Joshua S
Honduras is facing a deep political crisis as President Xiomara Castro warns that an “electoral coup” is unfolding, accusing powerful business and political elites of trying to block her party from consolidating power ahead of the 2025 transition. She also alleges that Donald Trump’s allies are interfering behind the scenes, pressuring institutions and amplifying opposition claims in an effort to sway the outcome. The turmoil highlights long-running tensions between Honduras’s reformist government and conservative forces who have historically dominated the country’s political and economic system.
From the Guardian: At a press conference on Tuesday, Honduras’s president “condemned” Trump’s “interference … when he threatened the Honduran people that if they voted for a brave and patriotic candidate of the Liberal party, Rixi Moncada, there would be consequences”.
Here is her speech in full
At the same time, the Trump administration has seized an oil vessel off the coast of Venezuela. With the president saying:
Of course Trump is addicted to size he also gave no reason for the act expect to say it was “for a very good reason” and “We keep it, I guess.”
You can watch the takeover of the ship here:
I would agree with Ben on this that “The US regime is run by imperialist pirates” and I’m glad that they are fighting back.
Today, María Corina Machado receives the Nobel Peace Prize — and below is a livestream of the protest outside, via The Daily Guardian.” Here is journalist Afshin Rattansi breaking down whats happening in Oslo.
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