“Hondurasgate”: A Symptom of Deeper Crises in Honduras and a Warning for Latin America (opens in new tab)

Governance in Honduras shifted sharply to the extreme right within months of the National Party’s Nasry Asfura taking office on January 27, succeeding the Libre party’s progressive Xiomara Castro. In the November 30 elections, the National Party was trailing a poor third before Trump threatened to end all aid to Honduras unless Asfura won. Even then, Asfura had only a wafer-thin plurality, which might well have disappeared had the electoral council not broken its mandate by halting the count ...