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This article appeared in the October 5, 2009 edition of The Nation.

September 16, 2009

¡Viva Honduras!

Nashua, N.H.

In "Battle for Honduras--and the Region" [Aug. 31/Sept. 7], Greg Grandin free-falls into the booby trap of top-down coverage by giving voice solely to the Michelettis, Clintons, Zelayas and Otto Reichs of this conflict--albeit with an anti-imperialist's pen. Grandin's single mention of the Honduran resistance comes as an afterthought and does not capture the vibrant, massive, multidimensional cultural uprising on the day the rightful president was ousted.

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About Greg Grandin

Greg Grandin, a professor of history at New York University, is the author, most recently, of Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City (Metropolitan). He serves on the editorial committee of the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). more...

About Dan Kaufman

Dan Kaufman, a musician and writer living in Brooklyn, has written about the Abraham Lincoln Brigade for the New York Times and the New York Observer. more...
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