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Honduras: U.S. Support for Repression & Fraud
Cervantes, Vicki
http://solidarity-us.org/atc/193/p5248/Date Written: 2018-03-01 Publisher: Against the Current Year Published: 2018 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX23290 The US has supported the illegitimate election in Honduras. The people continue to resist despite deaths, disappearances and incarcerations by the military. Abstract: -- Excerpt: On November 30 the U.S. State Department published the certification of "human rights improvements" in Honduras. This is a requirement for the release of some U.S. aid. To the Honduran people the timing seemed like a very bad joke. But it indicated that Washington was going to support the imposition of JOH, no matter how great the blatant fraud and murderous repression. This certification occurred despite the fact that the General Secretary of the Organization of American States Luis Almagro announced on December 17 that there should be new elections because the election process was too irregular and tainted to determine a winner. Even as the death toll rose, Washington formally recognized JOH as president on December 23. By December 30 COFADEH had documented 30 executions of protesters and one disappearance; 1085 detentions; 47 house raids using tear gas and violence; and 12 attacks on journalists and independent media. Subject Headings |