“All Eyes on U.S.” as Honduran Election Panel Declares Incumbent President Hernández Election Winner
December 18, 2017
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as posted by the channelIn Honduras, the governmentcontrolled electoral commission on Sunday declared U.S.backed incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernández as the official winner of the contested November 26 presidential election. The commission made the announcement while opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla was on a plane traveling to the United States to present evidence of election fraud. The opposition party has called for nationwide protests on Monday, while the Organization of American States has called for a new election. We speak with awardwinning independent journalist Allan Nairn, and Rodolfo Pastor, the spokesperson for the Alliance Against the Dictatorship. We also speak with Dana Frank, professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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