Is e eadar-dhealachadh mòr eadar Bernie Sanders agus Hillary Clinton an suidheachadh aca a thaobh am bu chòir cead a bhith aig clann a theich fòirneart ann an dùthchannan Meadhan Ameireagaidh, gu sònraichte Honduras, o chionn dà bhliadhna fuireach anns na Stàitean Aonaichte no an tilleadh.
Sanders states unequivocally that they should be able to remain in the U.S.
Clinton disagrees. She would guarantee them “due process,” but nothing more.
In 2014 Clinton told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, “It may be safer [for the children to remain in the U.S.],” but “they should be sent back.”
Le bhith a’ toirt taic don June 28, 2009, coup d’état ann an Honduras nuair a bha i na rùnaire stàite, chuidich Clinton le bhith a’ cruthachadh nan suidheachaidhean duilich a thug air mòran den chloinn sin teicheadh. Agus marbhadh Honduran uirsgeulach stiùiriche còraichean daonna Berta Cáceres nas tràithe air a’ mhìos seo lorgar gu neo-dhìreach ri poileasaidhean Clinton.
Rè Gearran 11 Democratic debate in Milwaukee, Clinton said that sending the children back would “send a message.” In answer to a question by debate moderator Judy Woodruff of PBS, she said, “Those children needed to be processed appropriately, but we also had to send a message to families and communities in Central America not to send their children on this dangerous journey in the hands of smugglers.”
Fhreagair Sanders, “Cò gu bheil thu a’ cur teachdaireachd? Is iad sin clann a tha a’ fàgail dhùthchannan agus nàbachdan far a bheil am beatha an sàs. B’ e sin an fhìrinn. Chan eil mi a’ smaoineachadh gun cleachd sinn iad airson teachdaireachd a chuir. Tha mi a’ smaoineachadh gu bheil sinn a’ cur fàilte orra don dùthaich seo agus a’ dèanamh nas urrainn dhuinn gus am beatha a thoirt còmhla.”
In the March 9 debate in Miami between the two Democratic candidates, Sanders accurately told moderator Jorge Ramos of Univision, “Honduras and that region of the world may be the most violent region in our hemisphere. Gang lords, vicious people torturing people, doing horrible things to families.” He added, “Children fled that part of the world to try, try, try, try, maybe, to meet up with their family members in this country, taking a route that was horrific, trying to start a new life.”
The violence in Honduras can be traced to a history of U.S. economic and political meddling, including Clinton’s support of the coup, according to American University professor Adrienne Pine, author of “Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in Honduras.”
Pine, who has worked for many years in Honduras, told Dennis Bernstein of KPFA radio in 2014 that the military forces that carried out the coup were trained at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (formerly called the U.S. Army School of the Americas) in Fort Benning, Ga. Although the coup was supported by the United States, it was opposed by the United Nations and the Organization of American States (OAS). The U.N. and the OAS labeled President Manuel Zelaya’s ouster a military coup.
“Is dòcha gur e Hillary Clinton an cleasaiche as cudromaiche ann a bhith a’ toirt taic don chupa [an-aghaidh Zelaya a chaidh a thaghadh gu deamocratach] ann an Honduras," thuirt Pine. Thug e dà mhìos dha na Stàitean Aonaichte eadhon aideachadh gu robh Honduras air coup fhulang, agus cha do dh'aidich e a-riamh gur e coup armailteach a bh 'ann. Tha sin, as coltaiche, air sgàth gu bheil an Achd Taic Cèin a’ toirmeasg na SA bho bhith a’ toirt taic do dhùthaich “a tha ceannard an riaghaltais air a thaghadh gu h-iomchaidh air a chuir sìos le coup no òrdugh armachd.”
Ged a gheàrr riaghaltas na SA taic-airgid neo-dhaonna gu Honduras mu dheireadh, ghabh Roinn na Stàite fo Clinton gu dìcheallach a shoilleireachadh nach b’ e aideachadh a bha seo gun robh coup armailteach air tachairt.
“Bha pàirt mòr aig Hillary Clinton ann a bhith a’ cumail suas rianachd na coup, ”thuirt Pine. “Rinn Roinn na Stàite cinnteach gum fuiricheadh rianachd a’ chupa na àite tro cho-rèiteachadh a chuir iad an sàs, an aghaidh miann an OAS, agus le bhith a ’cumail orra a’ toirt seachad taic agus a ’leantainn air adhart ag aithneachadh rianachd a’ chupa."
“Agus mar sin mura b’ ann airson Hillary Clinton, ”thuirt Pine,“ gu bunaiteach cha bhiodh an èiginn fògarraich seo à Honduras aig an ìre a tha e an-diugh. Agus bhiodh na Hondurans beò gu math eadar-dhealaichte bhon fhear uamhasach a tha iad a’ fuireach an-dràsta. ”
In her book “Hard Choices,” Clinton admitted she helped ensure that Zelaya would not be returned to the presidency. She wrote, “In the subsequent days [following the coup] I spoke with my counterparts around the hemisphere, including Secretary [Patricia] Espinosa in Mexico. We strategized on a plan to restore order in Honduras and ensure that free and fair elections could be held quickly and legitimately, which would render the question of Zelaya moot.”
When he was deposed, Zelaya was attempting to get a nonbinding resolution on the ballot asking voters whether they wished to reform the constitution. He supported a 60 percent hike in the minimum wage, “and this infuriated two U.S. companies, Chiquita Brands International (formerly United Fruit) and Dole Food Company,” said John Perkins, author of “The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man,” ann an agallamh leis an làrach-lìn Truthout. Bha eagal air na corporaidean mòra gum faodadh àrdachadh ann an tuarastal as ìsle Honduras sgaoileadh gu dùthchannan eile ann an Ameireagaidh Laidinn.
Zelaya put in place several liberal policies, including free education and meals for children, subsidies to small farmers, lower interest rates and free electricity. “These policies paid off,” Perkins said. “Honduras enjoyed a nearly 10 percent decline in the poverty level. But these same policies were seen as a dire threat to the hegemony and bottom lines of global corporations and as a precedent that would alter policies throughout Latin America and much of the rest of the world. Corporate leaders demanded that the CIA take out this democratically elected president. It did.”
Nas lugha na mìos às deidh a ’chupa, chuir Hugo Llorens, a bha na thosgaire sna SA gu Honduras, càball gu Clinton agus prìomh oifigearan eile na SA. Leugh an loidhne cuspair: “Fosgailte is Dùin: Cùis Coup Honduran.” Thuirt an càball, “Chan eil teagamh sam bith” gu robh an coup “mì-laghail agus neo-reachdail.” A dh'aindeoin sin, mar a chaidh a ràdh gu h-àrd, b 'e amas Clinton "a' cheist mu Zelaya a thoirt seachad."
After the coup, there was a fraudulent election financed by the National Endowment for Democracy—notorious for meddling in Latin America—and the State Department. The election ushered in a repressive, militarized regime. Conditions deteriorated, leading to the exodus of thousands of Honduran children.
Bhon coup, tha riaghaltas Honduran air ro-aithris eagarach a dhèanamh an-aghaidh a’ mhòr-chuid de roinnean den chomann-shòisealta, a’ toirt a-steach tidsearan, tuathanaich, stiùirichean aonaidh, gèidh, luchd-eagrachaidh tuathanaich, luchd-naidheachd agus neach sam bith a chuir an aghaidh a’ chupa. Chaidh mòran a mhurt. Ìre fèin-mharbhadh Honduras Bha e mar-thà aig an ìre as àirde air an t-saoghal aig àm a' chupa, agus dh'èirich e gu mòr eadar sin agus 2011. Tha coirbeachd rampant agus fòirneart gang co-cheangailte ri drogaichean.
Amid all this, the United States has added two military bases in Honduras—bringing the total to 14—and increased its financing of the Honduran police and military.
Ron chupa, bha Cáceres, neach-iomairt a choisinn duaisean, ag obair le buidhnean dùthchasach air cùisean còirichean daonna agus foghlaim le taic Zelaya. Ann an agallamh ann an 2014, dh’ ainmich i àite Clinton anns a’ chupa, ag ràdh, “Thuirt an aon Hillary Clinton, anns an leabhar aice‘ Hard Choices, ’gu practaigeach dè bha a’ dol a thachairt ann an Honduras. Tha seo a’ sealltainn an droch dhìleab a tha aig buaidh Ameireagadh a-Tuath san dùthaich againn."
Thuirt Cáceres, “Chaidh tilleadh Mel Zelaya chun cheannas (is e sin, chun t-suidheachadh a chaidh a thaghadh gu bun-reachdail) a thionndadh gu bhith na dhragh àrd-sgoile. Bha taghaidhean gu bhith ann. … Thug sinn rabhadh gum biodh seo gu math cunnartach. Chaidh na taghaidhean a chumail fo dhian armachd, agus foill mhòr.”
Chàin Cáceres an riaghaltas coup airson a bhith a’ toirt seachad laghan ceannairc agus fiosrachaidh a rinn eucoir air gearan, a’ comharrachadh nan gnìomhan “countersurgency” a chaidh a dhèanamh airson “calpa eadar-nàiseanta”.
Chaidh Cáceres a mharbhadh air 3 Màrt le fir armaichte a bhris a-steach don dachaigh aice. Tha a caraid agus a companach, an neach-naidheachd Gustavo Castro Soto, a chaidh a leòn san ionnsaigh, fo smachd an riaghaltais.
On Thursday, more than 200 human rights, faith-based, indigenous rights, environmental, labor and nongovernmental groups sent an open letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, expressing “shock and deep sorrow regarding the murder of Honduran human rights and environmental defender Berta Cáceres … winner of the prestigious 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize.” The groups urged Kerry to support an independent international investigation into her murder led by the Coimisean Eadar-Ameireaganach air Còraichean Daonna. Chuir iad ìmpidh air Roinn na Stàite cuideachd “a h-uile taic agus trèanadh do fheachdan tèarainteachd Honduran a chuir dheth, ach a-mhàin taic sgrùdaidh agus forensic dha na poileis, fhad‘ s a tha murt Berta Cáceres agus dusanan de luchd-iomairt Honduran fhathast gun chead. ”
Marjorie Cohn is a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, former president of the National Lawyers Guild, and deputy secretary general of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers. Her most recent book is “Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral, and Geopolitical Issues.” Visit her website at http://marjoriecohn.com/ agus lean i air Twitter aig @marjoriecohn.
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