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Dana Frank: A Year Later, Obama Still Shores Up the Honduran Coup

[Dana Frank is a professor of history at the University of California at Santa Cruz and the author of a number of books, including "Bananeras: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America." She can be reached at Progressive Media Project, 409 East Main Street, Madison, Wis. 53703; e-mail: pmproj@progressive.org]

A year after the coup in Honduras, the Obama administration, to its shame, has thrown itself fully behind the country's repressive regime.

On June 28, 2009, the Honduran military deposed President Manuel Zelaya in his now-famous pajamas, with the collusion of most of the country's ruling oligarchs. A year later, the country's military and ruling elites remain in tight control after the fraudulent election of Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo Sosa last November.

Massive state-sponsored repression continues to terrorize the opposition - although rarely reported in the U.S. media.

Paramilitary-style assassinations are picking off opposition activists or their children one by one, with near-total impunity. At least 14 people associated with the opposition or critical of the regime have been killed since Lobo's inauguration, including seven journalists and three trade unionists....
Read entire article at Lexington Herald-Leader (KY)