1972 Honduran coup d'état

1972 military action 1972 Honduran coup d'état Honduras map (en).gif 300px December 2, 1972 Honduras Coup attempt successful; military rule reinstated Formation of military junta in bloodless coup Honduras Armed Forces of Honduras Honduras Dissenting faction of the armed forces Honduras Ramon Ernesto Cruz Honduras Oswaldo López Arellano The 1972 Honduran coup d'état was the successful bloodless coup in Honduras of the Ramon Ernesto Cruz administration by the Honduran military.1972-12-05 Armed Forces Commander Seizes Power in Honduras in a Bloodless Coup https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/05/archives/armed-forces-commander-seizes-power-in-honduras-in-a-bloodless-coup.html 2024-05-25 The New York Times 0362-4331 Led by General Oswaldo López Arellano, the military overthrow marked the end of the brief interregnum of civilian rule (1971–1972) and continuation of military rule in the country.Oswaldo López Arellano https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100114713 2024-05-25 Oxford Reference en Coleman Kevin The Making of a Reformist Coup: General López Arellano and Land Reform in Honduras, 1972–1975 2025 Coups d'État in Cold War Latin America, 1964–1982 88–110 Coleman Kevin https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/coups-detat-in-cold-war-latin-america-19641982/making-of-a-reformist-coup/2D7E7D82410034A1746808DCF0171CFF Cambridge University Press 10.1017/9781009344821.005 978-1-009-34483-8 Carassai Sebastián subscription Due to corruption scandals,Honduras (12/05) https://2009-2017.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/honduras/59999.htm López Arellano was ousted from government, being replaced by Colonel Juan Alberto Melgar Castro. Background The primary stated motive behind the coup according to military officials, is President Cruz's rejection of the power-sharing agreement between the country's two major parties - the National Party of Honduras (PNH) and Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH)3. Honduras (1902-present) https://uca.edu/politicalscience/home/research-projects/dadm-project/western-hemisphere-region/honduras-1902-present/ 2024-05-25 uca.edu - which "threatened" national stability, justifying the military to intervene and prevent potential political instability from occurring. Thus, on December 2, 1972, General López Arellano staged a second coup, placing President Cruz under house arrest and assuming leadership once again of the country. In contrast to his previous conservative regime from 1963 to 1970, the new three-man military junta, named the Defense Council, adopted populist policies, such as: agrarian reform which redistributed land to peasants, economic reforms which increased state intervention in the economy, and labor reforms which integrated labour unions into the state's development plans.Honduras: The Politics of Exception and Military Reformism (1972-1978) http://rachelsieder.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Honduras-The-Politics-of-Exception1.pdf Political reforms were also implemented, permitting controlled democratization. These reforms aimed to address the concerns of the rural poor and organized labor in order to prevent the rise of revolutionary movements in Honduras. In April 1975, the López regime was embroiled in a corruption scandal known as Bananagate, where the US multinational United Fruit Co allegedly bribed President Lopez with $1.25 million to reduce the banana export tax, which resulted in the formation of a seven-man commission to investigate the bribery charges.Times Alan Riding Special to The New York 1975-04-23 Honduran Army Ousts Leader Named in Bribery Case in U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/1975/04/23/archives/honduran-army-ousts-leader-named-in-bribery-case-in-us.html 2024-05-25 The New York Times 0362-4331 When he was accused of refusing to cooperate with the investigative commission, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces overthrew him in a bloodless coup, replacing the general with Colonel Melgar Castro on April 22, 1975. References Honduras Coup D'état Category:Coups d'état in Honduras Category:December 1972 in North America