Excellent reporting by @JakobJohnston sheds fresh light on the US role in the 2009 military coup in #Honduras
https://theintercept.com/2017/08/29/honduras-coup-us-defense-departmetnt-center-hemispheric-defense-studies-chds/ …
.@HillaryClinton's emails include telling exchanges about the 2009 #Honduras military coup, reports @lhfang https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/07/06/clinton-honduras-coup/ … #LatAm
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Great
@AJFaultLines 2012 short doc about the increasing militarization of the war on drugs in#Hondurashttps://youtu.be/RWU1d_tTMEsShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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"the court went inexplicably silent for more than 24 hours, eliciting calls for more transparency from international election monitors. When it resumed releasing new vote tallies Tuesday, the results showed a dramatic shift in favor of the president."http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-honduras-election-battle-20171130-story.html …
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"The Supreme Electoral Tribunal suffered a mystery glitch..., an incident that rekindled memories of the 1988 Mexican elections... The tribunal has vehemently rejected any suggestion of fraud and has defended the speed of the count"https://www.ft.com/content/3b66f6fe-d5ea-11e7-8c9a-d9c0a5c8d5c9 …
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@CarlosDada, a journalist for [Salvadoran] newspaper@_ElFaro_, tweeted that there have been riots, looting, burned-down toll booths in San Pedro Sula and attacks by Honduran security forces throughout the country."https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/12/01/At-least-1-dead-in-Honduras-post-election-protests-Still-no-winner-declared/4691512109370/ …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Context to Honduras's political crisis provided in this succinct article by
@jude_webber and@JP_Rathbonehttps://www.ft.com/content/fcc8b76a-d65d-11e7-8c9a-d9c0a5c8d5c9 …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@martinreischke: "Con el control que ejerce Hernández sobre el Estado y los cuerpos de seguridad, va a ser muy difícil para la oposición luchar para que Honduras no se convierta en una dictadura"#HondurasEnCrisis#NoALaDictadurahttp://www.dw.com/es/opini%C3%B3n-en-honduras-un-golpe-m%C3%A1s/a-41628345 …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@angryburrito: “The Honduran security forces are using our tax payer dollars to repress peaceful demonstrations against stolen elections.”@UCSCHistory's Dana Frank: “US-funded police and military are engaged in violent repression of Honduran protesters”https://theintercept.com/2017/12/03/the-president-of-honduras-is-deploying-u-s-trained-forces-against-election-protesters/ …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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"The opposition, alleging fraud, has demanded recounts of almost a third of the tally sheets ... Election monitors from the Organization of American States and the EU abandoned diplomatic language Monday as they threw their weight behind a recount."https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/world/americas/honduras-presidential-election.html …
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"a leader of rebellious Cobra riot police told reporters the country wanted a vote-by-vote recount to clarify the results, and called on the armed forces to come out in support of the police protest."
#NoALaDictadura#Hondurashttps://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-honduras-election/rebel-honduran-police-ignore-curfew-order-election-protesters-rejoice-idUKKBN1DX0TM …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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"The U.S. State Department has certified that the Honduran government has been fighting corruption and supporting human rights, clearing the way for Honduras to receive millions of dollars in U.S. aid, a document seen by Reuters showed."https://www.reuters.com/article/us-honduras-election-usa-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-document-certifies-honduras-as-supporting-rights-amid-vote-crisis-idUSKBN1DY2K7 …
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“The Organisation of American States has urged the Honduran government to lift a curfew it imposed last week after protests against perceived fraud in the recent presidential election.”
#HondurasVoto2017https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-latin-america-42261076 …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@skinosian: “The political turmoil will probably have far-reaching consequences, and the US, which wields considerable influence in#Honduras, shares some responsibility for creating the political landscape that laid the ground for the crisis.”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/07/crisis-of-honduras-democracy-has-roots-in-us-tacit-support-for-2009-coup …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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“Protests snaking through city streets, nighttime curfews, a raucous political battle over a president’s re-election: Honduras has been seized by a crisis since a disputed vote last month.”https://nyti.ms/2ACZ3sL
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“President Juan Orlando Hernández was declared the winner of Honduras’s bitterly contested...presidential poll by the country’s electoral authorities on Sunday, prompting calls for a fresh vote from the head of the
@OAS_official amid accusations of fraud.”https://www.ft.com/content/80e2fb1e-e3ba-11e7-97e2-916d4fbac0da …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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OAS Secretary General
@Almagro_OEA2015: “The only possible way for the victor to be the people of Honduras is a new call for general elections, within the framework of the strictest respect for the rule of law”#HondurasElections2017http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/18/americas/oas-honduras-elections/index.html …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@OEA_oficial: "El pueblo hondureño merece un ejercicio electoral que le brinde calidad democrática y garantías. El ciclo electoral que el TSE dio por cerrado hoy, claramente no lo ha sido."#EleccionesHonduras2017#HondurasVoto2017http://www.oas.org/es/centro_noticias/comunicado_prensa.asp?sCodigo=C-092/17 …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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"A senior Honduran government official ruled out a new presidential election ... following a contentious vote that has sparked violent protests": “This is a nation that is not going to do what anybody from an international organization tells it to do.”https://www.reuters.com/article/us-honduras-election/senior-honduran-official-rejects-new-election-call-amid-protests-idUSKBN1EC25B …
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"A new wave of violence broke out late Sunday across the country and continued into Monday morning. Local media reported that police officers were observed hurling tear gas canisters at protesters in the capital, Tegucigalpa."https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Honduras-3-Confirmed-Dead-in-Under-24-Hours-20171219-0001.html …
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"Honduras erupted in new street protests Monday after President Juan Orlando Hernandez was officially declared the winner ... [protesters] clashed with soldiers and blocked highways and roads with burning tires"http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-honduras-political-crisis-20171218-story.html …
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