By Barry Grey and Rafael Azul
http://www.wsws.org
30 June 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 country or demand Zelaya’s reinstatement.
Following a White House meeting with Washington’s closest Latin American ally, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, President Obama reiterated the position that the ouster of Zelaya was illegal. However, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters at a State Department briefing that the US government was refraining from formally declaring the removal of Zelaya a “coup.”
Under the Foreign Assistance Act, no US aid can be given to a country whose elected head of government is removed by a military coup. The US is providing Honduras with $43 million in aid this year and maintains a major military presence in the country, including a base staffed by 600 US troops located 50 miles from the capital, Tegucigalpa. The US has also refrained from recalling its ambassador to Honduras.
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Honduras-The CIA Never Quits by Gary Sudborough
Honduras: Indigenous people condemn plot
North American Imperialism and the Extreme Right are Behind Coup in Honduras: Chavez
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[...] The Honduran coup: another US destabilization operation [...]
[...] The Honduran coup: another US destabilization operation [...]
Now that the US has “incorporated” Colombia and Peru in “free” trade agreements (ie steal indigenous land for mult-natls and put the people to work in the factories for 6 cents an hour and call them “free”), it seems eager to stop ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas), and, willing to take out any democratically elected leader to do it.
[...] The Honduran coup: another US destabilization operation [...]
[...] The Honduran coup: another US destabilization operation [...]