“The events of the last year show once again that the U.S. government continues to play a determinative role in Central American politics. There is mounting evidence that far-right U.S. officials, current and former, were involved in the coup’s planning, which was carried out by two graduates of the School of the Americas. The U.S. is arguably the top international ally of the Pepe Lobo’s regime, having restored full military aid despite the documentation of over 4,300 human rights abuses including 130 assassinations against members of the resistance.
“On a recent trip to Lima, Peru, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tried to convince Latin American countries to ‘move forward’ and to reinstate Honduras into the OAS (Organization of American States); Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela are among the countries that continue to refuse to recognize the Lobo administration. This Friday, a group of 27 Congressional Representatives spoke up, sending a letter to the State Department, to ‘…express [their] continuing concern regarding the grievous violations of human rights and the democratic order which commenced with the coup and continue to this day’ and called for the State Department to make an immediate, on-the-ground assessment of the human rights situation in Honduras.”
