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Crisis of Honduras democracy has roots in US tacit support for 2009 coup
The US has been all but silent about the unrest engulfing its ally but one analyst warns: ‘Americans should care about the chaos because of cocaine and migrants’
Sarah Kinosian in Tegucigalpa
Thursday 7 December 2017 02.30 EST Last modified on Thursday 7 December 2017 15.21 EST
Eleven days after its general election, Honduras still has no president.
Since the 26 November vote, at least 11 people have died in clashes with security forces, and tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in protest over an electoral process marked by suspicious delays, inexplicable irregularities – and opposition claims that the ruling party is trying to steal the election.
The standoff pits the opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla against the rightwing incumbent, Juan Orlando Hernández, but Hondurans say the race isn’t just about who will run the country for the next four years.
For many, what is at stake is the credibility of Honduran democracy, which is still reeling from a 2009 military coup against the populist president Manuel Zelaya.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/07/crisis-of-honduras-democracy-has-roots-in-us-tacit-support-for-2009-coup