Presidential ‘Peacemaking’ in Latin America By Noam Chomsky

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By Noam Chomsky
In These Times
Jan. 5, 2010

Barack Obama, the fourth U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize, joins the others in the long tradition of peacemaking so long as it serves U.S. interests.

All four presidents left their imprint on “our little region over here that has never bothered anybody,” as U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson characterized the hemisphere in 1945.

Given the Obama administration’s stance toward the elections in Honduras in November, it may be worthwhile to examine the record.

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President Barack Obama separated the United States from almost all of Latin America and Europe by accepting the military coup that overthrew Honduran democracy last June.

The coup reflected a “yawning political and socioeconomic divide,” The New York Times reported. For the “small upper class,” Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was becoming a threat to what they call “democracy,” namely, the rule of “the most powerful business and political forces in the country.”

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via Presidential ‘Peacemaking’ in Latin America — In These Times

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Honduras: The Coup That Never Happened by Tyler Shipley

Noam Chomsky: History of US Rule in Latin America

Honduran elections exposed

Noam Chomsky on Dandelion Salad

Honduras: The Coup That Never Happened by Tyler Shipley

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by Tyler Shipley
Socialist Project | The Bullet
December 22, 2009

“When the media goes quiet, the walls speak.” — graffiti in Tegucigalpa.

What strikes a visitor to the Honduran capital most immediately in this moment is the degree to which the social and political conflict that has erupted since the golpe de estado (coup d’etat) on June 28th is actually written on the walls, the fences, the rockfaces, bridges, errant bits of siding, abandoned buildings, and even the concrete upon which one walks. Though the discourse in the international press is muddled and misinformed, the situation in Honduras is very obvious to those who are here – as a quick taxi ride around Tegucigalpa demonstrates.

Noam Chomsky: History of US Rule in Latin America

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December 19, 2009

History of US Rule in Latin America; Elections and Resistance to the Coup in Honduras – Professor Noam Chomsky PhD.

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Clinton: Latin American countries should think twice about establishing links with Iran

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December 12, 2009

1) Clinton: Latin American countries should think twice about establishing links with Iran (December 2009)

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Honduran elections exposed

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TheRealNews
December 06, 2009

Honduran coup regime’s claims about 60% turnout at free and fair elections is revealed as fraud. Also implicated in the video are the wide array of media outlets and governments that have unquestioningly accepted the electoral data of a regime that overthrew the last elected president.

Produced by Jesse Freeston, on location in Honduras.

Honduras: An election validated by blood and repression + Spanish version

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TheRealNews
December 02, 2009

Honduran coup government continues repressive tactics on election day (Report from San Pedro Sula) as the resistance vows to continue to fight for a new constitution and people’s rights.

Honduras opposition claims victory in presidential vote

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PressTV
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:26:38 GMT

As Honduras is soaked in a political crisis, opposition candidate Porfirio Lobo claims he won a presidential election that has been condemned by Latin American leaders.

Official results showed on late Sunday that Lobo had over 55 percent support with more than half the ballots counted.

Honduras’ conservative opposition National Party said its candidate Lobo won the election. Lobo’s main rival Elvin Santos of the ruling Liberal Party also conceded defeat.

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via Honduras opposition claims victory in presidential vote

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Bogus Honduran Elections Today by Eva Golinger

US to recognise Honduras poll result + Elections as coup laundering

Military Coup Honduras Zelaya

Bogus Honduran Elections Today by Eva Golinger

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by Eva Golinger
Postcards from the Revolution
Nov. 29, 2009

US to recognise Honduras poll result + Elections as coup laundering

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AlJazeeraEnglish
November 27, 2009

Honduras is gearing up for Sunday’s crucial national election, five months after a military coup ousted Manuel Zelaya, the president.

The election has received a last-minute boost after the US decided to endorse it, with or without Zelaya in the next government.

Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from the capital, Tegucigalpa.

Rumors Of Coups And War: U.S., NATO Target Latin America by Rick Rozoff

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18 November, 2009

There is no way of overestimating the challenge that the emergence of ALBA and the overall reawakening of Latin America pose to the role that the U.S. arrogates to itself as lord of the entire Western Hemisphere. The almost two-century-old Monroe Doctrine exemplifies Washington’s claim to exclusive influence over all of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean Basin and its self-claimed right to subordinate them to its own interests. Never before the election victories of anti-neoliberal forces throughout Latin America over the past eleven years has the prospect of a truly democratic, multipolar New World existed as it does now.

It is in response to those developments that the U.S. and its former colonialist allies in NATO are attempting to reassert their influence in the Americas south of the U.S. border.

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John Perkins Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded — and How to Remake Them

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Democracy Now!
Nov. 9, 2009

Hoodwinked: Former Economic Hit Man John Perkins Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded—and How to Remake Them

John Perkins calls himself a former economic hit man. He has seen the signs of today’s financial meltdown before. The subprime mortgage fiasco, the collapse of the banking industry, the rising unemployment rate—these are all familiar to him. Perkins was on the front lines of monitoring and helping create these very events that were once just confined to the Third World. From 1971 to 1981, he worked for the international consulting firm of Chas T. Main, where he was a self-described “economic hit man.” He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Confessions of An Economic Hit Man and The Secret History of the American Empire.

Honduras deal collapses, and Zelaya’s backers blame U.S.

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By Tyler Bridges
McClatchy Newspapers
Nov. 9, 2009

CARACAS, Venezuela — A U.S.-brokered accord that was supposed to return ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to power has collapsed and his supporters pinned much of the blame Monday on the Obama administration.

Honduras’ Congress has made no plans to vote on whether to enact the agreement following remarks by Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon that seemed to remove U.S. pressure.

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via Honduras deal collapses, and Zelaya’s backers blame U.S. | McClatchy

Nothing Resolved in Honduras

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TheRealNews
November 05, 2009

One week after a widely-celebrated, US-brokered agreement between deposed president Zelaya and coup president Micheletti, the coup regime appears stronger than ever

Honduras: A Victory for “Smart Power” By Eva Golinger

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By Eva Golinger
Postcards from the Revolution
Monday, Nov 2, 2009

Honduras Power Sharing Deal Signed!

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Deal Reached in Honduran Coup Crisis; Zelaya Restoration Would Depend on Vote by Honduran Congress

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