The Energy of Empire 10. Honduras - The Banana Republic

By the turn of the twentieth century, and much as with Nicaragua, American corporations were consolidating large landholdings and lobbied the US government to protect their investments as they ran into conflict over issues such as peasants rights. The first US military incursion took place in 1903 and occurred consistently over the succeeding decades. Because the country was effectively controlled by American fruit corporations, it was the original inspiration for the term ‘banana republic.’

 

Sources

Stephen Kinzer’s Overthrow

http://stephenkinzer.com/2013/09/overthrow-americas-century-of-regime-change-from-hawaii-to-iraq/

 

Documentary: Hidden in Plain Sight The School of the Americas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DX6OR-j47c

 

Democracy Now Before Her Assassination, Berta Cáceres Singled Out Hillary Clinton for Backing Honduran Coup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QiA8BA8WkM

 

“A Moment of Hope”: Xiomara Castro’s Likely Win in Honduras Ends Years of Right-Wing Rule After Coup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMzFQxO3FtU

 

Mark Weisbrot, Will Congress Act to Stop US Support for Honduras’ Death Squad Regime?

https://original.antiwar.com/mark-weisbrot/2013/04/02/will-congress-act-to-stop-us-support-for-honduras-death-squad-regime/

 

Stephen Zunes: The US Role in the Honduras Coup and Subsequent Violence

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/03/15/us-role-honduras-coup-and-subsequent-violence

 

Music - Corrido a Honduras

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uTbxetdtN4

 

The Essence of Anarchy, book available now:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09SN1X3HL

 

Contemplating Conspiracy, book available now:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WNDZCP3

 

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