Honduras
Honduran government unleashes violence against striking teachers
By Bill Van Auken, March 30, 2011
The US-backed government of President Porfirio Lobo has used police and military violence in an attempt to quell a teachers’ strike and protests that have continued to escalate over the last month.
Report exposes journalist killings in Honduras
By Rafael Azul, July 29, 2010
Seven journalists were shot to death and another severely wounded in Honduras earlier this year. These assassinations expose Washington’s claims that Honduras is on the road of democracy and reconciliation.
One year since the Honduran coup
By Bill Van Auken, June 28, 2010
June 28 marks one year since the coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. The Obama administration defends the country’s current regime as a “democracy,” even as death squad murders and military violence continue.
US pushes for readmission of Honduras to Organization of American States
By Rafael Azul, June 12, 2010
At this week’s summit meeting of the Organization of American States, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for Honduras to be readmitted as an OAS member.
Honduras: The making of a death squad “democracy”
By Bill Van Auken, February 12, 2010
With the restoration of diplomatic ties and the resumption of aid and credits, Honduras has been welcomed back into the fold of “democratic” nations, even as the organizers of last June’s coup remain at their posts and death squad murders continue.
Honduran vote held amid repression, mass abstention
By Bill Van Auken, December 1, 2009
Sunday’s elections in Honduras were marked by systematic repression and mass abstention. Nonetheless, the Obama administration hailed the vote as a “legitimate way out” of the five-month-old crisis that began with the June 28 coup.
Washington endorses gunpoint election in Honduras
By Bill Van Auken, November 27, 2009
The Obama administration has endorsed this Sunday’s elections in Honduras under conditions in which the regime that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya last June remains in power and is preparing to suppress popular opposition to an illegitimate vote.
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 president, Manuel Zelaya.
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 Honduran working people who opposed it.
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 Zelaya to office.
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 demonstrations and closing down opposition media.
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 of Honduras.
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