Honduras

By caleb woolen

  • independance

    Honduras becomes fully independent.

  • us

    US becomes economically involved in Honduras, with the United Fruit Company controlling two-thirds of banana exports by 1913.

  • power

    Colonel Osvaldo Lopez Arellano takes power

  • war

    Brief but costly war with El Salvador over heavy immigration and disputed border.

  • Human right abuses

    amnesty granted both to militare and left-wong guerillas for abuses commited during early 1980's

  • human rights

    Government sets up commission to investigate alleged human rights violations by military.

  • military

    Compulsory military service abolished
  • huricane mitch

    huricane mitch

    Hurricane Mitch devastates Honduras.

  • armed forces

    Armed forces placed under civilian control.