Once once more on Monday, Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, woke up smoking from the violence of the night. The day before the electoral court declared Juan Orlando Hernandez, the outgoing president, winner of the presidential election of November 26.
A result rejected by the opposition which calls for a new vote.
I want to repeat it, the only and next election this country will have, is scheduled for the last Sunday of November, 2021. There will be no other.
Ricardo Alvarez, Vice President of Honduras
Since the end of November, supporters of left-wing candidate Salvador Nasralla have been blocking streets and main roads in the country to denounce fraud in the presidential election in Honduras.
Regional concern
This Monday, Salvador Nasralla was in Washington to discuss this issue with the OAS, the Organization of American States.
It is important for us to show evidence of the fraud committed by President Hernandez to stay in power.
Salvador Nasralla, left-wing opposition candidate for president of Honduras
The OAS which also considers that there are too many gray areas in this ballot for it to be validated. Hours following the electoral tribunal’s announcement, former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who leads the left-wing alliance, called on the country’s army and police to choose sides.
Manuel Zelaya, Ex-president of Honduras from 2006 to 2010
For the opposition, which calls on its supporters to take to the streets, police violence in recent weeks has claimed nearly twenty lives in Honduras. Three advance the authorities.
