struck to resolve the crisis...
That might make Costa Rica technically carbon-neutral, but it would still leave venues like the capital of San Jose "choking" with factory pollution and Central America's notoriously black bus exhaust, says Roberto Jimenez, a Yale MBA who recently started the activist group co2neutral2021.org. "If there is a country in the world that can [achieve carbon neutrality], it's Costa Rica," says Jimenez, but he warns that the country's emissions "continue to grow unchecked." The Arias government is toying with the lofty idea of building a super-modern, solar-powered monorail system in the capital to acheive carbon...
...hilarious but it got you thinking,” said Roberto Melendez, a sophomore at MIT, who attended the lectures. “Some prizes may have been for fun but others actually have practical uses...