1975 Honduran coup d'état
Coup d'état in Honduras
1975 Honduran coup d'état | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Honduran Army Supported by: United Brands Company | Honduran government | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Juan Alberto Melgar Castro | Oswaldo López Arellano |
The 1975 Honduran coup d'état took place on 22 April 1975, with Oswaldo López Arellano being ousted in a military coup led by his fellow General Juan Alberto Melgar Castro. The coup was prompted in part by the "Bananagate" scandal, exposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 1975, in which the United Brands Company agreed to bribe President López with US$1.25 million, and the promise of another $1.25 million upon the reduction of certain banana export taxes.[1]
References
- ^ Soluri, John (2021). Banana Cultures: Agriculture, Consumption, and Environmental Change in Honduras and the United States (Revised and updated ed.). Austin: University of Texas Press. p. 216. ISBN 9781477322802 – via EBSCOhost.
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- no sign for attempted coup
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