Amy Goodman
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Honduras Presidential Elections in Dispute as Activists Defy Violence to Back Ousted Leader's Wife
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November 25, 2013
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22:32Now PlayingBoth candidates are claiming victory in Honduras' disputed presidential election. The race has pitted Xiomara Castro, wife of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, against rightwing candidate Juan Orlando Hernández. According to election officials, with more than half of precincts reporting, Hernández has won 34 percent of the vote, while Castro has 29 percent. Castro's husband, Manuel Zelaya, was ousted in a U.S.backed coup in 2009. The campaign has been marred by violent attacks in a country with the highest homicide rate in the world. At least 18 members of Castro's Libre party were murdered in the runup to the election, more than all other parties combined. We go to Honduras to speak with Adrienne Pine, an assistant professor of anthropology of American University, and Edwin Espinal, a community organizer who has survived harassment and torture by police. "This election, I think for most Hondurans, represents the possible overturning of the coup, finally," Pine says. "People, in Xiomara Castro, have seen a leader ... It is impossible to overstate the amount of hope, excitement, and organization people have been engaged in leading up to these elections." We also hear from Zelaya and leading Honduran human rights activist Bertha Cáceres, who has been in hiding for two months.
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