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Article: HONDURAS: LEGISLATURE ENDS ARMED FORCES AUTONOMY.
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- NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
- Article date:
- February 11, 1999
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Culminating a long demilitarization process, the National Assembly gave final ratification to a measure ending the autonomy of the Honduran Armed Forces. With a new civilian defense minister in place, the era of the military's constitutional intrusion into Honduran political life appears to have ended. Since 1957, when the post of Armed Forces chief was established, the military operated as a parallel government and took over the government in the 18 years before 1980. In the 1980s, the military, helped by compliant civilian governments, led Honduras into the US-backed wars against the Central American left under the doctrine of national security (see Update, 10/30/92). ...
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