Honduras
Honduras: Republicans praise Obama for “reversing” policy
By Bill Van Auken, November 9, 2009
Republican lawmakers who openly back the coup regime in Honduras have voiced satisfaction that the Obama administration has “reversed” its policy on the return to office of the country’s ousted ...
Washington pushes through deal with Honduran coup regime
By Bill Van Auken, October 31, 2009
With the intervention of the US State Department, the Honduran coup regime and ousted President Manuel Zelaya signed a deal Friday that legitimizes last June’s coup while betraying the demands of Ho...
Honduras: Is US moving to back ‘state of siege’ election?
By Bill Van Auken, October 19, 2009
Reports from Washington indicate that the Obama administration may back a presidential election in Honduras under state of siege conditions and without the restitution of ousted President Manuel Zelay...
Three months after coup:
Honduran regime imposes state of siege
By Bill Van Auken, September 29, 2009
In a bid to crush popular resistance, the Honduran coup regime imposed a state of siege, suspending basic democratic rights for 45 days. On Monday it put the decree into effect, repressing demonstrati...
Revolt and “dialogue” in Honduras
By Bill Van Auken, September 26, 2009
The turn to “dialogue” by ousted President Zelaya and those who overthrew him is aimed at quelling a mounting popular revolt against the coup regime that is calling into question the governability...
Honduran regime meets Zelaya’s return with “state of siege”
By Bill Van Auken, September 23, 2009
The return to Honduras of deposed President Zelaya, who has called for “dialogue” from his refuge in the Brazilian embassy, has been met with violence and repression from the coup regime.
Not supporting anyone “in particular”
State Department spells out US stand on Honduran coup
By Bill Van Auken, August 7, 2009
In a letter to the ranking Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the US State Department issued its clearest statement yet on the coup in Honduras.
Coup regime steps up repression in Honduras
By Rafael Azul, August 6, 2009
Demonstrations in Honduras against the government of de facto President Roberto Micheletti and the military forces that seized power on June 28, expelling President José Manuel Zelaya, have continued...
Honduran coup regime launches brutal crackdown
By Bill Van Auken, August 1, 2009
The Honduran coup regime launched a brutal crackdown against demonstrations in Tegucigalpa Thursday, as deposed President Manuel Zelaya met with US officials in neighboring Nicaragua.
Honduran coup enters second month
By Bill Van Auken, July 29, 2009
With the coup in Honduras now entering its second month, the Obama administration’s policy is directed at consolidating the changes wrought by Zelaya’s overthrow, while formally condemning the act...
Honduran military appears to back plan to restore Zelaya to office—not to power
By Rafael Azul, July 27, 2009
At Washington’s instigation, the military of Honduras has weighed in independently in support of the San José accord for restoring the country’s ousted President José Manuel Zelaya to office—t...
Honduras: Tensions mount as US-backed mediation stalls
By Bill Van Auken, July 23, 2009
Tensions have continued to mount in Honduras as the coup regime rejects US-backed proposals for a “unity” government that would leave the country’s elected president virtually powerless.
