ABC News Discovers Presidential Races Can Be 'Shadowed' by US Coups
When ABC News reports Hondurans are electing a new president under the 'shadow of Trump's surprise intervention,' it's remarkable how quickly history gets laundered. The real 'shadow' over Honduran democracy isn't a recent Trump tweet, but the 2009 US-backed military coup that ousted democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya, installing a regime that plunged the country into corruption and
violence. (See articles by Council on Hemispheric Affairs discussing U.S. role in 2009 Honduran coup). Calling the long, dark history of U.S. interference in Latin American elections 'Trump's surprise intervention' is like calling a full-blown invasion a 'friendly visit.' How many times does the U.S. have to destabilize a nation before it stops being a 'surprise' and starts being a pattern?