Familiar US Tactics Emerging in Honduras Coup

Through the limited amount of coverage that was being given by the media it was not hard to discern the US government was up to their regime-changing agenda again. As was pointed out in the article "US Govt. Confirms it Knew Coup Was Coming" posted by Eva Golinger on the chavezcode.com website (2), the New York Times confirmed the US’s involvement in the coup:

"As the crisis escalated, American officials began in the last few days to talk with Honduran government and military officials in an effort to head off a possible coup. A senior administration official, who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity, said the military broke off those discussions on Sunday."

The US is involved in the political affairs of Honduras to a great extent. Why was it necessary for the US to be in talks with the government and the military other than to coerce the government into changing its left wing agenda? We know the US government has influence over the Honduran military forces and the New York Times article reminds us of this: (3)

"The two nations have long had a close military relationship, with an American military task force stationed at a Honduran air base about 50 miles northwest of Tegucigalpa. The unit focuses on training Honduran military forces, counternarcotics operations, search and rescue, and disaster relief missions throughout Central America."

Hugo Chavez had broken off his military training exercises with the US when he recognised the influence the US would be wielding over his armed forces. Here is another quote to that effect from the article "Moving out of the superpower orbit" (4) written by Tom Engelhardt:

"...Chavez suddenly broke off military-to-military relations, just about the only kind the Bush administration ever promotes, and threw out "a small group of US officers who were teaching and studying in Venezuela", accusing them of encouraging plots against his government. He also ended joint military exercises, suspended all military exchanges, and even threatened to try any American military officer found spying in Venezuelan courts."

The kidnapping of President Zelaya, his reported resignation and placing him in exile is similar to what was attempted in the short-lived coup against President Hugo Chávez. (5) A similar plot was successfully used against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti. (6)

So it appears once again that the US is involved in another anti-democratic coup, this time under Barrack Obama.

NOTES:

1. Venezuela's Hugo Chavez scolds CNN for coverage of Michael Jackson's death
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=81213 ↩

2. "Honduran President Is Ousted in Coup" By Elisabeth Malkin
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/world/americas/29honduras.html ↩

3. "US Govt. Confirms it Knew Coup Was Coming"
http://www.chavezcode.com/2009/06/update-100am-us-govt-confirms-it-new.html ↩

4. "Moving out of the superpower orbit" by Tom Engelhardt
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/GE04Aa01.html ↩

5. "Three Days that Shook the Media"
http://www.narconews.com/threedays.html ↩

6. "The overthrow of Haiti’s Aristide: a coup made in the USA"
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/mar2004/hait-m01.shtml ↩