writer 0 2009-11-20T23:59:56Z 0 A small group of rich people who own most of Honduras and its politicians enlist the military to kidnap the elected president at gunpoint and take him into exile. They then arrest thousands of people opposed to the coup, shut down and intimidate independent media, shoot and kill some demonstrators, torture and beat many others. This goes on for more than four months, including more than two of the three months legally designated for electoral campaigning. Then the dictatorship holds an "election." Mark 77041 true 2009-11-19T12:08:41Z Weisbrot 0 23176 0 1 Honduran Dictatorship honduran-dictatorship-is-a-threat-to-democracy-in-the-hemisphere-by-mark-weisbrot Sacramento Bee none 2009-11-20T12:05:39Z 215