That eventually happened in 1990, and the ruling Sandinistas were soundly beaten by a US-backed conservative coalition, led by Violeta Chamorro.Jos?zcona was born into a family of Spanish immigrants in La Ceiba, on the Caribbean coast, in 1927. He studied civil engineering at university in Mexico, founded a small construction business and joined the Liberals, one of the country's two traditional parties. He was elected to Congress in 1980, and was appointed Minister of Communications in the Liberal government of Roberto Suazo C?va, the country's first civilian leader after a long period of military rule, in 1982. But the deed would mark the true start of black America's struggle for racial equality, and make her name famous around the world.. Jos?im?zcona del Hoyo, engineer and politician: born La Ceiba, Honduras 26 January 1927; President of Honduras 1986-90; married Miriam Bocock (two sons, one daughter); died Tegucigalpa 24 October 2005. Jos?zcona was President of Honduras at a time, in the 1980s, when the Central American country was caught up in Washington's campaign to roll back what it saw as the advance of Communism in the region.
The US had more than 1,000 troops stationed in Honduras, where they provided training and support for the right-wing Nicaraguan rebels, known as the Contras (that is, counter-revolutionaries), operating against the neighbouring country's left-wing government. But Azcona was also instrumental is bringing a negotiated peace settlement to a region torn by civil war, not only in Nicaragua, but also in El Salvador and Guatemala. The White Paper - Higher Standards, Better Schools For All - also envisages giving more power to pupils in secondary schools. It encourages the setting up of schools councils - allowing children to take part in interviewing any new staff for the school.. Rosa Louise McCauley, civil rights activist: born Tuskegee, Alabama 4 February 1913; married 1932 Raymond Parks (died 1977); died Detroit 24 October 2005. It was often portrayed as a spontaneous, almost chance act of petty defiance - the sort of thing that anyone might do after a bad day at the office. And certainly Rosa Parks had no inkling of the effect it would have. Returning home by bus in Montgomery, Alabama, one winter evening in 1955, weary after a long shift's work as a seamstress at a local department store, she refused a request by the driver to give up her seat to a white passenger Her punishment was to be remanded in custody and fined $14.
Sweeping new powers for parents to bring about the sacking of head teachers of under-performing schools have been spelt out in Tony Blair's long-awaited White Paper on education. Parents were also given the green light to set up and run their own schools - with local education authorities facing a veto if they turn applications down. Al-Jazeera is the only political process in the Middle East."Even some Americans have been forced to agree. Kenton Keith, a former US ambassador to Qatar, says: "For the long- range importance of press freedom in the Middle East and the advantages that will ultimately have for the West you have to be a supporter of al-Jazeera, even if you have to hold your nose sometimes.".
