The Real News
August 6, 2009
The silence from Washington over the past month of human rights abuses from the de facto Honduran government becomes deafening when one considers that the US government holds both the ability to bring that regime down as well as a recent history of criticizing similar abuses in Iran. Groups inside the US have taken up the call to pressure the government into taking the action required by US law in addressing a military coup.
Bio
Forrest Hylton is the author of Evil Hour in Colombia (Verso, 2006), and with Sinclair Thomson, co-author of Revolutionary Horizons: Past and Present in Bolivian Politics (Verso, 2007). He is a regular contributor to New Left Review and NACLA Report on the Americas.
2 comments:
Dear Justin,
You might be interested in reading the followings:
As support for Zelaya fades away at Capitol Hill, Obama would be lukewarm about reinstating Honduras leader
http://www.isria.com/4/20090807_Zelaya.php
U.S. cooling off on Zelaya's return as Honduran president
http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2009/08/07/US-cooling-off-on-Zelayas-return-as-Honduran-president/UPI-99401249677889/
Best,
ISRIA
Thanks, Isria. I can only hope that the Obama Administration will come to its senses and recognize that to throw up its hands on Honduras will do irreparable harm to U.S.-Latin American relations.
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