Central America is a blind spot in America’s consciousness,
a region that can hardly be thought to matter much in the face of economic
meltdown and two wars in the Middle East. But few regions have as direct an
impact on the USA as Central America does.

As trade partners, a labor source and harbinger of coming
ideological trends, Central America affects us greatly, and honestly, a coup in
Honduras affects us much more directly than a similar action in most European
countries. A return to military rule in Central America would create many
problems for the US, including floods of refugees, unstable governments and
unreliable trade partners.

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Don’t Ignore Honduras

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July 15, 2009

<h1>Don’t Ignore Honduras</h1> <p class="byline">by Intern, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />July 15, 2009</p> <p>Central America is a blind spot in America&#039;s consciousness,<br /> a region that can hardly be thought to matter much in the face of economic<br /> meltdown and two wars in the Middle East. But few regions have as direct an<br /> impact on the USA as Central America does. </p> <p class="SourceBODY">As trade partners, a labor source and harbinger of coming<br /> ideological trends, Central America affects us greatly, and honestly, a coup in<br /> Honduras affects us much more directly than a similar action in most European<br /> countries. A return to military rule in Central America would create many<br /> problems for the US, including floods of refugees, unstable governments and<br /> unreliable trade partners.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/dont-ignore-honduras-2133846/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=11522&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/dont-ignore-honduras-2133846/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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