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2. Despite serious human rights abuses and a letter from over 90 Congress members
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 10:52 AM
Jun 2015

asking her to stop aid to the military coup masters, Hillary kept pouring aid in their direction:

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/1170

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When Honduran military forces allied with rightist lawmakers ousted democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya in 2009, then-Secretary of State Clinton sided with the armed forces and fought global pressure to reinstate him.

Washington wields great influence over Honduras, thanks to the numerous military bases built with U.S. funds where training and joint military and anti-drug operations take place. Since the coup, nearly $350 million in U.S. assistance, including more than $50 million in military aid, has poured into the country.

That’s a lot of investment in a nation where the police, the military, and private security forces are killing people with alarming frequency and impunity, according to Human Rights Watch.

In short, desperate Honduran children are seeking refuge from a human rights nightmare that would cast a dark cloud over Clinton’s presidential bid right now if the media were paying any attention.

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http://fpif.org/hillary-clintons-real-scandal-honduras-benghazi/

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