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Canada and the Honduran Coup
Author(s) -
GORDON TODD,
WEBBER JEFFERY R.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-9856.2010.00499.x
Subject(s) - autocracy , state (computer science) , political science , latin americans , power (physics) , government (linguistics) , consolidation (business) , capital (architecture) , political economy , development economics , law , economic history , sociology , democracy , history , economics , politics , ancient history , linguistics , philosophy , physics , accounting , algorithm , quantum mechanics , computer science
The purpose of this article is to expose the part played by Canadian imperialism in Honduras before and after the military overthrow of democratically elected Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, on 28 June 2009. It draws attention to the neglected role of the Canadian state's efforts to protect the interests of Canadian capital in Honduras and Latin America more generally through the constant undermining of Zelaya's attempts to return to his legitimate office, and in the ultimate consolidation of the coup under Porfirio ‘Pepe’ Lobo in early 2010. The article simultaneously develops a critique of what has become the standard account of the Honduran coup of 2009. We show how Zelaya was neither a puppet of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, nor an autocrat seeking to entrench his power indefinitely through illegal constitutional reform when he was violently tossed out of government.