Before Her Assassination, Berta Cáceres Singled Out Hillary Clinton for Backing Honduran Coup

democracynow.org - Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is facing a new round of questions about her handling of the 2009 coup in Honduras that ousted democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya. Since the coup, Honduras has become one of the most violent places in the world. Last week, indigenous environmental activist Berta Cáceres was assassinated in her home. In an interview two years ago, Cáceres singled out Clinton for her role supporting the coup. "We’re coming out of a coup that we can’t put behind us. We can’t reverse it," Cáceres said. "It just kept going. And after, there was the issue of the elections. The same Hillary Clinton, in her book, 'Hard Choices,' practically said what was going to happen in Honduras. This demonstrates the meddling of North Americans in our country. The return of the president, Mel Zelaya, became a secondary issue. There were going to be elections in Honduras. And here she [Clinton] recognized that they didn’t permit Mel Zelaya’s return to the presidency." We play this rarely seen clip of Cáceres and speak to historian Greg Grandin.
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  • @atownshawtypimp1
    @atownshawtypimp18 жыл бұрын

    This is the type of subject that should be brought up on the debate floor and she should answer to this @BernieSanders

  • @eakherenow

    @eakherenow

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Edward Jones YES,YES,YES Mr Jones.But I think Sanders is finally going to bring up such things in the debates.

  • @aemckee6079

    @aemckee6079

    8 жыл бұрын

    Exactly. A question on our meddling in Honduras and Clinton supporting the coup regime as a result should have been asked, as it is much more pertinent for the debate's topic of immigration and Latin America instead of asking her about her role in Benghazi.

  • @JesseDylanMusic

    @JesseDylanMusic

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Ashley McKee As much as the Clinton campaign keeps saying about Bernie's "tone," he is too polite to dig up dirt, and the so-called news media don't care to ask about things that matter. Wish we could get a debate on a real news network with real journalists as moderators.

  • @SmashBrosBrawl

    @SmashBrosBrawl

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Edward Jones Bernie is too soft to attack Hillary. Trump will tear her a new one.

  • @TheNaturalust

    @TheNaturalust

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Edward Jones Hillary already has her answers prepared for this one and has been asked about it. If I recall correctly it was some BS about the coup being legal by Honduran law which as we all know is completely meaningless in light of the the corruption and instant changes to the law the new government has made. She also went on that the reason they didn't was because an admission of an illegal coup would force the US to discontinue all aid to Honduras and she didn't want to punish the Honduran people. This is something that makes sense although I have my doubts about how much Hillary really cares for the people of Honduras. It is the completely unregulated out of control big energy companies who are behind this fine womans assassination. Free trade agreements pioneered by her husband Bill are are behind all these multinational corporations setting up businesses in countries like Honduras with little regard for environmental law and indigenous peoples rights. Really sad situation.

  • @maddiesiegmund5623
    @maddiesiegmund56238 жыл бұрын

    And her supporters just don't give a damn.

  • @anamaria2053

    @anamaria2053

    2 жыл бұрын

    Because they’re obsessed with her persona.

  • @geraldgeaf1292
    @geraldgeaf12928 жыл бұрын

    Americans hear things like this and go "Yeah,its Hillary's time to be president". In most countries she'd be in jail or at least in court(s)

  • @bd1140

    @bd1140

    8 жыл бұрын

    bill Clinton belongs in prison too, Juanita broaddrick accused him of rape

  • @candicehughes8259

    @candicehughes8259

    8 жыл бұрын

    +teal tee You are right and it is sickening...We are trying to get the only person running that is not a psychopath in office...Bernie is the only sane person running

  • @beaconrider

    @beaconrider

    8 жыл бұрын

    +gerald geaf If Hillary gets in, do you think she will have the secret service make sure Bill's fly stays zipped?

  • @I2I18I5I14I4I5I14I

    @I2I18I5I14I4I5I14I

    8 жыл бұрын

    Americans AREN'T hearing this, is the problem. American media is bought out. Spread the message yourself.

  • @I2I18I5I14I4I5I14I

    @I2I18I5I14I4I5I14I

    8 жыл бұрын

    +teal tee we'll definitely have to agree to disagree. Trump is a power hungry jack ass who isn't going to do anything but piss the rest of the world off. in fact, he already has. He doesn't even have a solid plan. He just tells and insults people and talks about himself. Watch the latest Trump rally then watch the latest Bernie rally back to back then tell me the difference you see. Bernie Sanders is the only person running that will help this country. His plans are exactly what we need. Your argument about him raising taxes on families is completely flawed and shows your ignorance about his campaign. I mean this not in a nasty way, and with respect: Do your research. Go to the source, not bias media. Go to his website and see how he plans to pay. Taxing wall street and closing corporate loopholes absolutely needs to happen. He isn't going to raise any taxes on you and I. In fact, we'd get a raise. You're listening to too much bias media that's what they all say.

  • @jeremiahleonard247
    @jeremiahleonard2478 жыл бұрын

    add to this, her support of sending the child refugees that made their journey to the US fleeing violence, rape and murderer BACK to Honduras which has been deemed the "murder capital of the world " since the coup

  • @gothgod

    @gothgod

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Brad Richardson Did you listen carefully to the video or are you just a Hillary Troll -hope you get well paid. Hillary knew it was an illegal coup but she wanted Socialist Zelaya removed from office in the same way her mentor Kissinger removed President Allende of Chile by Military Coup in 1973. Hillary's time in office has signaled the return of America's dirty wars in Latin America as they topple one govt after another the latest being Brazil last week. If you liked Kissinger, Nixon and Reagan you'll love Hillary Clinton as POTUS.

  • @Gregorypeckory

    @Gregorypeckory

    8 жыл бұрын

    Brad Richardson War criminal actually means something; and not what your idiotic post implies. Hillary is one, as is her mentor, as Gordon above mentioned. It still isn't too late to take Abe Lincoln's advice quoted above, before jamming your foot even farther into your mouth.

  • @trry699

    @trry699

    8 жыл бұрын

    You Brad are a sick racist POS.

  • @Gregorypeckory

    @Gregorypeckory

    8 жыл бұрын

    terry wilson IMO, We both made a mistake engaging with the impossibly stupid piece of trash. Fortunately, we can simply stop replying to the turd now.

  • @luciah.9863

    @luciah.9863

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Brad Richardson NO you are the moron!

  • @cgpalmieri
    @cgpalmieri8 жыл бұрын

    I love democracy now but why do they always cut the interviews short and so abruptly. Do longer segments for KZread viewers, plz.

  • @rickywong6669

    @rickywong6669

    8 жыл бұрын

    +carlos g palmieri Yeah, there's a reason that TYT has a lot more viewers.... just sayin'.

  • @ryuknightofflame

    @ryuknightofflame

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Ricky Wong it sucks that they do. those piles of shit are so one sided. They are as bad if not more than Hillary. News should not be put through an ideological lens. TYT can go suck a rotten egg.

  • @georgerickard5509

    @georgerickard5509

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Ricky Wong TYT is pretty crappy in terms of content, 90% of their stuff is just commenting on pieces by other news sources, and saying, oh look how stupid the corporate media is, which gets tiresome. How often do they actually create something new, like investigative journalism, or structured commentary? Not often, right.

  • @georgerickard5509

    @georgerickard5509

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Ricky Wong And they get views because: A) Partisanship B) The Presenters C) Clickbait

  • @horhay3608
    @horhay36088 жыл бұрын

    Since the beginning I was arguing that the Obama administration supported the coup and so many others kept saying, 'but they said they opposed it,' as if they would say otherwise on cable news.

  • @anamaria2053

    @anamaria2053

    2 жыл бұрын

    Democracy Now was one of the few news outlets to report clearly and thoroughly on what transpired. This was a pro-military policy and a pro-USA INC policy because their military is US trained and the corporations have been wanting to privatize and exploit indigenous lands. Berta Cáceres, an internationally recognized, supported and distinguished environmental and indigenous activist, and those of her ilk stood between them and the oppression of indigenous communities and the exploitation of their lands. What a tragedy. Obama downplayed it all and the racist Hilary rewrote the section on the Honduran coup-which she had bragged about-out of the 2nd edition of her book Hard Choices.

  • @milesdyson5211
    @milesdyson52118 жыл бұрын

    After all They don't call her " KILLARY CLINTON " for nothing !

  • @explorer602010
    @explorer6020108 жыл бұрын

    HILLARY FOR PRISON 2016 In a way I hope she's not indicted until Trump takes office. I want to see her prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. If she's indicted before Obama leaves office he will give her a full pardon.

  • @jackchorn
    @jackchorn8 жыл бұрын

    Finally- but it didn;t go deep enough- I would like them to point out that 4 of the 6 generals responsible for the coup were trained at a military base in the US- and how this is Far Right wing policy exactly the same as Reagan era. Also look at the two proposed sovereign cities to be run by corporations in Honduras

  • @anamaria2053

    @anamaria2053

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hilary grew up in Republican country. She’s also a racist.

  • @NocturnalJin
    @NocturnalJin8 жыл бұрын

    You have an online service. Why on Earth did you have to cut him off for time?

  • @kajani6181
    @kajani61818 жыл бұрын

    It's getting harder to distinguish neo-libs from neo-cons, or is it just me? We in the US treat our southern neighbors with disdain, if not callus abuse at times, regardless of the administration in power - all the while paying lip service to sovereign rights.

  • @brightize89

    @brightize89

    8 жыл бұрын

    Because it is the Neo-Globalists, made up of Neocons & Neoliberals. A good read is Bill Clinton mentor & CFR Archivist Carroll Quigley's "Tragedy & Hope" written in 1966. He describes the whole system & says, my favorite quote "The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to the doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can “throw the rascals out” at any election without leading to any profound or extreme shifts in policy".

  • @richardkajander1126

    @richardkajander1126

    8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Sounds interesting.

  • @brightize89

    @brightize89

    8 жыл бұрын

    No problem. Another good video is 'hillary is a warmonger' on jeanette johnson-jing's channel. It is a good compilation of a word for word comparison, reading from the same CFR foreign policy script, actions & results, in their own words.

  • @anamaria2053

    @anamaria2053

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why should this surprise anyone? Hilary voted along W’s agenda. Check out her first term Senate voting history. She voted for the war, the Patriot Act, everything.

  • @AJMacDonaldJr
    @AJMacDonaldJr8 жыл бұрын

    You should have Professor Pine from AU on the show to discuss this.

  • @orthodium
    @orthodium8 жыл бұрын

    "Progressive that gets things done."

  • @riggeddemocracy8926

    @riggeddemocracy8926

    8 жыл бұрын

    democrat in name only, neocon at heart

  • @xtra-oi9xb

    @xtra-oi9xb

    8 жыл бұрын

    ......Hillary Clinton "progressive" ? ..... only when it comes to her auto insurance policy ..............

  • @eakherenow
    @eakherenow8 жыл бұрын

    Yes,Jessie Watson,if we get Sanders elected that could change.I am watching only utube for the news.I haven't watched the network news in 20 years.I write to the Sanders Campaign asking them to utilize these journalist for his speeches...Debbie of Sane Pro- gressive, The Humanist Report,TYT's,Ring of Fire,etc.

  • @zoefofo7769
    @zoefofo77695 жыл бұрын

    Same for Haiti

  • @firstlast7634
    @firstlast76348 жыл бұрын

    things you will not hear with America's so-called news

  • @alinash753
    @alinash7538 жыл бұрын

    Only this channel gives true news unlike even cnn

  • @1398go
    @1398go2 жыл бұрын

    Is it just me, or does she keep interrupting him?

  • @seanfagan4996
    @seanfagan49966 жыл бұрын

    Lol Hillary clinton thought running a coup in America would be just as easy. Lol

  • @lindasabaj2687
    @lindasabaj26878 жыл бұрын

    And this is the lesser of two evils

  • @paulwarren796
    @paulwarren7968 жыл бұрын

    BEFORE SHE DIED , MY AUNT BERTHA , MY AUNT BERTHA USED TO SUGGEST THAT I GO TO WORK ON MINIMUM WAGE , ACTUALLY LESS THAN THE SSI I WAS ON . YEAH SURE . THAT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IN THAT BECAUSE CLINTON IS EDUCATED ON THE SUBJECT , SHE COULD PREDICT WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED -SOUNDS LIKE UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS . BECAUSE IT HAPPENED , HOW WAS SHE TO KNOW WHAT MIGHT HAVE SUDDENLY TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE WHICH SO OFTEN CROPS UP IN THESE HIGHLY UNSTABLE COUNTRIES .

  • @jb678901
    @jb6789018 жыл бұрын

    Why isn't this a subject of debate!!!!! HRC sounds like a mini-me version of Kissinger.

  • @hornetgags

    @hornetgags

    8 жыл бұрын

    +JB6789 Well Kissinger is one of her heroes.

  • @ymousanon4615
    @ymousanon46158 жыл бұрын

    why need for new elections when Zelaya was early into his first term ? because the vampire corporations wanted him out for giving the workers a living wage.

  • @warriormonk723
    @warriormonk7238 жыл бұрын

    Kissinger must be so proud

  • @theodoreruleoflaw2277
    @theodoreruleoflaw22778 жыл бұрын

    wishcraft4u Are you aware that this has been standard procedure for like, since forever, well before the Spanish American war? I bet if you read colonial history youd find the colonists, the New England merchants and Southern Slavelords had been trying to involve the Crown in this kind of interference in Latin America since forever, well before the Revolution. Just my educated guess. Certainly there was filibustering/free booting before the Civil War.

  • @TomHuston43
    @TomHuston438 жыл бұрын

    "Here's Hillary" and the voters who could save America can't manage to turn off the TV and actually go to the poll and vote.

  • @TheSancho323
    @TheSancho3238 жыл бұрын

    We need to fix our free and fair election process first.

  • @DallasTaylor
    @DallasTaylor8 жыл бұрын

    Sorry for my ignorance but is this implying HRC had something to do with this woman's death?

  • @raphtjoeb5750

    @raphtjoeb5750

    8 жыл бұрын

    Don't be sorry for your ignorance. If you'd actually watched and listened you would have understood. This was just lazyness on your part i guess.

  • @DallasTaylor

    @DallasTaylor

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Raph Tjoeb I did watch and listen asshat, find something else to validate your life besides giving bullshit responses to resonable questions. Also fuck you

  • @earthhuman192

    @earthhuman192

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Dallas Taylor stfu whiny bitch

  • @raphtjoeb5750

    @raphtjoeb5750

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Dallas Taylor oh then i owe you an apology for thinking you were smarter than you are. It was ignorance al along. Sorry for missjudging you man. Won't happen again.

  • @DallasTaylor

    @DallasTaylor

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Juju Lily Thank you, most Americans have no idea this has/is happening

  • @paradiseheaven
    @paradiseheaven8 жыл бұрын

    #neverhillary This honestly scares me. I was once #neverhillary, but now i seem to want to vote against her the way people vote against Trump.

  • @Suiram82
    @Suiram828 жыл бұрын

    The Kissinger Way

  • @willb8684
    @willb86845 жыл бұрын

    reminds me of the ukraine...over throw legitimate government then ask for elections

  • @doseofreality420marianetti2
    @doseofreality420marianetti23 жыл бұрын

    What a sham

  • @TheBigBigSean
    @TheBigBigSean8 жыл бұрын

    This is why I'm #BernieorBust.

  • @RichardJMcCoy
    @RichardJMcCoy8 жыл бұрын

    Her real record seldom comes up she is selling rhetoric and a brand. I can only hope the GOP exposes everything that displays her total lack of judgement. 40 years of deceit needs to be exposed

  • @CrystalsandCandles

    @CrystalsandCandles

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Richard J. McCoy ... And then what? President Trump? President Cruz? I been around for a long time and this is the first election that has me packing a "run bag". There seems to be no lesser of two evils anymore now that the DNC has all but eliminated Sanders with their Karl Rove/Al Davis strategy..

  • @RichardJMcCoy

    @RichardJMcCoy

    8 жыл бұрын

    I am a democrat but could n o tin good conscience support HRC. Two party politics and big money have ruined politics and is destroying the country. My sincere hope is that Bernie does not do the unite the party schtick and runs as an independent. I think he will garner the support and the dollars. Don't pack the run bag...keep spreading the message

  • @DS-tz4lk
    @DS-tz4lk3 жыл бұрын

    ✊🏽

  • @BenjaminEvans-gd3ms
    @BenjaminEvans-gd3ms8 жыл бұрын

    More reasons Hillary should not be president. She is expert on disastrous regime change.(Libya,Honduras) She has the nerve to praise her stupid actions.

  • @glinnz05
    @glinnz058 жыл бұрын

    our government is not elected, but selected, all roads lead to rome(Vatican).....

  • @freddycruz906
    @freddycruz906 Жыл бұрын

    The Atalas are the responsable.

  • @thekeytothegate
    @thekeytothegate8 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @eeltauy
    @eeltauy4 жыл бұрын

    But Rashida Talib booed her!! lol

  • @pedrozorza1629
    @pedrozorza16298 жыл бұрын

    ...we need a political revolution....with a choice between Hillary and Donald, we all must look at the alternatives...Green and Libertarian are looking better each day....

  • @brianmcintyre5122
    @brianmcintyre51228 жыл бұрын

    oswald

  • @jenmanzanares87
    @jenmanzanares87 Жыл бұрын

    Wtf! Why hasn't anyone brought this news back! Xiomara Castro, gave these people their land back!

  • @damexican1671
    @damexican16718 жыл бұрын

    dishonor all money & help eachother from the heart & soul hand in hand, this the answer all ppl must hear :) pass it on to all :)

  • @plantman5126
    @plantman51268 жыл бұрын

    please turn down the untranslated voice during translation please, it's very hard for me to follow

  • @josephgallo4625
    @josephgallo46255 жыл бұрын

    And look at the Honduran migrants/invaders today...

  • @paliins983

    @paliins983

    4 жыл бұрын

    you think migrants are Invaders? I think US military base is invading Latin American countries and you don't give a damn either.

  • @professorspano240
    @professorspano2408 жыл бұрын

    You have left a couple of details out and distorted one. Berta' s daughter said, in an interview., which you left out, that it was very easy to hire assassins in Honduras and that assassination came from rich people. I don't think Hillary Clinton would hire rich assassins to kill anyone. You also distorted Honduras' reality which has the most crimes against environmentalists per capita IN THE WORLD, long before Hillary was even thought of. You have left out that Berta had been receiving threats after threats, long before Hillary Clinton ever showed up, and that she had to move residence and that she had bodyguards. And you have let out that she was instrumental in blocking the building of two dams, and, that eventually, one company did build a dam "illegally" with Berta still fighting for the demolition. There were many threats to her life, long before Hillary had gotten involved. To trick the reader that violence got even more intense after the coup, and you trying to pinned it on Hillary Clinton should put you in the same place were violence was intense before Hillary Clinton. I think you should give a real history of Honduras, because you assert that violence intensified after the coup. That is false, and if you were to read for your reader what was going on in Honduras long before the coup, it might put you in jail for false accusation.. Again , for the reader, Honduras has the most homicides against environmentalists and conservationists per capita in THE WORLD, long before Clinton had even heard of Honduras. Los campesinos all have their own conspiracy theory as time goes bye. I disdain people like you who try to capitalize on an assassination and pin it to someone when you don't know all the story and you chose to keep important information to build your assassination theory. Let me ask, do you think you could present your story to a court of law, without you being held accountable for false information?

  • @sumanadasawijayapala5372

    @sumanadasawijayapala5372

    8 жыл бұрын

    +sandro spano What do you think about the coup itself?

  • @mrfortion408
    @mrfortion4088 жыл бұрын

    i am voting for Donald and can't support hillary for her backing of this coup

  • @billgatesisntadr7995
    @billgatesisntadr79954 жыл бұрын

    I miss the old democracy now. Back before if the truth might help trump dont tell it

  • @gwendolynallen3218

    @gwendolynallen3218

    3 жыл бұрын

    You thought told the truth then? 🥴

  • @merchantsailor
    @merchantsailor8 жыл бұрын

    Bernie goes to a southern Baptist college and has a dialect with the students. Some Black women take the mike from him on the stage in Seattle, and Bernie has a dialect with them. No ego with Bernie. Tonite Trump in Chicago made fun of Bernie as being "weak" and "that will not happen on my stage" quoting Trump. Hitler was exactly the same in his 1920's beer hall back room brawls. TRUMP IS SO WRONG FOR THE JOB OF PRESIDENT. Hillary on the other hand proves more and more each day how she is totally part of the same big money financiers and corporate interests, yes indeed she did her homework well at the Bilderberg meeting ( as first lady in 1997 in Georgia.)Why would a first lady be at that meeting of the illuminati? Grooming for the next Clinton shit show. She demonstrates to me how even more incompetent as secretary of treasurer, and worse sets an example of extreme corruption and sell out of her integrity as a person who deserves to lead the US. She is not to be trusted and sets a bad example of "We were Broke" excuses when she and her husband sold out to UBS for 600, 00 USD donations to the Clinton foundations , and Slick Willie took 1.5 million in speech fees. NO young children in school should not hold these two up as roll models. Jimmy Carter builds houses with his sweat and back for the poor now. I am sure these two Clintons good have a found a more righteous way to earn some doe besides protecting crimminals from US prosecturion. GO BERNIE> I don't know who is worse as showing a shining example of Milton Freidman Chicago Gangster economics Trump or Hillary.

  • @brianmcintyre5122
    @brianmcintyre51228 жыл бұрын

    Honduras libya god help usa if she ever becomes president ww3

  • @fkujakedmyname
    @fkujakedmyname8 жыл бұрын

    the worst part is all the people who think trump is not one of the clintons BFFS

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