Honduran elections could turn out to be a box of surprises

[Judi Lynn]

Honduran elections could turn out to be a box of surprises
Saturday, November 23rd 2013 - 07:11 UTC

Four years after her husband was ousted in a coup, Honduran populist presidential candidate Xiomara Castro is threatening to break the century-old dominance of right-wing parties in Sunday's elections.



With opinion polls showing her in a virtual tie with ruling party candidate Juan Orlando Hernandez, Castro could also make history by becoming the first woman president of Honduras.

Whoever wins will face the challenge of reducing violence in a country plagued by gangs that have turned the Central American nation into the world's murder capital.

Since 1902, Hernandez's National Party (PN), the Liberal Party (PL) and military dictators have traded the presidency.

More:
http://en.mercopress.com/2013/11/23/honduran-elections-could-turn-out-to-be-a-box-of-surprises

[hondurassolidarity]

1. Live up to date information from international observers on the ground in Honduras

Hi,

Here are some sites with live up to date information from international observers on the ground in Honduras from the Honduras Solidarity Network, Alliance for Global Justice, and more.

Please follow, retweet, reshare, etc. Thanks.

Blog: http://www.hondurassolidarity.org
FB: http://www.facebook.com/hsnelectionwatch
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/hsnelection
Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz5yEwgyCWgMIKp632-ujcw

CEPR will be hosting a live blog on the day of the elections on Sunday
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/the-americas-blog/

[gopiscrap]

2. welcome to DU

[Judi Lynn]

3. Thank you for sharing these useful links for tomorrow.

They should be very helpful to DU'ers hoping to know how the day is progressing.

We're hoping for the best, as we have since that deadly coup and theft of the government.

Thank you, so much. Welcome to D.U.