Policarpio Juan Paz García
General Policarpio Juan Paz García (born December 7, 1932 in La Arada, Municipio Goascorán, Departamento Valle , † April 16, 2000 in Tegucigalpa ) was President of Honduras from August 7, 1978 to January 26, 1982 .
Life
Policarpio Juan Paz García commanded the 250-strong Honduran contingent of the Fuerzas Interamericanas de Paz of the Organization of American States, which took part in Operation Power Pack from June 15, 1965 .
During the football war in July 1969, he had a command and was then promoted to colonel.
In August 1978 he succeeded Juan Alberto Melgar Castro as commander-in-chief of the army and brigadier general when he succeeded Oswaldo López Arellano as president through the Bananagate .
From August 7, 1978 to July 25, 1980, he led the state affairs with the Air Force Colonel Domingo Álvarez Cruz and the Lieutenant Colonel of the infantry Amílcar Zelaya Rodríguez in a military junta.
The junta called for general elections for the Asamblea Nacional Constituyente (ANC), a constituent assembly on April 20, 1980. The Alianza Liberal del Pueblo (Alipo) was part of the Partido Liberal de Honduras , but had no candidates.
On April 17, 1980, the manager of the Texaco refinery Puerto Cortés disappeared. He reappeared without Texaco taking legal action. Fuerza de Seguridad Pública then arrested nine opposition politicians. They were tortured for 13 days in prison and then sentenced to long terms in prison.
The lawyer for the nine political prisoners, Gerardo Salinas, was shot dead by Sergeant Peña, Sergeant Arnulfo Guifarro and Agent Padilla of Grupo 19 on 6 June 1980 in the street near Parque Central in Tegucigalpa.
The ANC met in Tegucigalpa on July 20, 1980 and confirmed Policarpio Juan Paz García as president on July 25, 1980. Paz refused to take the oath of office that a group of MPs had taken. The oath required him to respect the constituent assembly as an organ of people's power and to prepare clean parliamentary elections. Since no acceptable text for such an oath could be agreed upon, the ANC avoided the conflict and removed the inauguration ceremony from the agenda.
Paz Garcia combined the office of army leadership and president without having made any commitments to the people or their representatives.
Paz promoted opposition generals into retirement, including Juan Alberto Melgar Castro and Oswaldo López Arellano, and appointed Colonel Gustavo Adolfo Álvarez Martínez to head the Fuerza de Seguridad Publica (FUSEP). Alvarez told US Ambassador Jack Robert Binns that “extrajudicial methods may be necessary to deal with the subversives.” Alvarez extolled the Argentine method , which Binns interpreted as Operation Condor .
In August 1980 he decreed an amnesty by which the nine political prisoners and the perpetrators of the Los Horcones massacre in 1975 were released.
After the Somoza clan in Nicaragua was expelled on July 19, 1979, Honduras became a deployment area for the Contras . In November 1979, James Francis Carney, known as Father Guadalupe Carney , was deported and expatriated. Carney is one of 184 people who disappeared in Honduras from 1979 to 1987.
The trainers of the Contras camps, mercenaries in Honduras included members of the Alianza Anticomunista Argentina and members of the Contras were brought to Argentina for training.
On May 14, 1980, the Guardia Nacional murdered around 300 refugees on the Río Sumpul, with the support of the military from Honduras.
The Ronald Reagan administration gave US $ 41 million in economic aid and US $ 11 million in military aid annually.
Honduras was offered $ 200 million in loans, most of it for the private sector. The debt rose to $ 1.7 billion.
The construction of the El Cajón Dam (Honduras) began during his term of office .
He signed a general peace treaty with the government of El Salvador.
It is called for presidential elections for the 1982–1986 term on November 29, 1981.
The Partido Liberal de Honduras received 636,392 votes, 44 MPs, the Partido Nacional de Honduras received 491,089 votes, 33 MPs, the Partido Innovación y Unidad received three MPs with 29,419 votes, the Demócrata Cristiano received one MP with 19,163 votes.
On January 26, 1982 he gave the presidency to Roberto Suazo Córdova in the national stadium in Tegucigalpa and is promoted to division general.
Government Cabinet 1978–1980
- Minister of Justice Administration: José Cristóbal Díaz García
- Foreign Ministers: Roberto Palma Gálvez, Eliseo Pérez Cadalso
- Minister of Natural Resources: Rafael Leonardo Callejas
- Minister of Social and Health Care: Luís Counsin
- Economy Minister: Carlos Manuel Zerón
- Minister of Communications, Transport and Public Works: Mario Flores Theresín
- Minister of Public Education: Eugenio Matute Canizales
- Minister for Labor and Social Assistance: Adalberto Discua Rodríguez
- Minister of Culture and Tourism: Armando Álvarez Martínez
- Finance Minister: Valentín Mendoza
- Minister of Internal and External Defense: Diego Landa Celano
- Economic Planning Minister: Valentin Mendoza
- Managing Director of the Instituto Nacional Agrario (INA): Fabio David Salgado.
- Jimmy Carter's Ambassador , Mari-Luci Jaramillo, Oct. 27, 1977-19. September 1980
Government Cabinet 1980–1981
- Minister of Justice Administration and Government Minister: Oscar Mejía Arellano
- Foreign Minister: Cesar Elvir Sierra
- Minister of Natural Resources: Rodrigo Castillo Aguilar
- Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare: Juan Andonie Fernández
- Economy Minister: Rubén Mondragón
- Minister of Communications, Transport and Public Works: Mario Iván Casco
- Minister of Public Education: Rafael Pineda Ponce
- Minister of Labor and Social Assistance: Aristides Mejía
- Minister of Culture and Tourism: Armando Álvarez Martínez
- Finance Minister: Valentín Mendoza
- Minister of Internal and External Defense: Mario Flores Theresín
- Economic Planning Minister: Efraín Reconco Murillo
- Director of the Instituto Nacional Agrario (INA): Edgardo Zúniga Rodesno
- Jimmy Carter Ambassador to Jack Robert Binns October 10, 1980-31. October 1981
- Ronald Reagan Ambassador , John Negroponte November 11, 1981-30. May 1985
Individual evidence
- ^ The Washington Post , March 21, 2005, Negroponte's Time In Honduras at Issue
- ^ The New York Times October 8, 1999, Rebel War Comes Back to Haunt Honduran Base
- ↑ en: Equipo Nizkor in Revista margen , LA APARICION DE OSAMENTAS EN UNA ANTIGUA BASE MILITAR DE LA CIA EN HONDURAS REABRE LA PARTICIPACION ARGENTINO-NORTEAMERICANA EN ESE PAIS
- ↑ Gregorio Selser, El Día, México, 3 de marzo de 1986, "Grupos de« contras »for llevados a Argentina para su entrenamiento"
- ↑ Diario Co Latino 11 de Mayo de 2004, Masacre en el Sumpul ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Footnotes
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Juan Alberto Melgar Castro |
List of Presidents of Honduras August 8, 1978-27. January 1982 |
Roberto Suazo Cordova |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paz García, Policarpio Juan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Honduran politician, President |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Arada, Municipio Goascorán |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 2000 |
| Place of death | Tegucigalpa |