Honduras and a Divided Latin America
Many Hondurans fear that the coup’s success represents a threat to the future stability of a democratic state.
Many Hondurans fear that the coup’s success represents a threat to the future stability of a democratic state.
There is growing evidence that the United States was more than a bit player in the Honduran coup, writes columnist Conn Hallinan.
When it comes to changing term limits on Latin American presidents, U.S. lawmakers and pundits are applying a double standard–at least in Honduras and Colombia.
How we missed the signs.
The United States needs to stop supporting coups — of all political stripes — and start supporting actual democracy.
The Honduran coup highlights why the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, which replaced the School of the Americas, must be scrapped.
The United States needs to put more pressure on the illegitimate junta in Tegucigalpa to step down.
It’s a mistake to understand Honduras (or Latin America more generally) as driven by Cold War style conflicts between a pro-U.S. bloc and a pro-Chávez bloc.