Tag: Porfirio Lobo

• Friday, May 7th 2010 - 21:34 UTC

  Honduran President Calls Brazil “Arrogant”, Steps Down from Latam/EU Summit

  

  Honduran president Porfirio Lobo will not attend the LAC-EU summit in Spain later this month, after South American leaders who do not recognize him as his country's legitimate leader threatened to pull out. However, he will attend the EU/Central America meeting, which will be held a day later.

• Thursday, May 6th 2010 - 19:32 UTC

  Spain Excludes Honduran President from Summit on Pressure from UNASUR

  

  Only days after several UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) representatives said they would not attend the Sixth Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union Summit if Honduran President Porfirio Lobo was invited, the Spanish Government has decided to exclude him from the meeting, according to sources in the Brazilian Government.

• Thursday, May 6th 2010 - 03:03 UTC

  Several UNASUR Members Could Skip Madrid Summit because of Honduras

  

  Several UNASUR member countries plan to skip the upcoming Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union Summit (EU-LAC) in Madrid if Honduran President Porfirio Lobo is invited, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, April 30th 2010 - 05:48 UTC

  Honduras President Invited to the EU/Latinamerica Summit in Madrid

  

  Honduras President Porfirio Lobo confirmed he would be participating of the European Union-Latin America-Caribbean summit scheduled to take place in Madrid next May 18. Lobo said he was officially invited in March and that a couple of weeks ago Spanish Foreign Secretary Miguel Angel Moratinos rang on the phone to tell him “we will be waiting for you”.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2010 - 05:58 UTC

  Obama Speaks for the First Time with Honduran President Lobo

  

  United States President Barack Obama spoke this week for the first time with Honduran President Lobo to discuss the situation in Honduras, said the White House.