What the records say
- When
- 22 Apr 1975
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 14.11° N, 87.20° W
- Description
- Coup d'état in Honduras
1975 Honduran coup d'état
Coup d'état in Honduras
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.
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- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · names it “Coup in Honduras”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
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