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	Juan Alberto Melgar Castro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Juan Alberto Melgar Castro (1930 - December 2, 1987) was a Honduran soldier and politician who became President of Honduras from April 22, 1975 to August 7, 1978, when he was overthrown by others in the military.
		During his rule, the process of land reform slowed because of pressure from land-owning sectors and influential politicians.
		His wife Nora de Melgar was Mayor of Tegucigalpa and she is considered a political leader within the National Party (Partido Nacional).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Juan_Alberto_Melgar_Castro (170 words)

	Western Hemisphere Region
		Alberto Lleras Camargo of a PL-PC coalition was elected president with 80 percent of the vote on May 4, 1958, and he was inaugurated as president on August 7, 1958.
		Juan Isidro Jimenez was elected president on October 27, 1914, and he was inaugurated as president on December 4, 1914.
		Juan Bosch Gavino of the PRD was elected president with some 60 percent of the vote on December 20, 1962, and he was inaugurated as president on February 27, 1963.
	faculty.uca.edu /~markm/tpi_narratives_westhemis.htm (17418 words)

	Honduras - HISTORY
		Some expeditions from the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola may have reached the mainland and certainly began to decimate the population of the Islas de la Bahía in the second decade of the century, but otherwise the Honduran Caribbean coast was a neglected area.
		In addition, the Melgar government had seemed to be making little progress toward promised elections, leading to suspicions that it hoped to prolong its time in office.
		On August 7, 1978, Melgar Castro and his cabinet were replaced by a three-member junta.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/honduras/HISTORY.html (18836 words)

	Castro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
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	Gobiernos militares 1956-1980. Historia de Honduras - Monografias.com
		Melgar Castro, militar que tenia buena imagen adentro del ejercito.
		Melgar, deseoso de seguir en el poder, intento vertebrar un movimiento político con el apoyo del Partido Democrático Cristiano, Partido Innovación y Unidad PINU y grupos pertenecientes al Partido Liberal, cosa que disgustó a los militares más conservadores.
		Melgar diciéndole que las medidas que se tomaron para reformar y orientar el gobierno, no fueron aplicadas y que más bien él estaba ayudando a las políticas contrarias a ellos.
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	1955. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		They represented only 10 percent of rural dwellers, most of whom continued to live in deep poverty.
		Despite the “bananagate” scandal, in which United Brands was caught giving a $1.2 million bribe to the Honduran finance minister, López's regime was replaced by the similarly corrupt and repressive right-wing government of Col. Juan Alberto Melgar Castro.
		Melgar Castro was overthrown by a bloodless military coup.
	www.bartleby.com /67/3694.html (363 words)

	Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, General, 52 - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		LEAD: Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, a general who served four years as Honduras's chief of state, died of a heart attack Wednesday.
		Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, a general who served four years as Honduras's chief of state, died of a heart attack Wednesday.
		General Melgar Castro had also been chief of the armed forces.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEEDC1139F937A35751C1A961948260&sec=&pagewanted=print (98 words)

	NACLA Digital Archive - Land's End (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		...In Guatemala, a month before Melgar Castro was ousted in Honduras, the Army massacred 114 peasants in Panzos, thus igniting a new phase in the ongoing war between the rich and the poor in that country...
		...Elections on the Agenda As the government of Melgar Castro struck out against the peasant and workers' movement, it announced that general elections would be held in 1979...
		...Melgar Castro fired the progressive Minister of Labor and replaced him with Adalberto Discua who had served in the ministry in the 1950s...
	archive.nacla.org /Summaries/V15I6P14-1.htm (8145 words)

	A short history of Honduras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Lopez adopted more progressive policies, including land reform, but his regime was brought down in the 1975.
		He is succeeded in 1975 by Juan Alberto Melgar Castro and in 1978 by Policarp Paz García, leader of a military triumvirate.
		In 1980 a constituent assembly is elected and general elections are held in 1981.
	www.electionworld.org /history/honduras.htm (585 words)

	Honduras - MSN Encarta
		In 1949 Carías relinquished the presidency to a successor he chose, Juan Manuel Gálvez, a lawyer for the United Fruit Company who was supported by the National Party.
		The final blow for López was the exposure in 1974 of a $250,000 bribe paid to government officials by United Brands, the leading banana grower.
		Under Melgar Castro the army cooperated with landowners in violently repressing peasant dissent, and some peasant leaders were jailed.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761563646_8/Honduras.html (1387 words)

	Honduras - Search View - MSN Encarta
		From 1840 to the 1870s the republic was frequently ruled by conservative dictatorships, notably those of Francisco Ferrera, Juan Lindo, and Santos Guardiola.
		Liberal dictators, beginning with Marcos A. Soto in 1876, dominated the state in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and they began to emphasize modernization and the need to increase exports.
		The armed forces helped Colonel Juan Alberto Melgar Castro take power in 1975, but three years later he was ousted in another coup, led by General Policarpo Paz García.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /text_761563646__1/Honduras.html (3753 words)

	SSHL: Latin American Election Statistics: Honduras: Elections and events 1980-1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Melgar, 56, widow of a former military president,...had been mayor of Tegucigalpa from 1990-1994, and the National Party thought that, plus the novelty of fielding a female candidate for the first time in Honduras, would be sufficient to give them victory.
		De Melgar is the widow of Lieutenant Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, military ruler during the period 1975-1978.
		The winner of the PN nomination to run for president in 1997, Nora Gúnera de Melgar, has been dogged by allegations of corruption from her time as mayor of Tegucigalpa, and represents a continuation of PN traditionalism" (page 73).
	dodgson.ucsd.edu /las/honduras/1980-1999.html (9021 words)

	Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He studied agricultural economics at Mississippi State University, becoming an expert on the financial and economic issues connected to agronomy, and in 1968 he was made the Director of Economic Planning by the then President Oswaldo López Arellano.
		in 1975 another General and President, Juan Alberto Melgar Castro named Callejas Minister for Agriculture and Natural Resources.
		When another general and President Policarpo Paz García took over in a coup in 1978 Callejas remained in his post.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rafael_Leonardo_Callejas_Romero (558 words)

	Revista Envío - Five Facets of Honduras
		In addition to being the current mayor of Tegucigalpa, doña Nora, as she is publicly known, inherited the political estate of her late husband, General Juan Alberto Melgar Castro.
		In the later years of his life, Melgar Castro became a major figure in the National Party and was head of state between 1975 and 1978.
		While that unleashed a brief poll war, news broke on the night of July 20 that the leaders of the MONARCA faction supporting Melgar Castro had decided to go around her and negotiate their support for the single candidacy of Oswaldo Ramos Soto.
	www.envio.org.ni /articulo/2545 (4621 words)

	TNI Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Juan Angel Barahona, Interpol chief; Col. Armando Calidonio; and Carlos Coello, an officer, were among them.
		This little-known unofficial version asserts that drug trafficking and the Ferrari case were the true causes of the coup against Melgar, causing him great indignation.
		According to the President of the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras (CODEH), Ramón Custodio López, the degree of infiltration of drug trafficking in the country was implanted from its inception at the highest levels, because the chief of military intelligence at that time, Col. Leonidas Torres Arias entered into the game.
	www.tni.org /reports/drugs/folder3/mejia.htm (2856 words)

	Elections: Latin American Studies: Collections: SSHL
		In 'defense of the national honor,' Colonel Juan Alberto Melgar ejected López from power on April 22, 1975, and took over the presidency himself, after which he was promoted to the rank of general" (page 33).
		On August 7, 1978, Melgar Castro and his cabinet were replaced by a three-member junta" (page 44).
		Schooley 1987: "President Melgar Castro was overthrown in a right-wing coup on Aug. 7, 1978, by the C.-in-C., Gen. Policarpo Paz García, who then headed a junta" (page 41).
	sshl.ucsd.edu /collections/las/honduras/1948.html (6501 words)

	Honduras HISTORY
		Meanwhile, a significant grassroots movement, the National Front of United Peasants, had come to the fore and was pressuring the successive military governments to enact a program of large-scale land redistribution.
		There followed two more military governments led by Col. Juan Alberto Melgar Castro (1975–78) and Gen. Policarpo Paz García (1978–83).
		This period saw strong economic growth and the building of a modern infrastructure for Honduras.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Americas/Honduras-HISTORY.html (1695 words)

	1978: Honduras - Archive Article - MSN Encarta
		Cross references refer to Archive articles of the same year.
		General Juan Alberto Melgar Castro lost the presidency of Honduras on August 7 in the same way that he had won it in April 1975by a coup d'etat, the third in six years.
		The 28-member Armed Forces Council deposed Melgar Castro and replaced him with a three-man junta headed by General Policarpo Paz...
	encarta.msn.com /sidebar_1741583274/1978_Honduras.html (135 words)

	ca-chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Hernán Ponce de León and Juan de Castañeda explore Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
		Juan López de Aguirre establishes Trujillo, Honduras, on orders from Francisco de las Casas.
		A provisional junta, composed of Pedro Molina, Antonio Rivera Cabeza and Juan Vincente Villacorta, organizes new government and inaugurates republican reforms.
	www.latinamericanstudies.org /ca-chronology.htm (6375 words)

	The World Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Hostilities lasted only two weeks (the war was finally resolved by treaty in 1980), but placed an enormous strain on the Honduran economy, further hit by a serious hurricane in 1974 which destroyed 75% of the banana crop.
		Criticised for the army?s incompetence in the war and in dealing with the effects of the hurricane, the military government of Gen. Oswaldo Lopez Arellano was overthrown in 1975 by a group of young officers led by Col. Juan Alberto Melgar Castro.
		In Jan. 1995 retired Maj. Juan Pablo Riveras was shot and killed while he was cooperating with investigations of human rights violations.
	www.theworldnews.com.au /Worldguide/index.php3?country=91&header=4 (1726 words)

	Honduras
		Liberal dictators, beginning with Marcos A. Soto in 1876, dominated the state in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and they began to emphasize modernization and exports.
		The final blow for López was the exposure in 1974 of a $250,000 bribe paid to government officials by United Brands (successor to United Fruit).
		The army helped Colonel Juan Alberto Melgar Castro take power in 1975, but he was ousted in 1978 in another coup, led by General Policarpo Paz García.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/geoghist/histories/history/hiscountries/H/honduras.html (1007 words)

	Honduras - Political Parties
		Only the complicated electoral process utilized in the 1985 elections, which combined party primaries and the general election, allowed the PLH to maintain control of the government.
		The actual process of choosing the PNH candidate had occurred several months earlier, in July 1992, when the Monarca faction and the Ramos Soto faction struck a deal in which Ramos Soto was to be the candidate.
		The Monarca's presidential precandidate, Nora Gunera de Melgar (the widow of General Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, former head of state), was eliminated from consideration despite her objections.
	countrystudies.us /honduras/90.htm (1384 words)

	Honduras Travel - Hotels
		López's successors continued armed forces modernization programs, building army and security forces, and concentrating on Honduran air force superiority over its neighbors.
		The regimes of General Juan Alberto Melgar Castro (1975-78) and General Policarpo Paz García (1978-83) largely built the current physical infrastructure and telecommunications system of Honduras.
		The country also enjoyed its most rapid economic growth during this period, due to greater international demand for its products and the increased availability of foreign commercial lending.
	www.travelcentralamericabc.com /honduras.html (1305 words)

	President of Honduras, Honduras
		Juan Lindo: 12 February 1847 - 1 February 1852
		Juan Ángel Arias: 1 February - 13 April 1903
		Juan Manuel Gálvez (PNH): 1 January 1949 - 5 December 1954
	www.creekin.net /c3915-n81-president-of-honduras-honduras.html (737 words)

	Honduras - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In 1971 voters elected Cruz to the presidency, however, in 1972 the armed forces overthrew the Cruz government and Lopez again became President.
		In 1975 the military led by Col. Juan Alberto Melgar Castro ousted Lopez and took over the government.
		In 1978 Policarpo Paz Garcia led a military coup which removed Melgar from office.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/honduras.htm (1190 words)

	Rafael Callejas Romero / Honduras / América Central y Caribe / Biografías Líderes Políticos / Documentació / CIDOB ...
		Su actividad política se remonta a 1975, cuando el recién aposentado mandatario golpista, el general Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, le nombró ministro de Agricultura y Recursos Naturales.
		Callejas fue confirmado en su puesto ministerial en agosto de 1978 después de que el general Policarpo Paz García derribara a Melgar y se hiciera con el poder al frente de una Junta de Gobierno Militar.
		Más recientemente, había dado soporte político a los gobiernos de facto de López Arellano y Melgar Castro, y ahora colaboraba también con la Junta de Paz.
	www.cidob.org /ca/layout/set/print/documentacion/biografias_lideres_politicos/america_central_y_caribe/honduras/rafael_callejas_romero (725 words)

	TIME.com: A Genuine Banana Coup -- May 5, 1975 -- Page 1
		The Council, which is dominated by young left-wing military officers, had been trying to ease Lopez out of power since last March, when they forced him to resign his position as chief of the armed forces.
		Although Melgar, a former Minister of the Interior and military commander in chief since March, is considerably more conservative than the young officers who placed him in power, he is expected to support their economic and social programs, which include some land reform, a limited nationalization of industry and an eventual return to civilian government.
		As one Honduran politician put it wryly: "I trust Melgar because he will not be able to rule the country.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,913028,00.html (747 words)

	Honduras National History
		Relations with Nicaragua were somewhat more strained as a result of the continuing border dispute, but Carías and Somoza managed to keep this dispute under control throughout the 1930s and 1940s.
		Once in office in January 1949, Juan Manuel Gálvez, who had been minister of war since 1933, demonstrated more independence than had generally been anticipated.
		Some policies of the Carías administration, such as road building and the development of coffee exports, were continued and expanded.
	aeroflight.co.uk /waf/americas/honduras/Honduras-national-history.htm (9511 words)

	Honduras This Week National
		In its July 14 international edition, The Miami Herald reported that the government of Honduras is about to launch a major effort to restore security in the country, after an unprecedented wave of criminal violence including bank robberies, car theft, murders, kidnappings, and assaults on businesses and homes.
		Presidential advisor Juan Bendeck has promised "a very strong response from the government against crime." While he was not specific, parts of the business community have requested that President Flores send the military into the streets to contain crime.
		Retired Col. Jose Jorge Solorzano, the chief of the presidential honor guard during the administration of Gen. Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, reportedly committed suicide in his Comayaguela residence last Thursday (June 25), the daily La Tribuna reported.
	www.marrder.com /htw/jul98/national.htm (6909 words)

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