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The article discusses the 2013 presidential election in Honduras between the wife of former Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, and Honuras' conservative National Party candidate Juan Orlando Hernandez.

The article reports on the vote made by the Honduran Congress in favor of amending the country's constitution to allow the establishment of a charter city.

The author looks at the political condition in Honduras as of October 2009. He reflects on his visit to the country and meeting with leaders from the government, business community and civil society. He assesses a supposed military coup that removed former President Manuel Zelaya from power. The author also relates the political condition in Honduras to the U.S. policy towards the country.

The author comments on the constitutional crisis in Honduras. He states that allies of former President Manuel Zelaya claim that he was removed from office by the military and for being a reformer. However, the author says, Zelaya was removed by an elected civilian government because it was found that he had violated laws and the constitution. He argues that the worst thing that the U.S. can do is to impose economic sanctions that would affect the poorest people in Honduras.

The article reports on the move of Hondura's ousted president Manuel Zelaya to set camp near the Honduran border to pressure the interim government to let him retake the presidency. Zelaya accused the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama of not acting forcefully to restore him to power. He stated that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should deal with the situation with force.

The article reports that the decision of Honduras President Manuel Zelaya to dismiss military chief General Romeo Vasquez after refusing to distribute ballots aimed at rewriting the constitution. According to the article, one of the effects of Zelaya's decision include the deployment of soldiers around the Congress, palace and airport in Tegucigalpa, the country's capital. It also adds that many citizens fear that Zelaya aims to change the constitution to end its ban on re-election and use that to stay in power when his term ends.

Discusses the changes implemented by the government of Honduras. Sectors which have been returned to civilians after four decades of military domination and abuse; Growth on the role of civilians in Honduras; Examples of changes in the country.