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Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:20 PM

Published 11/04/2009 by Foreign Policy Magazine

Why U.S. conservatives still defend the Honduras coup

U.S. conservatives' Honduras revisionism is misguided and dangerous.

Events in Honduras took a dramatic turn last week as an agreement was finally reached that could defuse the country's long-running political crisis. But the coup's defenders in the United States will likely maintain...

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