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Iran-Contra Remix for the Twenty-First Century

In the 1980s Ronald Reagan’s administration illegally defied Congress to secretly pay Iran for weapons to be delivered to the right wing Contra insurgency against the popular government of the Sand



A Tale of Two Elections: Iran and Honduras
Michael Corcoran
Monday March 1 2010

On November 29, the de facto authorities in Honduras held a blatantly fraudulent election—complete with state violence against dissidents in the run-up to the voting, ballot irregularities, and manufactured turnout numbers. Sadly, some countries are recognizing these elections, giving unwarranted legitimacy to former de facto president Roberto Micheletti and the other coup leaders who took power in June.

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