How Canada Helped Make Honduras the Violence and Impunity Capital of the World How Canada helped make Honduras the violence and impunity capital of the world There is no end in sight to violence and repression in Honduras. There is no end in sight to the impunity and corruption with which the powerful economic, military and political sectors act. There is also no end in sight to American and Canadian governments and businesses maintaining political, economic and military relations with the Honduras, empowering and legitimizing the regime. American and Canadian businesses and investors are, in effect, benefiting from the repression, violence, corruption and impunity. A human rights and security abyss Since the U.S. and Canadian endorsed military coup of June 28, 2009, that ousted the democratically elected government, hundreds of pro-democracy activists have been killed by the State or death squads. Honduras has become known as: In January 2012, the Miami Herald published an editorial, 'Central America's free-fire zone.' "[Honduras] is quickly turning into a disaster zone...To make matters worse in Honduras, there are indications that elements of the U.S.-backed government are complicit in the violence and criminality...The murder rate of 82.1 per 100,000 residents...gives Honduras the highest homicide rate in the world." On January 27, 2012, the New York Times published an op-ed piece, 'In Honduras, a mess made in the U.S.' Dana Frank writes: "It's time to acknowledge the foreign policy disaster that American support for the Porfirio Lobo administration in Honduras has become. Ever since the June