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Today in #WhyPeopleFlee #Honduras, history edition:
Elections 1 year ago today were so suspect that the head of the OAS called for new elections, but the US recognized the outcome, deepening the crisis. Here's a thread of my reporting re US role, protests, crackdowns & more. 1/12
Elections 1 year ago today were so suspect that the head of the OAS called for new elections, but the US recognized the outcome, deepening the crisis. Here's a thread of my reporting re US role, protests, crackdowns & more. 1/12
"They all know full well that the candidacy of Juan Orlando Hernández has no legal basis," priest and activist Ismael Moreno said of the US, OAS, UN, and European Union. The Honduran Constitution bans presidential reelection. That didn't stop it. 2/12 towardfreedom.org/archives/ameri…
The uprising against election fraud was also an uprising against authoritarianism and neoliberal policies. "In turn, the violent response to the protests has exposed ongoing tensions within the state, in the form of discontent among security forces. 3/12 nacla.org/news/2017/12/1…
