Honduras’s Election Set to Test Its Democracy
Amid growing polarization, all sides fear the November 30 vote will be contentious, an expert writes.
Four years ago, democracy in Honduras made a stunning comeback. After 12 years of increasing authoritarian rule, an opposition coalition led by Xiomara Castro unseated the conservative Partido Nacional (PN). With the victory, Castro became the first woman elected president of the country. Months after Castro’s inauguration, in January 2022, Hondurans witnessed the dramatic fall of the once-powerful Juan Orlando Hernández. The former president, who was by then known for tampering with elections and term limits, was extradited to the U.S. on drug trafficking charges, where he is...
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