Honduran Regime, 2009-2022
13 years of Repressive, Open-for-global-business, U.S. & Canadian-backed Narco-Dictatorship
This archive contains almost 13 years of urgent actions, articles, reports and video links prepared by current and former Rights Action folks, and many others, beginning June 27, 2009 - the day of the U.S. and Canadian-backed military coup that ousted the government of President Mel Zelaya, through to the electoral victory of President Xiomara Castro on November 27, 2021.
2009 June 28 - Alert #1 Military Coup in Honduras
2009 June 28 - Alert #2 People Defending Their Democracy as Constitutional Reform Poll Continues
2009 June 28 - Alert #3 State of Siege, COFADEH Reports
2009 June 29 - Alert #4 “Coup in Honduras”, Article by K. Bricker; Rights Action commentary
2009 June 30 - Alert #5 “The Situation is Black and White, Not Grey” by Rights Action
2009 July 3 - Alert #9 Rights Action Emergency Relief Fundraising Appeal
2009 July 3 - Alert # 10 Rights Action Response to CNN - There is No “Two-President” Crisis
2009 July 3 - Alert #11 Canadian government weakening position of “international community”
2009 July 4 - Alert #12 Report from IACHR
2009 July 4 - Alert #13 “No Press Freedom in Post-Coup Honduras”, Article by M. Benjamin
2009 July 5 - Alert #14 Honduran President Mel Zelaya to Return Today!
2009 July 5 - Alert #16 “Tear-Gas, M-16 Bullets & the Dead, in Militarized Honduras”, by G. Russell
2009 July 9- Alert #20 Urgent Action - Illegal Detention of Jose David Maurillo Sanchez
2009 July 14 - Alert #24 Lawsuit filed against Coup plotters & Perpetrators
2009 July 24 - Alert #33 The Real News Honduras Video Report: “Fear the People”
2009 July 25 - Alert #34 Death and Defiance at the Border, and Across the Country; Various Articles
2009 July 26 - Alert #35 COFADEH Urgent Action and Denouncement
2009 July 28 - Alert #36 “Marching to the Border to Meet ‘Mel’”, Article by K. Spring
2009 July 29 - Alert # 37 Various Articles, Analyses & Actions on Honduran Resistance
2009 July 30 - Alert #39 “Military Aid Flows to Honduras Despite Coup”, Article by J. Ditchburn
2009 July 31 - Alert #40 “Thursday, Bloody Thursday in Honduras”, NarcoNews Article by A. Giordano
2009 August 27 - Alert #54 REALnews Video by J. Freeston
2009 August 29 - Alert #55 “Honduras’ Historic Two Months”, Article by J. Moore
2009 August 31 - Speaking Tours Fall 2009 in Canada & US
2009 September 22 - Alert #69 Action Request; Information on Brutal Repressive Crackdown
2009 September 23 - Alert #70 Urgent Call for United Nations Medical and Human Rights Mission
2009 September 29 - Funding Appeal: Resisting the Oligarchic-Military Regime in Honduras
2009 November 4 - Alert #85 “Statistics and Faces of the Repression” Report by COFADEH
2009 November 25 - Alert #95 Militarized Election Farse Continues; Various Articles & Statements
2009 December 27 - “Honduras: The Coup That Never Happened”, Article by T. Shipley
2010 February 24 - Repression From the State; Re-Founding the Nation, by The People
2010 September 15 - Efrain Lopez Killed, Many Wounded; Various Articles & Reports
2010 November 4 - Letter From Congressmembers to Hillary Clinton; Various Articles & Updates
2011 January 13 - “Sweatshops, Mining, Tourism & ‘Free’ Trade Negotiations”, Article by K. Spring
2011 April 30 - Two Documentary News Reports by the Real News
2011 May 2 - Congressional “Dear Colleague” Letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
2011 May 20 - U.S Congressional Sign-On Letter About Military Aid Suspension in Honduras
2011 May 26 - Two Articles Reflecting on May 28th Return of President Zelaya
2011 August 8 - Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper to Visit Honduras, Rights Action Commentary
2011 August 19 - “Canada is Becoming More Gringo Than the Gringos”, by K. Spring
2011 December 14 - Beatings & Killings of Journalists; Various Articles & Film Reports
2012 February 15 - “Honduras - 300 Prisoners Killed in Jail Fire”, BBC Report & More
2012 February 18 - “Comayagua Prison Fire and National Emergency”, COFADEH Statement
2012 April 17 - UN Independent Experts Call on Honduras to Adopt Measures to Stop Killing of Lawyers
2012 April 24 - Dina Meza, Journalist, Receiving More Threats
2012 June 28 - Third Anniversary of Military Coup; Various articles
2012 October 16 - “How Low Can Honduras Go?”, Article by D. Frank
2013 January 7 - “Inside the World’s Deadliest Country: Honduras”, CBS Article
2013 March 31 - “Honduras is Open Business… And Repression”, Report by G. Russell
2013 May 14 - “Honduran Police Accused as Death Squads”, Associated Press by A. Arce
2013 June 5 - “When Will the U.S. Stop Funding Death Squads?”, Al Jazeera Article by L. Carasik
2013 July 15 - “Honduras Shaken by High-Profile Murders”, Upsidedown World Article by T. Mejia
2013 August 30 - “Three Members of Tolupan Indigenous Group Murdered in Yoro”, Publication by PROAH
2013 November 4 - “Pre-Election Persecution Increases in Honduras”, Article by K. Spring
2014 February 27 - “Honduras: The Thugocracy Next Door”, POLITICO Magazine Article by D. Frank
2014 April 4 - “Tolupan Land Defenders Subject to More Threats in Honduras”, Article by S. Cuffe
2014 April 13 - Another Murder in the “Murder Capital of the World”
2014 April 29 - U.S. Congressional Letter to Secretary of State John Kerry; Sign-on Call
2014 May 12 - Brutal, Public Murder of Anti-Mining, Community and Environmental Defender in Honduras
2014 July 15 - “No Small Coup: The Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement”, Article by J. Moore
2015 January 8 - “U.S. Should Rethink Support for Honduras”, Houston Chronicle Article by D. Frank
2015 March 27 - Letter to forward on regarding murder of Soad Nicolle Ham Bustillo, 13yr old
2015 March 30 - “Assassination of 4 Student Leaders in Honduras Prompts Protests”, Telesur Article
2015 May 7 - “A Honduran Coup Comes Full Circle”, L.A. Times Article by T. Wilkinson
2015 June 17- “U.S. Underwrites Corruption and Violence in Honduras”, Al Jazeera Article by D. Frank
2015 July 17 - “Protests Light Up Long Honduran Night”, Miami Herald Article by D. Frank
2016 May 3 - Felix Molina, Well Known Honduran Journalist, Shot 4 Times, Survives…
2016 July 16 - World Anger Over Honduras Activist Lesbia Yaneth Urquia’s Death; BBC News Report
2016 September 24 - “End U.S Support for the Thugs of Honduras”, NYT Article by D. Frank
2017 November 23 - “Danger to Honduran Democracy”, Post and Courier Article
2017 November 30 - Happening Now: Electoral Fraud and Government Repression in Honduras
2017 December 16 - “The Only Way to Defend Democracy in Honduras”, Photo Essay by G. Russell
2017 December 20 - “U.S. Congressional Letter Supports O.A.S Call for New Elections in Honduras
2017 December 22 - “America’s Blind Eye to Honduras’ Tyrant”, NYT Article by S. Carrillo
2018 January 14 - “2018 in Honduras Will Be a Long and Violent Year”, Rights Action Update
2018 January 24 - “This is Honduras”, by G. Russell
2019 June 28 - “Honduras at Ten Years After the Coup: a Critical Assessment”, Article by J. Phillips
2019 July 2 - “Ugly Canadian Supports Status Quo in Original Banana Republic”, Article by Y. Engler
2021 November 26 - “End of a Narcostate”, London Review of Books Article by J. Perry