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The United States appoints the President of Honduras

The United States appoints the President of Honduras

30 December 2017
Observers sent by both the OAS (the Organization of American States) and the European Union to Honduras for the presidential election, condemn the election as tainted by fraud. Yet the US government has already appointed the winner: the outgoing president, Juan Orlando Hernández.
Juan Orlando Hernández (to the left in the photo which was taken during a meeting with the US Vice President Mike Pence), supported the coup d’etat in 2009 against Honduras’s constitutional president, José Manuel (...)

Xiomara Castro supposed loser of Honduras presidential elections

Xiomara Castro supposed loser of Honduras presidential elections

29 November 2013
Honduras’s electoral commission declared Juan Orlando Hernandez (National Party) the official winner with 34% of the votes, against Xiomara Castro (Freedom Party) with 29%. A surprising result considering the polls and the demonstrations leading up to the elections.
Xiomara is the wife of former progressive president Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted in a 2009 military coup organized by SouthCom (United States Southern Command) with the help of Israel. She indicated that she would withhold any (...)

When the respectable become extremists, the extremists become respectable

by James Petras

When the respectable become extremists, the extremists become respectable

New York (USA) | 27 May 2012
As the Obama regime and its European allies openly endorse extremism, including state terror, targeted assassinations and indiscriminate bombings by rogue groups under their command, the mainstream media have followed suit. Taking the example of Colombia, Honduras and Syria, James Petras argues that ’all forms of extremism permeate Western regimes and find justification and rationalization through the respectable media whose function is to indoctrinate civil society and turn citizens into uncritical accomplices to extremism.’

Thousands protest journalist killings in Honduras

Thousands protest journalist killings in Honduras

26 May 2012
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of many cities across Honduras to protest the killings of journalists in the Central American republic.
The demonstrators, who were chanting "Killing journalists does not kill the truth," marched past the offices of the president and the human rights commission in the capital Tegucigalpa on Friday, AFP reported.
According to organizers, some 5,000 people attended the demonstration in Tegucigalpa, but protests were also staged in San Pedro (...)

Honduras : UN concerned over assassination of journalists, but not RWB

Honduras : UN concerned over assassination of journalists, but not RWB

11 May 2010
French NGO Reporters Without Borders did not include Honduras in its 2010 list of Worst Predators of Press Freedom, released on 3 May on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day. The pro-US NGO maintains that no link between the murders and the political climate has been established and that the current government is democratic.
On 28 June 2009 a military coup, orchestrated by the United States, toppled elected President Manuel Zelaya and put Roberto Micheletti in power. On 29 (...)

Ousted Honduran leader to head Petrocaribe’s political body

Ousted Honduran leader to head Petrocaribe's political body

8 March 2010
Ousted Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, has been appointed to head the newly established political council of the Caribbean oil alliance, Petrocaribe, Mexican media said on Sunday.
Petrocaribe is an oil alliance between Venezuela and 17 Caribbean nations, which allows member states to buy oil at preferential rates and with deferred payments.
"This newly established Petrocaribe structure will be charged with issues of democracy and stability in the Latin America," Mexican media quoted (...)

The popular opposition to the pro-U.S. coup gets tougher

The Honduran People Want More Than a Democracy: They Demand a New Republic!

by Arnold August

The Honduran People Want More Than a Democracy: They Demand a New Republic!

Montreal (Canada) | 19 November 2009
Over three months since the Honduran military coup, ousted President Manuel Zelaya has yet to be reinstated. Having secretly organized the coup, the Obama administration on the surface continues to emit an emollient discourse. In particular, it obstinately refuses to qualify it as a "military" coup to avoid severing ties with the regime, as U.S. legislation would have it. Washington wants elections that will paste a democratic face on the new regime, but the population and its principal leaders will not go for a sham vote overseen by the putschists. The Honduran people will no longer be satisfied with a simple return to the constitutional order. They have repudiated the local oligarchy and now demand a new republic, free of Washington’s (...)

Honduras: A Victory for “Smart Power”

by Eva Golinger

Honduras: A Victory for “Smart Power”

Caracas (Venezuela) | 6 November 2009
The coup d’état in Honduras - instigated, executed and supported by the United States - offers a clear illustration of the new US foreign policy. Underneath, nothing has changed. Washington continues to " do and undo" governments in many parts of the world, if necessary through the use of violence. But what indeed has changed is the window dressing. Washington seeks to cloud its crimes by paying lip service to human rights principles - which the US is the first to violate. It is referred to as the "Smart Power" method!

Honduras: the popular resistance is close to victory

by Arnold August

Honduras: the popular resistance is close to victory

Montreal (Canada) | 5 November 2009
While the Honduran people were not seen as being particularly politicized, and US experts had not anticipated a lasting reaction against the coup, the direct opposite has taken place. The population has suddenly arisen, joining activist organisations in a united stance against the putchists. According to Arnold August, this phenomenon is evocative of the popular movements that rattled other states in the region in recent years bringing, without exception, revolutionary leaders to power. In his view, and barring an event that could thwart the mobilization, the retreat of the Honduran putchists is inexorable. But, in any event, US interventionism is once again backfiring against Washington.

Honduras: Coup plotters ’hire Israeli mercenaries’

Honduras: Coup plotters 'hire Israeli mercenaries'

25 September 2009
President Manuel Zelaya at Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has accused the coup regime of hiring Israeli mercenaries to flush him out of the Brazilian embassy with ultrasonic weapons.
Mr Zelaya said on Thursday he feared they may enter the building and assassinate him.
"They are threatening to kill us," he said, adding that he has begun to suffer from throat pains resulting from poisonous gases being leaked into the embassy in (...)

Declaration about the Situation in Honduras by ALBA Member Countries in the OAS

Declaration about the Situation in Honduras by ALBA Member Countries in the OAS

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 22 September 2009
September 22nd, 2009
Meeting in Washington DC, as representatives to the Organisation of American States (OAS) from member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the peoples of Americas (ALBA), we express our condemnation of the massive violation of human rights of the people of Honduras, who, throughout that country are showing their support for the constitutional president of the Republic of Honduras, Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, and his return to Tegucigalpa.
The continued aggression (...)

Confirmed: SouthCom organized the overthrow of Honduras President Zelaya

Confirmed: SouthCom organized the overthrow of Honduras President Zelaya

17 August 2009
In his article of June, 29, 2009, Thierry Meyssan submitted that the overthrow of President Zelaya in Honduras had been orchestrated by SouthCom. Moreover, the French edition of his article, in one of the photo captions, underscored the fact that the commander of the US military base at Soto Cano is none other than Colonel Richard A. Juergens, who had already supervised the "kidnapping" of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide according to a similar scenario.
Despite widespread (...)

Military coup or not military coup?

Washington on Honduras: The Tight Rope Walker

by Arnold August

Washington on Honduras: The Tight Rope Walker

Montreal (Canada) | 15 August 2009
What is Washington’s position with regard to the events in Honduras? At first, in the name of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, the United States vigorously denounced the ousting of President Zelaya. But a closer look shows that they condemned the coup d’état while at the same time supporting their putschist friends. Arnold August analyses the pageant of awkward hypocrisy emanating from the Department of State and the White House.

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Fidel Castro: «mediator Oscar Arias is a faithful ally of the United States »

by Fidel Castro Ruz

Fidel Castro: «mediator Oscar Arias is a faithful ally of the United States »

Havana (Cuba) | 22 July 2009
The mediation of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oscar Arias, between the Honduran constitutional president Manuel Zelaya and the putschists who expelled him, turns out to be a mere delaying tactic. Washington is trying to gain time in order to render the coup d’Etat irreversible. Comandante Fidel Castro reminds us of Arias’ biography and of the crimes of the United States in Central America.

Honduras coup leader ready to quit

Honduras coup leader ready to quit

16 July 2009
Honduran interim President Roberto Micheletti sets conditions for his departure following weeks of political turmoil in the Central American state.
Micheletti said he would only step down so long as the deposed president Manuel Zelaya refrains from reclaiming power.
Micheletti expressed willingness to leave "at some point that decision is needed to bring peace and tranquility to the country, but without the return, and I stress this, of former President Zelaya."
He went on to accuse (...)

The Canadian Government on Honduras: Lessons for Today and Tomorrow

by Arnold August

The Canadian Government on Honduras: Lessons for Today and Tomorrow

Montreal (Canada) | 13 July 2009
In its attempts to subdue the Hondurans, the Anglo-American Empire is resorting to the traditional method of "good cop, bad cop”: covert action and military coup versus diplomacy and smoke screens. Both tactics are pursued simultaneously and when necessary, the roles are distributed between the United States and Canada. However, observes Arnold August, in this case the aim of diplomacy is not to respect international law, but to subvert it on the quiet. Thus, Washington and Ottawa call for the legitimate reinstatement of President Manuel Zelaya while advising against his return allegedly to avoid a confrontation with the military.

Latin America’s Media Battle Continues

Spinning the Honduran Coup

by Nikolas Kozloff

Spinning the Honduran Coup

5 July 2009
In Latin America, the media have become a powerful force to be reckoned with in the confrontation between the western-leaning capitalist class and the tide of people’s movements which have swung into power. Unsurprisingly, the crackdown in Honduras against progressive media such as Telesur was right on cue, in a situation analogous to that of the April 2002 coup in Venezuela when the short-lived right-wing government swiftly muzzled all dissident voices. Should Zelaya return to power in Honduras, one of his major challenges will be to tackle the powerful privately-owned TV and radio networks, which have come to the fore as cheerleaders and apologists for the coup government and the interests it represents.

Resolution by OAS on the suspension of Honduras

by OAS

Resolution by OAS on the suspension of Honduras

4 July 2009
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
DEEPLY CONCERNED about the worsening of the current political crisis in the Republic of Honduras resulting from the coup d’état against the constitutional government of President José Manuel Zelaya Rosales, as well as his arbitrary detention and expulsion from the country, which produced an unconstitutional alteration of the democratic order;
REAFFIRMING the importance of strict respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the principle of nonintervention in (...)

Obama’s Real Message to Latin America?

The Coup in Honduras

by Nikolas Kozloff

The Coup in Honduras

29 June 2009
On July 28, troops in Honduras ousted President Manuel Zelaya and flew him out of the country. Praised by the traditional left for his economic policies and social reforms, Zelaya’s alliance with Hugo Chavez and growing relationship with the ALBA countries were sharply rebuked by the more conservative sectors which also disapproved of his periodic attacks on the United States. From Costa Rica, Zelaya declared: "This was a plot by a very voracious elite, which wants to keep this country in an extreme level of poverty!". However, it seems improbable that the Honduran elite would have toppled the democratically-elected president without Washington’s prior consent and support, despite assurances to the contrary.

The Obama administration’s first military coup

Now SouthCom’s in control: SouthCom grabs the reins of an ALBA member state

by Thierry Meyssan

Now SouthCom's in control: SouthCom grabs the reins of an ALBA member state

Beirut (Lebanon) | 29 June 2009
In raising questions about US military presence in Soto Cano and in subscribing to Alba, Honduras has enraged Washington. Soldiers trained at the School of Americas and led by US Advisers have toppled the Constitutionally elected president Manuel Zelaya and have installed in his place his rival, also in the liberal party, Roberto Micheletti. Thierry Meyssan revisits what is at stake in this confrontation which marks the willingness of the Obama Administration to take Latin America in hand.

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The United States appoints the President of Honduras

Confirmed: SouthCom organized the overthrow of Honduras President Zelaya

The Honduran People Want More Than a Democracy: They Demand a New Republic!
The popular opposition to the pro-U.S. coup gets tougher

Washington on Honduras: The Tight Rope Walker
Military coup or not military coup?

Fidel Castro: «mediator Oscar Arias is a faithful ally of the United States »
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Spinning the Honduran Coup
Latin America’s Media Battle Continues

The Canadian Government on Honduras: Lessons for Today and Tomorrow

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Xiomara Castro supposed loser of Honduras presidential elections

Ousted Honduran leader to head Petrocaribe’s political body

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Honduras: the popular resistance is close to victory

Honduras : UN concerned over assassination of journalists, but not RWB