Hondurans Rally to Denounce Electoral Coup

[Judi Lynn]

JANUARY 3, 2018
by DAVID WELSH

In solidarity with their compatriots in Honduras, who have poured into the streets of this Central American country in their hundreds of thousands, Hondurans living here have repeatedly rallied in San Francisco’s Mission District to protest widespread fraud in the Nov. 26 Presidential election.

“This new electoral coup calls for a strong international response,” Porfirio Quintano, of Bay Area Hondurans United against the Dictatorship told a Dec. 28 rally at 24th and Mission. “Look what’s been happening. Since the US-backed 2009 coup in Honduras, and their 2004 coup in Haiti, the US imperialists have been complicit in the ouster of elected presidents in Paraguay and Brazil, as well as their constant intrigues against the elected government in Venezuela.”

“It’s clear that Washington has zero respect for the votes of the people of Latin America,” he added.

The Nov. 26 Honduran presidential election pitted incumbent strongman and US favorite, Juan Orlando Hernandez, against challenger Salvador Nasralla from the Alianza coalition, which was winning by a 5 per cent margin with 71 per cent of the votes counted. This was announced by the TSE electoral tribunal, which then abruptly stopped the count and declared Hernandez the winner.

More:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/01/03/hondurans-rally-to-denounce-electoral-coup/

[GatoGordo]

1. CounterPunch isn't an unbiased news source

As a matter of fact, it could be considered a "fake news" site. Much of the pro-Nasralla "news" (TeleSur, Sputik, RussiaToday) is fake, manufactured by the same people who are spouting the virtues of Catalan independence (Russia, Venezuela) and Chavismo in Venezuela (Cuba).

Yes, this news is being financed by Russia and being influenced by Russian bots on social media.

Word from HONDURANS I KNOW, IN HONDURAS, WHO LIVE IN HONDURAS, is that these protests are being manufactured by Cubans, Venezuelans and US citizens who have embraced Stalinism. Very few of the protest leaders are Honduran. I wonder who might be financing these ongoing protests by non-Hondurans???

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In an interview, failed Honduran presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla said that the news about Venezuela were made up by the international media... and North Korea has an awesome economy.