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The United States supported a new election following the overthrow of democratically-elected president [[Manuel Zelaya]] in a coup d'état<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-us-has-been-meddling-in-other-countries-elections-for-a-century-it-doesnt-feel-good_us_57983b85e4b02d5d5ed382bd|title=The U.S. Has Been Meddling In Other Countries' Elections For A Century. It Doesn't Feel Good.|last2=Delaney|first2=Arthur|date=July 27, 2016|publisher=|first1=Grim|last1=Ryan|work=huffingtonpost.com|accessdate=December 14, 2016}}</ref> led by [[School of the Americas]] alumnus General [[Romeo Vásquez Velásquez]].<ref name="hp">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-us-role-in-the-honduras-coup-and-subsequent-violence_us_5766c7ebe4b0092652d7a138|title=The U.S. Role In The Honduras Coup And Subsequent Violence|last2=|first2=|date=19 June 2016|website=Huffington Post|publisher=|first1=Stephen|last1=Zunes|accessdate=December 14, 2016}}</ref>

==Background ==
After raising the minimum wage by 60% and joining the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA),<ref name="Valle" /> [[Manuel Zelaya]] had made enough enemies that he found himself on a plane to Costa Rica in his pyjamas<ref>{{cite web|title=Exclusive Interview with Manuel Zelaya on the U.S. Role in Honduran Coup, WikiLeaks and Why He Was Ousted|url=https://www.democracynow.org/2011/5/31/exclusive_interview_with_manuel_zelaya_on|website=Democracy Now!|accessdate=December 14, 2016|date=May 31, 2011}}</ref> during the [[2009 Honduran coup d'état]], which took place on June 28th. In mid-October, ''Time'' reported that the installed President, [[Roberto Micheletti]], had begun tightening control on media and dissent in the previous three weeks, and that according to an anonymous State Department official the November elections were seen simply as a reality "the international community need[ed] to come to terms with."<ref name="Padgett">{{cite web|last1=Padgett|first1=Tim|title=Is U.S. Opposition to the Honduran Coup Lessening?|url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1930835-1,00.html|website=Time|accessdate=December 14, 2016|date=October 16, 2009}}</ref> Alvaro Valle, writing in the ''Harvard Political Review'', cites Hillary Clinton's book ''[[Hard Choices]]'': "we strategized on a plan to restore order in Honduras and ensure that free and fair elections could be held quickly and legitimately, which would render the question of Zelaya moot."<ref name="Valle">{{cite web|url=http://harvardpolitics.com/united-states/us-honduran-coup/|title=Dancing with Monsters: The U.S. Response to the Honduran Coup|last=Valle|first=Alvaro|date=April 13, 2015|website=Harvard Political Review|publisher=|accessdate=December 14, 2016}}</ref>
The election ultimately allowed backers of the [[2009 Honduran coup d'état]] to solidify their hold on political power.<ref name="theintercept.com"/><ref name="Frank_FP">{{cite web|last1=Frank|first1=Dana|title=Just Like Old Times in Central America|url=http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/03/09/just-like-old-times-in-central-america-honduras-juan-orlando-hernandez/|website=Foreign Policy|accessdate=December 14, 2016|date=March 9, 2015}}</ref>

==Application of U.S. influence==

===Blockage of OAS resolution ===
The OAS had advanced a resolution that would have refused to recognize the election results.<ref name="hp"/> The U.S. administration initially pushed for the return of Zelaya, then backed off a threat not to recognize the election.<ref name="wapo">{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/29/AR2009112900989.html|title=U.S. and some allies at odds over Honduras presidential election|first=Mary Beth|last=Sheridan|date=1 December 2009|publisher=|accessdate=14 December 2016|via=washingtonpost.com}}</ref> The OAS resolution was ultimately blocked by the United States.<ref name="hp" />

===Maintaining military aid===

Dana Frank argues that the Obama Administration "split hairs" in calling the 2009 events a coup but not a military coup, which allowed the administration to avoid being forced to suspend US military assistance to the Micheletti government, based on Section 7008 of the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Act.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Dana Frank|author2=Amy Goodman|title="She's Baldly Lying": Dana Frank Responds to Hillary Clinton's Defense of Her Role in Honduras Coup|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2016/4/13/shes_baldly_lying_dana_frank_responds|website=Democracy Now!|accessdate=October 14, 2016|date=April 13, 2016}}</ref>
===Recognition of elections ===
The [[U.S. State Department]] rejected appeals by other [[Organization of American States]] (OAS) member nations to condemn what many perceived to be a fraudulent election and, instead, declared the contest "free, fair and transparent.”<ref name="theintercept.com">{{cite web|url=https://theintercept.com/2015/07/06/clinton-honduras-coup/|title=During Honduras Crisis, Clinton Suggested Back Channel With Lobbyist Lanny Davis|last=Fang|first=Lee|date=July 6, 2015|website=Intercept|publisher=|accessdate=December 14, 2016}}</ref> The [[International Republican Institute]], an organization linked to the [[United States Republican Party]], also declared the elections had been "free of violence and overt acts of intimidation".<ref name="wapo" /> The victory of [[Porfirio Lobo Sosa]] was quickly recognized by the United States, which increased military and police aid to the government, despite much of [[Latin America]] continuing to view him as an illegal pretender to the Honduran presidency.<ref name="nyt">{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/opinion/in-honduras-a-mess-helped-by-the-us.html|title=In Honduras, a Mess Made in the U.S.|date=27 January 2012|work=The New York Times|accessdate=14 December 2016}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Honduran general election, 2009]]
* [https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/honduras_112509.html Carter Center Statement on the Honduran Elections]

==References==
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	==Background ==		==Background ==