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US-backed coup regimes trapped Honduras in unpayable odious debt, warns new President Xiomara Castro (multipolarista.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

I'm confused, how was this a US-backed coup? It was condemned at the highest levels at the time.

Edit: It wasn't officially labeled a coup by the US, but only because that designation would cut off almost all aid to Honduras, which would hurt ordinary Hondurans.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 years ago

A talk with the overthrown: http://thegrayzone.com/2019/07/01/coup-honduras-interview-president-manuel-zelaya-10th-anniversary-us/

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-hillary-clinton-militarized-us-policy-in-honduras/

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