This Washington Post op-ed is one of the few pieces in the
mainstream U.S. media to note the link between immigration from Honduras and
the corrupt and repressive U.S.-backed government there. Far from connecting
the dots, most U.S. media are downplaying the current electoral crisis. By contrast,
there’s excellent
reporting from Allan Nairn and others on the ground on Democracy Now! for
December 5.—TPOI editor
By Kendra McSweeney and Sarah Chayes, Washington Post
December 5, 2017
The news out of Honduras has taken dizzying turns since the
Nov. 26 presidential election — some predictably sickening, but some so
exceptional as to startle even veteran analysts of this Central American
country. A partial recount of disputed ballots now puts the incumbent, Juan
Orlando Hernandez, ahead by a whisker – after inexplicable halts and delays in
the counting.
That Hernandez should seek to doctor the numbers is no
surprise. What is remarkable — and what deserves the support of democracies
everywhere — is the civic patriotism of everyday Hondurans, who braved the odds
to vote massively against a power grab Hernandez has been engineering for
years.[…]
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| Police tear-gas protesters in Tegucigalpa. Photo: Reuters |
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