The USA helped topple President Zelaya?
Honduras may have lots of oil.
“Norway’s Petroleum Geo-Services plans to explore for oil off the Caribbean coast of Honduras, according to an agreement signed in Tegucigalpa.” (Norway Company Explores for Oil in Honduras.)
Zelaya upset certain oil companies. (Honduras temporarily grabbed Exxon, Chevron terminals.)
What has been happening since Honduras’s President Zelaya was toppled in June 2009?
The US State Department has not recalled its ambassador from Honduras.
The USA has not cut off aid to the new regime in Honduras.
According to a BBC report, “Washington is not keen to use its clout to help Mr Zelaya return to power.”
US treads careful path on Honduras
General Romeo Vasquez, who led the Honduras coup, was trained in the USA School of the Americas.
America’s CNN has had an interview which attempts to blacken Zelaya’s name.
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