![]() ![]() ![]() Paramilitary-style assassinations are picking off opposition activists or their children one by one, with near-total impunity. Massive state-sponsored repression continues to terrorize the opposition - although rarely reported in the U.S. A year later, the country's military and ruling elites remain in tight control after the fraudulent election of Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo Sosa last November. ![]() On June 28, 2009, the Honduran military deposed President Manuel Zelaya in his now-famous pajamas, with the collusion of most of the country's ruling oligarchs. 53703 e-mail: year after the coup in Honduras, the Obama administration, to its shame, has thrown itself fully behind the country's repressive regime. [Dana Frank is a professor of history at the University of California at Santa Cruz and the author of a number of books, including "Bananeras: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America." She can be reached at Progressive Media Project, 409 East Main Street, Madison, Wis. ![]()
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