“[P]owerful, passionate, and meticulous in its documentation of foreign policy in Honduras, a country that has long been slighted in mainstream journalism and academic research.”

Foreword Reviews

“Dana Frank has written a searing portrait of a nation in crisis, a book that is startling, enraging, and humane all at once. Her most important accomplishment is never losing sight of the hardships and treachery that ordinary Hondurans have had to endure these last several years, nor the dignity with which they have survived it all.”

Daniel Alarcón, executive producer of Radio Ambulante, author of At Night We Walk in Circles

“The Long Honduran Night breaks the deafening silence that has followed recent American intervention in Honduras. It graphically documents the awful legacy of this intervention. By showing how directly the United States crashed into a Honduran presidential election, it also exposes the hypocrisy of our outrage at foreign interference in our own politics.”

Stephen Kinzer, award-winning author and foreign correspondent

“If you’ve any interest at all in Honduras, US foreign policy, Central America, why so many Central Americans are migrating north . . . or in a powerful, informative, and extremely good read, do pick up Dana Frank’s book, The Long Honduran Night. It’s a surprisingly readable book that tells not only the tragic story of another failed state and the forces that continue to work against establishing real democracies in Central America, but also inspires in its stories of everyday people— in Honduras and the United States—who work against difficult odds to create change, often by placing their lives at risk.”

María Martin, independent journalist

“Free from academic jargon, conversant with modern Honduran history, and steeped in passion, this testimonial book is the best primer in English about the coup, and resistance to it, that destroyed Honduran democracy on June 28, 2009…Almost ten years after the coup, Frank’s book transits seamlessly between the social fabric and the intimate lives of hundreds of Hondurans she has met personally during her many years in the country. Frank manages this while referencing key historical processes and their current legacies, an important and necessary feat on its own, but also valuable because it informs the current plight of Hondurans who flee their country into the US seeking asylum in the aftermath of the 2009 coup.”

Dario A. Euraque, professor of history and international studies, Trinity College

“I have covered Honduras ever since the 2009 coup. Dana Frank’s insightful and very human portrait of the country’s resistance is required reading for anyone who wants to understand what’s really going on in Honduras and why it matters.”

Adam Raney, journalist, Al Jazeera English and Univision

“I congratulate and thank Dr. Dana Frank, a North American con- cerned about Honduras, for giving us this book and for documenting the role of the United States in the long night of terror that we have lived in Honduras since the 2009 coup. Her contribution to historic memory stands as our witness.”

Bertha Oliva, general coordinator, Committee of the Families of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras