Tomás Arita Valle
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José Tomás Arita Valle ( 4. September 1948) was born in Ocotepeque
, Honduras
. He is the deputy chairman of the Supreme Court of Honduras
.
He was appointedto the Supreme Court in 2002. He was vice minister for foreign affairs in the National Party government of President Ricardo Maduro
. He previously sat on the Rector's Advisory Board of the University Nacional Autonoma de Honduras and was a member of the Boundary Commission between Honduras and El Salvador. He was re-elected by the Parliament at the end of January in 2009 to the Supreme Court of Honduras.
As part of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis
against the elected president Manuel Zelaya
Arita singned a secret arrest warrant.At the end of July 2009 the U.S. government under Barack Obama
annulled his visa
to enter the United States
Ocotepeque
Ocotepeque is a town and municipality in the Honduran department of Ocotepeque.Located 15 miles from the Honduran–Salvadoran border as well as the Honduran–Guatemalan border, Ocotepeque is one of the first municipalities encountered when traveling between the countries...
, Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
. He is the deputy chairman of the Supreme Court of Honduras
Supreme Court of Honduras
The Supreme Court of Honduras is the Supreme Court and Constitutional Court of Honduras. The Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in Honduras.- Structure, power, and duties :...
.
He was appointedto the Supreme Court in 2002. He was vice minister for foreign affairs in the National Party government of President Ricardo Maduro
Ricardo Maduro
Ricardo Rodolfo Maduro Joest is a former President of Honduras and Bank of Honduras chairman. Maduro graduated from The Lawrenceville School and later Stanford University...
. He previously sat on the Rector's Advisory Board of the University Nacional Autonoma de Honduras and was a member of the Boundary Commission between Honduras and El Salvador. He was re-elected by the Parliament at the end of January in 2009 to the Supreme Court of Honduras.
As part of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis
2009 Honduran constitutional crisis
The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis was a political dispute over plans to rewrite the Constitution of Honduras, which culminated in a coup d'état against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya by the Honduran military...
against the elected president Manuel Zelaya
Manuel Zelaya
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales is a politician who was President of Honduras from January 27, 2006 until June 28, 2009. The eldest son of a wealthy businessman, he inherited his father's nickname "Mel," and, before entering politics, was involved in his family's logging and timber businesses.Elected...
Arita singned a secret arrest warrant.At the end of July 2009 the U.S. government under Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
annulled his visa
Visa (document)
A visa is a document showing that a person is authorized to enter the territory for which it was issued, subject to permission of an immigration official at the time of actual entry. The authorization may be a document, but more commonly it is a stamp endorsed in the applicant's passport...
to enter the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...