1. Former Argentine Dictator Calls for Coup Against Cristina Kirchner’s Government
(Matching tags: coup, human rights, Argentina)

... they were murdered). These were crimes that he and fellow junta leaders committed following the 1976 coup d’état that they directed and that was responsible for the kidnapping, torture and deaths of an ...

2. Chávez in Haiti, a Clear Alternative to the “International Community”
(Matching tags: coup, aristide, aid, venezuela, petrocaribe)

...  Opposition to 2004 Coup In 2004, following the U.S.-backed coup against Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Chávez was one of only a few voices in the region condemning what had taken place and refusing to recognize ...

3. Will the U.S. Government, Media Seek to Improve Relations with Venezuela?
(Matching tags: coup, venezuela, Chavez, Maduro)

... mentioned the April 2002 coup d’etat in his press conference today. Declassified C.I.A. and other government documents reveal the U.S. role in that coup against Hugo Chávez. As Scott Wilson, former foreign ...

4. IMF Ignores Proven Alternatives With Recommendations to Honduras
(Matching tags: coup, imf, Honduras, government spending)

On Friday, February 15, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that it had concluded its most recent Article IV consultation with Honduras. The Fund’s recommendations varied little from those ...

5. The Man Who Ousted the President is Now Running for President
(Matching tags: coup, Honduras)

The Associated Press recently reported that General Romeo Vásquez Velásquez, who led the military-backed coup against democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya in June 2009, would himself run for ...

6. Honduras’ Most Powerful Man Misunderstood: "I probably had reasons to kill him…but I'm not a killer"
(Matching tags: coup, unions, Honduras)

... carry the foreign minister out of the country against her will" during the 2009 coup d’etat; and yes, drug planes have used his property to traffic cocaine; and yes, he normally keeps a pistol on his desk; ...

7. Honduras’ Party Primaries: Voters Went to the Polls, But Can Next Year’s Elections be “Free and Fair”?
(Matching tags: coup, elections, media, Honduras, Facusse, ICC, LIBRE)

... against humanity committed by coup leaders Roberto Micheletti, General Romeo Vasquez Velasquez, palm oil magnate Miguel Facusse, and others. (See our previous post here.) Honduras’ presidential elections ...

8. Murders of Teenagers and Opposition Party Members Underscore Impunity in Honduras and the Failure of U.S. “Vetting”
(Matching tags: coup, human rights, Honduras, SOA, ICC)

In previous blog posts we’ve commented on the rampant political violence in Honduras since the country’s 2009 military coup, as well as the alleged involvement of Honduran security forces in extrajudicial ...

9. Honduras’ Violent “Hot Spots” Help Propel Homicides to a New Record High
(Matching tags: coup, Honduras, Facusse, DEA)

Several new op-eds and articles highlight problems with the U.S. government’s support for the post-coup government of Pepe Lobo in Honduras. New U.N. data reveals that the homicide rate in Honduras – already ...

10. Daily Headlines – October 16, 2012
(Matching tags: coup, unions, labor, unasur, paraguay, mexico, colombia, uribe)

... and Panama. Following the 2009 coup in Honduras, both Panama and Colombia sided with the US and supported the electoral process under the coup government, while the rest of the region refused to recognize ...