José Cuesta, Author at Foreign Policy Journal

About the Author

José Cuesta

Prof. José Cuesta is an Affiliated Professor at the Georgetown Institute of Public Policies, Georgetown University, Previously, he was a Professor of Development Economics at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, and a Research Economist for UNDP Honduras. His research interests include conflict economics, poverty, social policies and intra-household allocation. He has published numerous articles on those topics in Review of Income and Wealth, Applied Economics, Journal of International Development, Journal of Latin American Studies, Development Policy Review, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economies, European Journal of Development Research, Journal of Income Distribution, Revista de Economia Mundial, among others, and numerous contributions in edited volumes, the last one a chapter on social capital, crime and welfare in M. Cox, ed., (2009) “Social Capital and Peace Building”, Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution. He is currently working on the relationship between democratization and conflict in Latin America. He holds a PhD in Economics and MSc in Development Economics at Oxford University and a BSc in Economics at Universidad Carlos III, Spain.

Presidential Somersaults and Elite’s Greed in Honduras

Posted by José Cuesta | Sep 18, 2009 | Americas, News & Analysis |

The Honduran coup took place in order to maintain a threatened—or so it was perceived—status quo. The military was the executing instrument but not its direct beneficiary.

About the Author

José Cuesta

Presidential Somersaults and Elite’s Greed in Honduras

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