South and Central America
Brazil: students resist attacks by shock troops at University of Sao Paulo
By Julio Maia, July 11, 2009
On June 9, the University of Sao Paulo (USP), the largest university in Brazil, with nearly 80,000 students, was the scene of events that have not taken place in the country in 30 years, since the dar...
Honduras: US-backed mediation legitimizes military coup
By Bill Van Auken, July 11, 2009
The mediation taking place in Costa Rica between Honduras’s ousted president and the leader of the government installed by last month’s military coup was set up by Washington to consolidate the ai...
Washington’s mediator in Honduran coup
Who is Oscar Arias?
By Bill Van Auken, July 11, 2009
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has been promoted in the US media as the ideal choice for mediating a settlement between the ousted Honduran president and the leaders of the military coup that overt...
Background to the Honduran coup: Poverty, exploitation and imperialist domination
By Rafael Azul, July 9, 2009
Underlying the coup that overthrew Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is a social system dominated by extreme inequality and grinding poverty for the vast majority of the country’s people, as well as ...
The Honduran coup: A warning to the working class
By Bill Van Auken, July 8, 2009
With nationwide strikes and protests, workers have waged an implacable struggle against the coup in Honduras. The success of this movement depends upon its political independence from all sections of ...
Workers Struggles: The Americas
July 7, 2009
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Honduran troops kill anti-coup demonstrators at Tegucigalpa airport
By Barry Grey, July 6, 2009
Honduran troops on Sunday fired on anti-coup demonstrators outside the airport in the capital, Tegucigalpa, killing at least two and wounding many more.
US seeks deal between Honduran coup leaders and deposed president
By Barry Grey, July 2, 2009
The standoff between deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and the “interim government” installed by the military intensified Wednesday, following resolutions passed by the UN General Assembly ...
The US and the Honduran coup
By Alex Lantier, July 1, 2009
President Barack Obama's condemnation of Zelaya's overthrow as a
Workers Struggles: The Americas
June 30, 2009
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The Honduran coup: another US destabilization operation
By Barry Grey and Rafael Azul, June 30, 2009
While publicly opposing the military coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday, the Obama administration on Monday indicated that it will not cut off aid to the Central American coun...
Honduran military ousts president in coup
By Joe Kishore, June 29, 2009
The military of Honduras ousted President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday morning, just before a planned national referendum.
