Honduran Coup Blamed on Militarism

Consortium News by Sherwood Ross | Jul. 12, 2009 (Special Report)

Oscar Arias, the president of Costa Rica and the man who will serve as mediator of the crisis in Honduras, wrote in a July 10 op-ed in the Miami Herald, “This coup demonstrates, once more, that the combination of powerful militaries and fragile democracies creates a terrible risk.” Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Latin America, Bush Administration, Foreign Policy
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 14, 2009

Ross looks critically at the military solutions applied to Latin America, and sees that the solutions are the problem.

Close the School of the Americas, whatever they change it's name to.

“Despite pervasive problems of poverty in Latin America, the United States’ focus on military rather than economic aid to the region is increasing,” he quoted Lisa ... More »

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