| Republic of Honduras República de Honduras | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Capital and largest city | Tegucigalpa |
| Official languages | Spanish |
| Leaders | |
• President | Xiomara Castro |
| Area | |
• Total | 112,492 km² |
| Population | |
• 2021 estimate | 10,278,345 |
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is currently led by the left-leaning government Xiomara Castro, a member of the Liberty and Refoundation Party.[1]
History
It was the home of several Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya, prior to Spanish Colonization in the 16th century.
Due to colonialism, Roman Catholicism and the Spanish language are dominant and have blended with indigenous culture.
In the 1980s, the CIA supported the Honduran death squad Battalion 316, which tortured and killed hundreds of civilians. The Contras were also based in Honduras and were trained by the CIA to fight the Sandinistas in Nicaragua.[2]
In 2009, right-wing drug dealer Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH) took power in a military coup with U.S. support. Hernández recognized the U.S. puppet Juan Guaidó as the president of Venezuela and trafficked tons of cocaine.[3]
In 2021, Xiomara Castro of the Liberty and Refoundation Party won the presidential election.[1] She is the wife of former president Manuel Zelaya who was deposed in a US-backed coup in 2009.[4]
A year after the left-wing victory, the US imperialists nominally withdrew support for the previous right-wing narco-dictator puppet Juan Orlando Hernández in an attempt to appear impartial towards international drug trafficking. In reality, this is another example of an imperial puppet's usefulness being outlived, and the imperialists stabbing their asset in the back.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Left-wing candidate Xiomara Castro all set to become Honduras’ next president" (2021-11-29). People's Dispatch.
- ↑ "Torture at CIA Battalion 316". Constantine Report.
- ↑ Ben Norton (2022-07-14). "How Trump and John Bolton attempted a coup in Venezuela" Multipolarista. Archived from the original on 2022-07-18. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
- ↑ Bill Van Auken (2019-06-28). "Ten years since the US-backed coup in Honduras" World Socialist Web Site.
- ↑ Benjamin Norton. "Biden admin slaps Honduran narco-dictator on wrist... after supporting him" Multipolarista.