Week of July 6, 2009

News Item: Honduran president Manual Zelaya was forcibly removed from office on June 28 in what is seen as the first Central American coup d’etat in a quarter of a century. Armed soldiers entered Zelaya’s home in the early morning hours and flew him to Costa Rica. There have been reports that Zelaya’s removal was a result of his attempt to carry out a non-binding referendum and extend his term as president. At a press conference, Zelaya described his ordeal as a kidnapping and vowed to return to Honduras, but Roberto Micheletti, a former Parliamentary speaker who was sworn in as his replacement, insists that the entire process was legal. On Sunday, July 5, riot police and soldiers blocked the airport runway in Tegucigalpa, Honduras as Zelaya’s plane circled above in search for a place to land. The plane turned away and eventually headed to El Salvador.

Afro Central Americans in New York City: Garifuna Tales of Transnational Movements in Racialized Space
By Sarah England. University Press of Florida, 2006
Call Number: F1505.2 .C3 E54 2006

Banana Cultures: Agriculture, Consumption, and Environmental Change in Honduras and the United States
By John Soluri. University of Texas Press, 2005
Call Number: HD9259 .B3 H678 2005 (At Jupiter)

Changing Forests: Collective Action, Common Property, and Coffee in Honduras
By Catherine M. Tucker. Springer, 2008
Call Number: HD9199. H6 T93 2008

Changing Places: Environment, Development and Social Change in Rural Honduras
By William A. Loker. Carolina Academic Press, 2004
Call Number: HN153.5 .L65 2004

Del Tiempo y el Trópico: Honduras
By Hannes Wallrafen, Julio Escoto, and Guillermo Anderson. KIT Pub., 2002
Call Number: F1503 .W255 2002

Diaspora Conversions: Black Carib Religion and the Recovery of Africa
By Paul Christopher Johnson. University of California Press, 2007
Call Number: F1505.2 .C3 J64 2007 (Also available online via NetLibrary)

Enrique’s Journey
By Sonia Nazario. Random House, 2006
Call Number: E184 .H66 N397 2006

Historical Dictionary of Honduras
By Harvey K. Meyer and Jessie H. Meyer. Scarecrow Press, 1994
Call Number: Available online via NetLibrary

Honduras: The Making of a Banana Republic
By Alison Acker. South End Press, 1988
Call Number: F1506 .A25 1988

“I Am Destroying the Land!”: The Political Ecology of Poverty and Environmental Destruction in Honduras
By Susan C. Stonich. Westview Press, 1993
Call Number: HC145 .Z9 E57 1993

Political Identity and Archaeology in Northeast Honduras
By Thomas W. Cuddy. University Press of Colorado, 2007
Call Number: F1505.2 .P3 C83 2007

Private Solutions for Infrastructure in Honduras
By Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility. World Bank, 2003
Call Number: HC145 .Z9 C36 2003

Questioning Empowerment: Working with Women in Honduras
By Jo Rowlands. Oxfam, 1997
Call Number: HQ1240.5 .H8 R69 1997

Tiburcio Carías: Portrait of a Honduran Political Leader
By Thomas J. Dodd. Louisiana State University Press, 2005
Call Number: F1508.22 .C37 D63 2005 (At Jupiter)

Tráfico de Esclavos Negros a Honduras
By Rafael Leiva Vivas. Editorial Guaymuras, 1982
Call Number: HT1056 .H8 L45 1982

The United States in Honduras, 1980-1981: An Ambassador’s Memoir
By Jack R. Binns. McFarland & Co., 2000
Call Number: E183.8 .H6 B56 2000

Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in Honduras
By Adrienne Pine. University of California Press, 2008
Call Number: HN160 .Z9 V55 2008