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The long Honduran night : resistance, terror, and the United States in the aftermath of the coup / Dana Frank.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frank, Dana, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Honduras-Politics and government.
- Honduras-History.
- Honduras--Politics and government.
- Honduras.
- Honduras--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Haymarket Books, [2018]
- Summary:
- Shortlisted for the 2019 Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America, this powerful narrative recounts the dramatic years in Honduras following the June 2009 military coup that deposed President Manuel Zelaya, told in part through first-person experiences, layered into deeper political analysis. It weaves together two broad pictures: first, the repressive regime that was launched with the coup, and the ways in which U.S. policy has continued to support that regime; and second, the brave and evolving Honduran resistance movement, with aid from a new solidarity movement in the United States. Although it is full of terrible things, this is not a horror story: the book directly counters mainstream media coverage that portrays Honduras as a pit of unrelenting awfulness, in which powerless people sob in the face of unexplained violence. Rather, it’s about sobering challenges with roots in political processes, and the inspiring collective strength with which people face them.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Chapter one: In struggle: resistance and repression. Chapter two: Locked down: campesinos, police, and prisoners. Chapter three: The struggle up north: media, solidarity, and the us congress. Chapter four: A dictator rises: Juan Orlando Hernández and his us friends. Chapter five: Borderlands of good and evil: immigrants and indignados. Chapter six: Boomerangs: berta cáceres and the view from the backyard. Acknowledgments. Notes. Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781608469611
- 1608469611
- OCLC:
- 1065418641
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