Americo Martins

BBC correspondent

Americo Martins appears in the following:

Diplomats Plan Meeting With Exiled Honduran President

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Regional foreign ministers from across the Americas are heading to Honduras in the next few hours.
They're going there to try to end the worst political crisis Honduras has suffered in decades. Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is still holed up in the Brazilian embassy in the capital of Honduras.
Today, diplomats from across the region are trying to set up talks between President Zelaya and the interim leader Roberto Micheletti. With the current situation, we talk with Americo Martins, Americas Editor at our partner, the BBC.

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Obama Administration to ease restrictions towards policies with Cuba

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

The U.S. Senate voted to lift some restrictions on relations with Cuba imposed by the Bush Administration in 2004. It says that Cuban Americans should be allowed to travel to the Communist island once a year and send more money to relatives there. The Senate has also agreed that restrictions on sending food and medicines to Cuba should also be eased. President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law later today.
BBC America Editor Americo Martins joins The Takeaway to discuss what this means for the U.S. and Cuba.

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