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:
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Contemplating Conspiracy, book available now:
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