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On 28 June 2009 moderately left-of-centre Honduran president, Manuel ‘Mel’ Zelaya, was overthrown in a military coup d’etat. The coup was followed by the systematic repression of anti-coup activists and the eventual election of current president, Porfirio ‘Pepe’ Lobo, amid that repression and in the absence of constitutional democracy. While critical scholarship on the international dynamics of the Honduran coup has discussed evidence of US involvement, Canada also actively intervened politically. Canada’s intervention has been marked by the bold promotion of the interests of Canadian capital operating in Honduras, as part of a wider geopolitical concern of the Canadian state to reproduce a political environment in Latin America amenable to the interests of Canadian investors. Using interviews with Honduran activists organizing against the coup and Canadian capital, as well as Canadian government documents obtained through Access to Information, this article explores the political-economic strategies of Canada’s post-coup intervention in Honduras. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article describes an unusual coup that removed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya from office in 2009. Although Zelaya was arrested at his residence by military officers and sent to Costa Rica, the removal was not ordered by military officers who were planning to put themselves in power. The removal of Zelaya was approved by the country's highest court and with the near-unanimous support of the National Congress. After Zelaya's removal, the control of the country was given to a civilian interim government. The article explains the circumstances that resulted in Zelaya's removal.

The article discusses a campaign by the U.S. government to legitimize the June 28, 2009 Honduran military coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya and to recognize the government of Roberto Micheletti and his successor Porfirio Lobo. The author states that the U.S. State Department remained silent on the well documented human rights violations committed by the police and military of the de facto government and repeatedly expressed support for the amnesty of all involved in the coup and the de facto government.

The article reports on the legitimacy of the November 29, 2009 presidential election in Honduras. Porfirio Lobo of the right-wing Nationalist Party defeated Liberal Party candidate Elvin Santos in the election held during the de facto government of Roberto Micheletti who came to power after a military coup that removed President Manuel Zelaya. The United Nations and the Organization of American States reportedly condemned the coup and majority of South American powers refused to recognize the election.

The article presents a discussion in historical perspective on the political crisis and the coup d'etat triggered in Honduras. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the work of the Honduran Truth and Reconciliation Commission between May 2010 and July 2011. It illustrates how it helped strengthen the institutions of the Honduran government and served well in promoting good governance by exposing the reprehensible behavior of the country's past government and its officials. It says that the Commission was formed after a June 2009 coup d'etat in Honduras led to its suspension from the Organization of American States (OAS).

The article criticizes the sincerity of the government of newly elected Honduran President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo toward national reconciliation. It cites that the administration has come to power after an election that is viewed as illegitimate by the international community and remains unrecognized by the United Nations, the Organization of American States and most Latin American states. It mentions the failure of the November 2009 election to eliminate the coup and its effect from public memory.