2011 in Honduras
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List of events in the year 2011 in Honduras.
Incumbents
[edit]- President – Porfirio Lobo
- National congress president – Juan Orlando Hernández
- Supreme Court president – Jorge Alberto Rivera Avilés
Events
[edit]- February 3: At least 18 people died after a bus accident near Tegucigalpa.
- February 14: Central American Airways Flight 731 crashes outside Tegucigalpa, all the 14 passengers and crew are killed.[1]
- March 8: General teacher's strike during five weeks. The government declared it as "illegal".
- April 9: Honduran president Porfirio Lobo, Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos and Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez met in Cartagena de Indias to accord the return of ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya.[2]
- May 28: Ousted and exiled ex-president Manuel Zelaya returns to Honduras after the meeting of Honduras', Colombia's and Venezuela's presidents.[3]
- August 2: Second major teacher's strike.
- August 20: Tropical Storm Harvey passes near Atlantic's coast.[4]
- September 15: Honduras' independence day celebrations.
- October 20: Heavy storms and floods causes at least 50 deaths in the south of Honduras, specially in the Choluteca Department.
References
[edit]- ^ Accident details Plane crash info
- ^ "Zelaya respalda reunión de Santos, Chávez y Lobo". Elespectador.com.
- ^ "Ousted ex-President Zelaya returns to Honduras - CNN.com". Edition.cnn.com.
- ^ "Tropical Storm Harvey forms, nears Honduras". NBC News. 2011-08-19.