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[Alexy Javier Lanza]

Report-back from Honduras election observers

With guest appearance by Edgardo Castro,  journalist and newly-elected opposition congressperson facing death threats in Honduras

Saturday December 14th

from 3pm to 6pm

21st Century Youth Project 1647 S. Blue Island

On November 24th, the Honduran people went to the polls to vote in an historic election. For the first time, the two traditional parties in Honduras were not the only feasible options. Four years after the June 28th, 2009 coup d'etat, much of the Honduran resistance decided to participate in the elections via their newly formed Freedom and Re-foundation (LIBRE) party. Unprecedented numbers of people came out to vote despite an ongoing climate of repression and intimidation, including the assassination of two LIBRE peasant leaders the night before the elections. The results are now hotly disputed, with LIBRE presenting substantial evidence of massive fraud by the National party, who has claimed victory, including vote-buying, buying election judge credentials from small parties, manipulating tally sheets, stuffing ballot boxes, intimidating and repressing voters and more. LIBRE has been asking for a full transparent re-count.

162 people from groups in the Honduras Solidarity Network including Chicago's own La Voz de los de Abajo and Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America and many other groups, made up the largest single group of election observers with presence in 10 states and were direct witnesses to many of these cases of fraud as well as the generalized climate of repression, violence and human rights violations. 

In the aftermath of the elections, there have been more killings including another campesino leader, a well-known resistance member in Tegucigalpa and a journalist from Radio Globo. Another Radio Globo journalist who was elected to congress for the LIBRE party, Edgardo Castro, is facing imminent death threats and has fled to Chicago to temporarily get out of the country. 

Coming hear from some of the Honduras Solidarity Network election observers and journalist and congressman-elect Edgardo Castro at this special La Voz de los de Abajo report back from Honduras.

 

Alexy J. Lanza

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Narration.Freelance Communications and Social Media Consultant.

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