The Energy of Empire 10. Honduras - The Banana Republic

By the turn of the twentieth century, and much as with Nicaragua, American corporations were consolidating large landholdings and lobbied the US government to protect their investments as they ran into conflict over issues such as peasants rights. The first US military incursion took place in 1903 and occurred consistently over the succeeding decades. Because the country was effectively controlled by American fruit corporations, it was the original inspiration for the term ‘banana republic.’   Sources Stephen Kinzer’s Overthrow http://stephenkinzer.com/2013/09/overthrow-americas-century-of-regime-change-from-hawaii-to-iraq/   Documentary: Hidden in Plain Sight The School of the Americas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DX6OR-j47c   Democracy Now Before Her Assassination, Berta Cáceres Singled Out Hillary Clinton for Backing Honduran Coup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QiA8BA8WkM   “A Moment of Hope”: Xiomara Castro’s Likely Win in Honduras Ends Years of Right-Wing Rule After Coup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMzFQxO3FtU   Mark Weisbrot, Will Congress Act to Stop US Support for Honduras’ Death Squad Regime? https://original.antiwar.com/mark-weisbrot/2013/04/02/will-congress-act-to-stop-us-support-for-honduras-death-squad-regime/   Stephen Zunes: The US Role in the Honduras Coup and Subsequent Violence https://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/03/15/us-role-honduras-coup-and-subsequent-violence   Music - Corrido a Honduras https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uTbxetdtN4   The Essence of Anarchy, book available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09SN1X3HL   Contemplating Conspiracy, book available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WNDZCP3   Donations in support of the show can be made at: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ZL2DQE3EK446C