2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClinton Betrayed Democracy, Economic Justice, and Women and Children in Honduras
I wrote a commentary on June 30, 2009, raising the issue of possible US influence through leading members of the Honduran military, who were trained at what was formerly called The School of Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia. I stated: "You can bet your bottom dollar there were a few American hands behind what happened in Honduras. We just can't say just yet who they belonged to."
Given information that has been revealed since 2009, we now know a lot more about the US support for the 2009 military coup. Hillary Clinton, who was secretary of state at the time, didn't necessarily push the button that started it, but she was the Obama administration's most ardent advocate of keeping the military in power and preventing Zelaya from returning as a democratically elected leader.
The repercussions to Honduras of Clinton siding with the military have led to it becoming one of the most corrupt and violence-ridden nations in the world. They also reveal the deep contradiction between Clinton's espousal of democracy and the rights of women and children, and her neoliberal realpolitik interest in protecting the markets and profits of US-based corporations.
Honduras is one of the most violent nations in the world. The situation in the countrys second largest city, San Pedro Sula, demonstrates the depth of the problem.
For the fourth year running, San Pedro Sula has been one of the most dangerous places on the planet outside of a war zone. Its murder rate in 2014 was an astonishing 171 per 100,000. The city, which is caught in the crossfire between vicious criminal gangs, has been the largest source of the 18,000 Honduran children who have fled to the United States in recent years. [Italics added by BuzzFlash.]
It is hypocritically appalling that Clinton responded to the plight of these children fleeing to the US -- following the exponential rise in violence after the coup -- by stating in 2014:
They [the children fleeing violence] should be sent back as soon as it can be determined who responsible adults in their families are.... We have to send a clear message: Just because your child gets across the border, that doesnt mean the child gets to stay.
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/clinton-s-honduran-hypocrisy-killing-democracy-supporting-economic-inequality-abandoning-women
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)peacebird
(14,195 posts)Her judgement is always WRONG on use of military. Always. She is a disaster on foreign policy. Her first thought is to use force.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)amborin
(16,631 posts)SMC22307
(8,090 posts)dana_b
(11,546 posts)She has a LOT to answer for
John Poet
(2,510 posts)uponit7771
(90,301 posts)Isn't this old already?!?
Broward
(1,976 posts)BreakfastClub
(765 posts)Hillary is saying that families should be discouraged from sending their children on such a dangerous journey to cross the border alone. This is a major issue for the Obama admin. This article is really disingenuous, and it looks like it was meant to mislead on purpose. What a disappointment from Truth Out.
We have to send a clear message, just because your child gets across the border, that doesnt mean the child gets to stay, she said. So, we dont want to send a message that is contrary to our laws or will encourage more children to make that dangerous journey.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/18/hillary-clinton-immigration_n_5507630.html
reddread
(6,896 posts)if only we could build a wall there. or a moat..
illegals.