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U.S. nixes Honduras aid in response to coup

Posted by Craig Kanalley on 9/03/09 • Categorized as Central America, North America, Politics

The United States pressured Honduras to reinstate its former President Manuel Zelaya on Thursday by halting all non-humanitarian aid to the country, according to CNN.

Zelaya was ousted in a coup on June 28, leading to a period of chaos in the nation, where divisions are still prevalent.

The news quickly circulated amongst Twitter users in Honduras capital Tegucigalpa, angering some. Many continue to tweet about the crisis with the hashtag #crisishn:

  1. Dulce Funez
    Candymfb (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) DO NOT Legally define the constitutional presidential succession in Honduras as a military coup. DO NOT cut off aid to Honduras. 02 Sep 2009 from web
  2. Ruben
    rescobar2001 (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) EUA anuncia suspensión de ayuda, revocación de visas y el no reconocimiento de elecciones http://bit.ly/LnUde (U.S. announces aid suspension, revocation of visas and non-recognition of elections) 03 Sep 2009 from TweetDeck
  3. Bryan Chavez
    bryanflacko (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) #Honduras, #crisishn, Estados Unidos de America acaba de cancelar todo tipo de ayuda economica para Honduras, no mas dinero para el pais (#Honduras, #crisishn, United States of America has just cancel all types of economic aid to Honduras, no more money for the country) 03 Sep 2009 from web
  4. Diario El Heraldo
    diarioelheraldo (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) “Pagaremos cualquier precio”: Gobernación http://bit.ly/DYFMI Suspensión de ayuda de Estados Unidos (”We will pay any price”: Governance http://bit.ly/DYFMI Suspension of U.S. aid) 03 Sep 2009 from web
  5. Honduras en lucha!
    hondurasenlucha (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) EE.UU. cancela ayudas económicas a #Micheletti y no reconocerá elecciones http://hondurasenlucha.blogspot.com/ #Honduras, #crisishn, #pazhn (U.S. cancel financial assistance #Micheletti and will not recognize elections) 03 Sep 2009 from web

Was it the right thing for the U.S. to do? Americans and others tweeted a variety of views:

  1. Joshua Stephens
    joshuacstephens (Washington, D.C.) Wow! And only months after the coup! Jesus. RT – U.S. Terminates $22 Million in Aid to Honduras http://bit.ly/1H57XF (via @nytimes) 03 Sep 2009 from Tweetie
  2. Angel Elliott
    AngelEra (Washington, D.C.) The US says it is halting all non-humanitarian aid to Honduras in the wake of the June coup that ousted their Pres. (via @bbcnews) Fair? 03 Sep 2009 from Twitterrific in reply to bbcnews
  3. Alberto De Lucca
    adldesign (Caracas, Venezuela) Obama would be making a mistake if he cuts aid to Honduras. Unless, he’s like Zelaya and Chavez. Oh, wait. Oooh. Right. Nevermind. 28 Aug 2009 from Tweetie
  4. Emmett T Mannix
    UVa66 (Texas) Zelaya: return to Honduras TODAY; face trial for abuse of power. But, Honduras is SO rich, they don’t need US aid, huh! http://tiny.cc/1Q1R0 03 Sep 2009 from web
  5. Alara
    alara95 (Undisclosed) crazy RT @LaGringaLaCeiba: US State Dept has stopped aid to #Honduras, will not recognize the Nov elections http://shar.es/1nsNc 03 Sep 2009 from Mixero
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  • jeffkramerak
    great, now the hundurans are gonna come all to the USA to take over and try to make the USA a little Honduras, this will never end, and they will cont. to expect us to learn Spanish instead of them learning English. A stop must be put to this...Terrible.
  • We must support the countries that fight leftist regimes! Zelaya was trying to impose a government following Cavez's footsteps. Honduras is sending a message and we must hear it! If they have free elections then accepting the result is a graceful way out of this situation. Twenty years ago the OAS left my country (Panama) alone with Noriega so we don't expect anything different on the Honduras issue but we do hope the USA - land of the free and home of the brave- to do the right thing...
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