Honduras

Hondurans Resume Protest Against ‘Fraudulent’ Election Results

May 7, 2018 Staff, Telesurtv.net Resist! Electoral Politics, Honduras, Latin America, Protests

Former President Manuel Zelaya said: "Today we are protesting because a dictatorship has been installed." Hundreds of protesters hit the streets of Tegucigalpa, Honduras on Friday to reiterate their rejection of the 'fraudulent' results of last year's presidential elections. With former President Manuel Zelaya leading, demonstrators marched to the front steps of the presidential palace, where they were met with tear gas and police batons. Voters hoisted banners bearing the word 'Libre' (Free), again calling into question the re-election of President Juan Orlando Hernandez. Zelaya reaffirmed the opposition's rejection of Hernandez: "Today we are protesting because a dictatorship has been installed."

Indigenous Communities Carry On Berta Cacéres’ Work By Defending Nature And Health Care In Honduras

March 26, 2018 Jeff Abbott, Wagingnonviolence.org Resist! Berta Caceres, Health Care, Honduras, Indigenous Peoples, Nature

On March 2, hundreds gathered in Honduras to commemorate the life and work of the renowned Honduran activist Berta Cáceres on the second anniversary of her assassination. Carrying torches, Cáceres’ supporters marched to the city center of La Esperanza to demand justice for her 2016 assassination. The march was made up of students from the Honduran National Autonomous University, families from the communities organized by the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, or COPINH, which Cáceres founded in the early 1990s, as well as international supporters of the late environmental activist. During the march, chants of “Fuera JOH,” or “Out with Juan Orlando Hernández” — which are a major part of the protests against the fraudulent November presidential election — were mixed with chants of “Berta did not die, she multiplied.”

Berta Cáceres Murder: Ex-Honduran Military Intelligence Officer Arrested

March 3, 2018 Nina Lakhani, Theguardian.com Educate! Activists, Berta Caceres, Honduras, Latin America, Military, Repression

Honduran authorities have arrested a former military intelligence officer for masterminding the murder of the indigenous leader Berta Cáceres, who was shot dead exactly two years ago today. David Castillo Mejía, the executive president of the company building a dam which Cáceres campaigned against, is the ninth person arrested for the murder, and the fourth with ties to the Honduran military. Castillo Mejía is accused by arresting authorities of providing logistical support and other resources to one of the hitmen already charged. He is the first person to be charged as being the “intellectual author” of Cáceres’s murder and the attempted murder of Mexican environmentalist Gustavo Castro. Cáceres was shot in her bedroom just before midnight on 2 March 2016, a year after winning the prestigious Goldman Prize for leading a campaign against the Agua Zarca dam on the Gualcarque river considered sacred by the indigenous Lenca community.

‘Caravan Of Insurrection’ Protests Election Fraud

February 25, 2018 TeleSurTV. Resist! Elections, Honduras, United Nations

Honduras - Supporters of former Honduran presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla went back to the streets Friday as part of what they called "Caravan of insurrection", to continue their protests against fraud during the November elections which handed President Juan Orlando Hernandez a second term in office. The caravan of hundreds of vehicles, organized by the Opposition Alliance against Dictatorship coalition, denounced the electoral fraud and demanded the resignation of Hernandez.

Accompaniment In Honduras

February 4, 2018 By Ken Jones, Common Dreams Resist! Democracy, Honduras, Regime Change

We came to Honduras at the urgent request of SHARE El Salvador, a humanitarian aid organization with a long history of solidarity work in Central America. Police and military repression in Honduras since the overtly fraudulent elections in November 2017 has been getting worse, with over thirty people killed and more than one thousand in jails. Death threats aimed at those who are raising their voices the loudest are getting more overt and intense. We were reminded how remarkable the people of this country are. They continue in their courageous struggle with good humor, graciousness, and resilience, despite the grim repression they face. Many of us expressed our gratitude to them in return, for inspiring us to call on these inner strengths ourselves, even in the hardest of times, for protecting us, and for giving us a glimpse of the dictatorship our government supports.

Honduran Congress Deepens Authoritarianism By Legalizing Political Corruption

February 2, 2018 By Heather Gies, Towardfreedom.com Educate! Congress, Corruption, Electoral Politics, Honduras

As Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was sworn in for a second term Saturday amid ongoing protests and cries of election fraud, the scandal-rocked president promised to tackle corruption. But thousands of anti-government demonstrators facing off blocks away against local police, the armed forces, and military police under plumes of teargas saw the vow as disingenuous. For protesters, Hernández has kept a stranglehold on power through electoral fraud and military might, consolidating what they slam as a “narco-dictatorship” that pads its own pockets while condemning the majority to misery in the most unequal country in Latin America. Marred by widespread allegations of fraud, the November 26th elections plunged Honduras into its worst political crisis since the 2009 US-backed military coup.

The Struggle Against Honduras’ Stolen Election

January 28, 2018 Dennis J. Bernstein, Consortiumnews.com Educate! Corruption, Elections, Electoral Politics, Honduras

Last year’s disputed elections in Honduras continue to present a struggle for grassroots activists in the country, who face harsh police and military crackdowns in response to protests, reports Dennis J. Bernstein in the following interview. The latest tragedy of misguided U.S. foreign policy in Central America is the tacit support for another stolen presidential election in Honduras. The new right-wing renegade government there is inflicting terrible violence upon people who refuse to accept the election results from Last November’s election between extreme right-wing parliamentary dictator, Juan Orlando Hernandez, the current president, and progressive reformer, Salvador Nasralla. Cuffe also expressed deep concern for the safety of Edwin Espinal, a noted activist and ally to many movements in Honduras, including COPINH.

Act Now In Solidarity With Honduras

January 26, 2018 Staff, Soaw.org Resist! Corruption, Electoral Politics, Honduras, Protests, Strikes

Over 30 people have been murdered, many of whom were killed by the Military Police or other state security forces who fired live bullets at protesters, and hundreds of others have been injured or tortured. According to human rights organization COFADEH (Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared in Honduras), over one thousand people have been detained and many are facing criminal charges aimed at silencing dissent. Others have been victims of torture or have had to flee for their lives. Security forces have entered neighborhoods, setting off teargas inside homes with children present, and seizing adults for arbitrary arrests. Jesuit priest Father Melo has received death threats and he and other social movement leaders have been the subject of vicious defamation campaigns.

Honduran Anti-Fraud Protesters Clamor For Justice As State Killings Continue

January 26, 2018 Sandra Cuffe, Towardfreedom.com Educate! Honduras, Protests, State Violence

Virgilio Yareth Ávila loved to sing. The 16-year-old high school student also played drums at his church. That’s where he was headed on a Monday afternoon last month. Ávila left the simple family home and walked up to the gravel road to cross the highway that bisects the town of Agua Blanca Sur, 10 miles south of El Progreso, Honduras. Minutes later, gunshots rang out. Ávila’s mother started running up the road after her son. When she reached the highway, she found one of her older sons weeping in anguish. Police had opened fire on residents blockading the highway as part of ongoing nationwide protests against election fraud. Ávila had been shot in the head. “He was still breathing, but in my heart I knew I was going to lose him,” Ávila’s mother told Toward Freedom. As she approached, she asked police not to shoot.

Hondurans Hold Mass Protests ‘Until The Corrupt Are Removed’

January 8, 2018 Staff, Telesurtv.net Resist! Corruption, Electoral Politics, Honduras, Protests

"The people won’t stand for this dictatorship," said former Opposition Alliance presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla. Despite heavy rains, an estimated 80,000 Honduran opposition supporters marched in San Pedro Sula on Saturday to protest what they call a "fradulent" presidential election. Surrounded by his supporters, former presidential candidate for the Opposition Alliance Salvador Nasralla told the crowds, "The people want Salvador Nasralla as the President of Honduras." "The people won’t stand for this dictatorship," he said, adding, "we won’t stop until we’ve removed the corrupt from power." Nasralla does not recognize the results of the Nov. 26 Honduran presidential election, which was riddled with accusations of fraud and corruption. He maintains that he won the polls, but would be willing to repeat them.

Most Censored Stories Of 2017, Honduras V. Venezuela

December 20, 2017 Lee Camp, youtube.com Resistance Report Censorship, Honduras, Media, Propaganda, Venezuela

Lee Camp covers what were some of the most censored stories this year, according to the media watchdog site “Project Censored.” He also discusses accused pedophile Roy Moore, who lost his bid for the Senate in Alabama. Then, correspondent Naomi Karavani joins Lee at the desk to discuss just how corrupt local politicians are and correspondent John F. O’Donnell reports on the hypocrisy of US treatment of Honduras and Venezuela.

OAS Calls For New Honduras Election After Coup-President Declared Winner

December 19, 2017 By Sarah Kinosian, TheGuardian.com Resist! Elections, Electoral Politics, Honduras, Regime Change

The Organization of American States has called for fresh elections in Honduras, hours after President Juan Orlando Hernández was declared the winner. Luis Almagro – the secretary general of the OAS, a regional forum that sent an election observer mission to monitor the Honduran poll – said the process was plagued by irregularities, had “very low technical quality” and lacked integrity. The statement came after the electoral court president, David Matamoros, revealed the winner on Sunday, saying: “We have fulfilled our obligation [and] we wish for there to be peace in our country.” It follows three weeks of uncertainty and unrest following the 26 November poll. At least 17 people have died in protests amid opposition allegations of election fraud.

Honduras Election Court Sides With ‘Fraud’ Candidate

December 18, 2017 Telesur Educate! Elections, Honduras, US Imperialism

Opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla has accused the government of committing a major fraud and "whitewashing" of a corrupt electoral process. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Honduras or TSE has officially declared that lawyer and incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernandez has won the country's scandal-plagued presidential elections which resulted in weeks of unrest and accusations of fraud by the country's broad leftist popular forces who united behind contender Salvador Nasralla. Reacting to the TSE's announcement, Zelaya tweeted a call for immediate street mobilizations across the country "in all public places." The popular former president remains a powerful figure in the Opposition Alliance. Zelaya later said during a press conference that "We are in another of the most important moments of our history (...) The solution to this national tragedy is in the hands of the Honduran people," the ex-president reiterated.

Security Sources Support Honduras Protests; Demands To End Coup

December 6, 2017 Sarah Kinosian, theguardian.com Resist! Honduras, Protests, Regimes

By Sarah Kinosian for The Guardian - Earlier in the day, the Coordinator of the Alliance in Opposition to the Dictatorship, Mel Zelaya, presented slides of vote tally sheets altered by the election Authorities to give more votes to the current President Juan Orlando Hernandez and take votes away from the Opposition Alliance candidate Salvador Nasrallah. Each party Receives tally sheets from each voting station and so the Opposition Alliance was able to compare Their tally sheets With Those posted by the electoral Authorities and found That election the Authorities HAD Frequently altered the results, even creating new tally sheets to Increase the number of votes for Juan Orlando Hernandez (JOH as He is called) and reduces Those of the Opposition Alliance. The Liberal Party, Which came in third place, is willing to Provide ITS Also copies of the tally sheets for comparison. I was Salvador Nasrallah Declared Requesting a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States to present the vote tally sheets. The Opposition Alliance's findings Suggest a major fraud operation by the Electoral Authorities, Who are aligned Firmly With US-backed President Juan Orlando Hernandez, to try to thwart a massive popular vote That roundly rejected His re-election effort.

Honduras Suspends Constitution As President ‘Flees’ Violence

December 2, 2017 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Educate! Democracy, Honduras, US Imperialism

By Telesur TV. The Honduran government has voted to suspend constitutional guarantees across the country as of 11pm local time, hours after President Hernandez reportedly fled the country to avoid violent street protests in the wake of the disputed presidential election, Diario La Prensa has reported. The government has also implemented a curfew meant to deter people from publicly demonstrating. The move was announced on television and radio networks across Honduras by Ebal Diaz, secretary of the Council of Ministers, as a bid to control violence which has erupted across the country since the ballot. "The officials will announce the scope of the constitutional guarantees that have been adopted by the council of ministers led by the government coordinator, Jorge Ramon Hernandez Alcerro," Diaz said during the broadcast.

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