October 4, 2009
Some Academics Vow Not to Conduct Research Under Coup Regime in Honduras
Pablo Delano
Darío A. Euraque (right) was fired last month by the coup-backed government of Honduras as director of the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History. Above, he meets with Selvin Castillo, a custodian for archaeological artifacts, in the remote community of Panzana.
Mexico City
For months, many American scholars working in Honduras held out hope that the June 28 military coup in the country would have little impact on their research.
But the firing on September 1 of Darío A. Euraque, the respected director of the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History, by the coup-backed regime has prompted many scholars to take sides in the political standoff. Since then, more than 350 archaeologists and historians from the United States, Europe, and Latin
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