A 1982 agreement addendum gave the U.S. carte blanche to build bases in Honduras

Evidence

Since the 1850s, U.S. military interventions, primarily to protect U.S. economic interests, have been a recurring fact across Latin America. In Honduras, U.S. forces have intervened or occupied the country eight times—in 1903, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1920, 1924, and 1925.4 The U.S. military also intervened militarily in the nearby Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Panama, in some cases occupying them for decades at a time. (There’s a reason many of today’s best baseball players come from Latin America.) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 276 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: CIA established six Contra bases in Honduras within a year; U.S. forces have intervened or occupied Honduras eight times — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 276

Related

• U.S. forces have intervened or occupied Honduras eight times (similarity 0.95)
• The US has repeatedly intervened militarily across Latin America for two centuries (similarity 0.90)
• A sweeping 1982 agreement let the U.S. build bases at will (similarity 0.87)
• CIA established six Contra bases in Honduras within a year (similarity 0.84)
• US forces enjoy unrestricted access to all Honduran bases with no status agreement. (similarity 0.83)
• Post-Cold War Latin America faced almost no external security threats warranting U.S. bases (similarity 0.80)
• Military aid to Honduras skyrocketed in exchange for Contra sanctuary (similarity 0.80)
• The CIA built Contra bases that overwhelmed Honduran provinces (similarity 0.80)
• U.S. military aid to Honduras more than tripled in exchange for Contra sanctuary (similarity 0.80)
• U.S. presence at Soto Cano makes America complicit in Honduran human rights abuses (similarity 0.78)
• Latin America faced few external security threats after the Cold War. (similarity 0.78)
• The CIA trained Guatemalan rebels on a United Fruit plantation in Honduras in 1954. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• U.S. forces have intervened or occupied Honduras eight times #expands (0.60) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 276