Democracy hangs by a thread in Honduras

The Independent by Hugh O'Shaughnessy | Jul. 19, 2009 (News Report)
The right-wing coup d'état is faltering, but its supporters have powerful friends in Washington.

The international group of right-wingers who staged the coup d'état against the democratic government of Honduras on 28 June are watching their plot fast unravel.

There is stiffening international opposition to their protégé, Roberto Micheletti, who, in his capacity as President of Congress, ordered President Manuel Zelaya to be expelled from the country by plane in his pyjamas. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 21, 2009

O'Shaughnessy puts together a compelling investigative report of rich right wing radicals financing and conducting foreign policy that consists of military coups.

These U.S. plotters should be prosecuted. Are there laws that are relevant?

Financial backing for the coup is identified by some as coming from the pharmaceutical industry, which fears Mr Zelaya’s plans to produce generic drugs and distribute them cheaply to the impoverished majority in Honduras

last month’s putsch against Mr Zelaya was brewed up in Washington by a group of extreme conservatives from Venezuela, Honduras and the US. They appear to have hidden their plans from the White House, but hoped eventually to bounce President Obama into backing them and supporting the “interim president”.

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