Hostile Acts: U.S. Policy in Costa Rica in the 1980s - Softcover

Honey, Martha S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813012503 ISBN 13: 9780813012506

Publisher: University Press of Florida, 1994

Synopsis

 

To Martha Honey, "hostile acts" is shorthand for the nature of U.S. policies in Costa Rica during the last decade.  In this book she combines extensive academic research with her firsthand experiences as a journalist covering major portions of the Iran-contra scandal to weave together the story of how the Reagan and Bush administrations undermined Central America's model democracy.
 

About this title

About the Author

Martha Honey is a Washington-based freelance journalist.  From 1983 to 1991 she worked as a freelance journalist in Costa Rica.  Her clients included the Times (London), The Nation, the New York Times, ABC television, National Public Radio (NPR), the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio. She is the coauthor with Tony Avirgan of La Penca: On Trial in Costa Rica, The CIA vs. The Press, and War in Uganda: The Legacy of Idi Amin.   She has been the recipient of many honors, including Costa Rica's highest journalism prize, the Pio Viquez National Award for Journalism, presented by President Oscar Arias in 1989, and the Canadian Centre for Investigative Journalism award for best radio documentary in 1987.

From the Back Cover

In January 1989, Costa Rica charged CIA operative John Hull with the crime of 'hostile acts.' Hull was accused of contravening the country's policy of unarmed neutrality by using Costa Rican territory to run the contra war against neighboring Nicaragua. Sadly, the term 'hostile acts' seems appropriate to describe the overall impact of U.S. policies on Costa Rica during the 1980's.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813012503
• ISBN 13: 9780813012506
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 674