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An commission of the Organization of American States visits the Nicaraguan border
2001
2001. A commission of the Organization of American States visits the Nicaraguan border, a country that maintains a border rift with the country, on a mission to overview the nonexistence of military preparations and in an effort to ease tensions between both countries. |
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Clashes between Honduras and Nicaragua
1997
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1997. In May, small-scale armed clashed occurred between Honduran and Nicaraguan gunboats in the Gulf of Fonseca. The conflict stemmed from unresolved negotiations among Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras over the boundaries of jurisdictional waters in that particular area. |
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Violeta Barrios de Chamorro takes the presidency
1990
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro takes the presidency |
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U.S. marines land in Honduras
1988
1988. 3,000 U.S. marines were dispatched to the region after a skirmish launched by the Nicaraguan regular forces chasing contras along the Honduras border. After the marines pullout in April, the state of emergency is decreed for the country’s two major cities: Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula. The government attempts to rein in anti-American demonstrations on the heels of the deportation to the U.S. of an alleged drug-smuggling lord. |
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Meeting of Central American foreign ministers from the Contadora Group
1987
1987. A meeting of Central American foreign ministers and the Contadora Group. Honduras proposes a new peace plan for Central America, a complement to President Oscar Arias’ plan already on the table at the time. Increasing tensions are sparked off by the presence along the Nicaragua border of two foreign armies: U.S. troops and Nicaraguan contras. |
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The Opposition National Union is founded
1986
The National Opposition Union (UNO) is created. |
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Jose Azcona Hoyo is sworn in as president
1986
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1986. On January 27, Jose Azcona Hoyo takes the oath as the nation’s new president, thus inheriting a $2.5-billion foreign debt. Azcona sought to jack up economic growth, but the presence of Nicaraguan contra guerrillas along the border brought on new tensions between both countries. In the month of December, the frontier fight with Nicaragua flares up and diplomatic tensions are heightened to the utmost. Negotiations between the two countries put an end to the fighting. |
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Pope John Paul II visits Honduras
1983
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1983. In March, Pope John Paul II visits Honduras. In June, some restlessness shakes Honduras with the presence of U.S. military advisors in the nation. Afraid of becoming a huge U.S. base and a springboard for launching contra attacks, tensions along the Nicaraguan border soar again. |
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Preparations for military exercises get under way
1981
Preparations for military exercises between U.S. and Honduran troops get under way with a view to harass Nicaragua’s Sandinista government |
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More military tension along the Nicaraguan border
1981
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1981. Tensions along the Nicaraguan border soar as a result of military clashes between the Sandinista army and the contras. Honduras condemns the French-Mexican declaration of support to El Salvador’s left-wing guerrillas. On November 29, the candidate of the Liberal Party, Roberto Suazo Cordoba, is elected president and is sworn in on January 27, 1982. |
