Coup d'état in Honduras
1975 Honduran coup d'état | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
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."
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.