1975 Honduran coup d'état

Coup d'état in Honduras
1975 Honduran coup d'état
Date22 April 1975
Location
Honduras
Status Oswaldo López Arellano overthrown
Belligerents
Honduras Honduran Army
Supported by:
United Brands Company		 Honduras Honduran government
Commanders and leaders
Honduras Juan Alberto Melgar Castro Honduras 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

  1. ^ 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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