Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Protests and Govt Repression In Honduras


Honduras: Opposition Supporters Hold Nationwide Protests

The protests are directed at the probable fraud that has marked the country’s presidential elections.

Opposition Alliance supporters in Honduras are out on the streets in a nationwide protest after presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla and former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya called for the people to begin a “peaceful” and “permanent” national demonstration and labor strike.

The protests are directed at the probable fraud that has marked the country’s presidential elections and ballot counting process since polls closed Nov. 26. National and international electoral observers registered countless polling irregularities that have left the Central American country without a conclusive presidential winner.

"We declare ourselves ready for a general and permanent mobilization in all regions of the country until the regime that has created a spurious and disgraceful (electoral) fraud is defeated for good," Zelaya told reporters..."



and Repression Returns To Honduras: