Mais uma ronda de notícias e artigos sobre as Honduras

Honduras cuenta votos bajo un toque de queda, por Carlos Dada (El Faro):

El país está militarizado desde el violento viernes de saqueos y tomas de carreteras. Una semana después de las elecciones generales, los hondureños tienen ahora dos presidentes autoproclamados y ninguno en funciones. El Tribunal Electoral, presionado por las sospechas de fraude, se apresta a iniciar un recuento especial que incluye revisar una parte de las actas, pero la oposición reclama una revisión mucho mayor, de hasta la cuarta parte de los votos.

Honduras troops shoot dead teenage girl amid election crisis protest, por Nina Lakhani e Sarah Kinosian (The Guardian):

A teenage girl was killed as troops opened fire on unarmed protesters in the Honduran capital on Saturday, after the government declared a 10-day curfew and suspended constitutional rights in an attempt to contain an escalating political crisis fuelled by evidence of electoral fraud.

According to witnesses, Kimberly Dayana Fonseca, 19, was shot dead in Tegucigalpa in the early hours of Saturday morning by military police – members of a huge force loyal to the rightwing government of Juan Orlando Hernández, who is accused of meddling in the vote count after last Sunday’s election in an attempt to cling to power.
There were reports of mass detentions and serious injuries overnight after the government deployed troops across the country in what many fear is a return to autocratic rule. At least four people were confirmed dead.

Six days after the election, the winner of the presidential race has still not been declared by the beleaguered electoral commission (TSE), which is controlled by Hernández’s National party.

Honduras suspends rights as violence spreads over delayed vote count (The Guardian):

The Honduran government has suspended constitutional rights to give the army and police more powers and imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew to contain unrest triggered by a contested election, a senior government official said on Friday. (...)

The nationwide curfew will run from 6pm to 6am for 10 days starting on Friday night, government minister Jorge Ramon Hernandez read out in a statement simultaneously broadcast to TV and radio stations.

Under the decree, all local authorities must submit to the authority of the army and national police, which are authorized to break up blockades of roads, bridges and public buildings.

  COMUNICADO - SUSPENSION GARANTIA CONSTITUCIONAL (Presidência das Honduras):

1. El Consejo de Ministros, mediante decreto ejecutivo PCM-084-2017 de esta misma fecha, ha decidido restringir, por un periodo de 10 días, contados a partir de la entrada en vigencia del mismo, la garantía constitucional contenida en el Artículo 81, la cual establece que “toda persona tiene derecho a circular libremente, salir, entrar y permanecer en el territorio nacional”.

2. Se determina que las Fuerzas Armadas apoyen, de forma conjunta o separadamente cuando la situación así lo requiera, a la Policía Nacional; debiendo poner en ejecución los planes necesarios para mantener el orden y la seguridad de la República y garantizar el ejercicio de los derechos democráticos.

3. Durante la vigencia del decreto, queda prohibida la libre circulación, la cual podrá aplicarse en horario de 6:00 p.m. a 6:00 a.m. en todo o parte del territorio nacional, en atención a los hechos que ocasione la restricción de esta libertad a recomendación de la autoridad competente. (...)

7. Se ordena proceder al desalojo de toda instalación pública, carreteras, puentes y otras instalaciones públicas y privadas que hayan sido tomadas por manifestantes o se encuentren personas en su interior realizando actividades prohibidas por la ley.

Honduras’s Market Darling Status Threatened by Election Chaos, por Michael D. McDonald (Bloomberg):

A week ago, Honduras was the darling of foreign investors, with its market-friendly president seemly assured of a comfortable election victory and bonds near record highs. Today, the nation is shaken by riot and disorder as the much-questioned vote count drags on for a sixth day and memories of the country’s turbulent past return to haunt the market.

 How Hillary Clinton Screwed Honduran Democracy, por Justin Raimundo (Antiwar.com):

Hillary Clinton’s legacy at the State Department lives on – and it isn’t pretty. Take a gander at the spectacle of slave auctions in Libya – a nation “liberated” by NATO at Hillary’s instigation: remember “We came, we saw, he died”? Behold the blood-soaked ruins of Syria, where her regime-change plans caused the US to fund the very jihadists we’re supposed to be fighting. Add to this the not-so-bright idea of Washington jumping on board the abortive “Arab Spring” bandwagon, and it all this adds up to the worst record of any Secretary of State in modern history.

Less well-known than the above-mentioned disasters, however, is the key role she played in turning Honduras over to a murderous dictator who is now provoking yet another crisis in that long-suffering country – and sending thousands of refugees, including many unaccompanied minors, into Mexico and over our southern border.