John Perkins, the author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, argues convincingly that the recent coup in Honduras was engineered by two US companies, with CIA support. He begins by saying:
I recently visited Central America. Everyone I talked with there was convinced that the military coup that had overthrown the democratically-elected president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, had been engineered by two US companies, with CIA support. And that the US and its new president were not standing up for democracy.
Earlier in the year Chiquita Brands International Inc. (formerly United Fruit) and Dole Food Co had severely criticized Zelaya for advocating an increase of 60% in Honduras’s minimum wage, claiming that the policy would cut into corporate profits. They were joined by a coalition of textile manufacturers and exporters, companies that rely on cheap labor to work in their sweatshops.
Read the entire article on the Tikkun website.
August 27, 2009 at 3:45 pm |
That is interesting. The U.S. papers say the U.S. Embassy in Honduras has stopped issuing visas. Perhaps the Hondurans are thinking/planning of issuing their own money? Either way, the corruption there must be rampant.