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Massive Proteste in Honduras gegen den Präsidenten Juan Orlando Hernández wg. Privatisierungsplänen des Gesundheits- und Bildungssektors.
Folgender Artikel darüber:
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2019/05/03/media-silence-over-mass-protests-in-honduras-shows-how-corporate-media-serves-the-global-economic-elite/
The Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa has seen massive protests this week against controversial president Juan Orlando Hernández. Many Hondurans are angry that their government, which gained power through a reportedly fraudulent election in 2017, had planned a major wave of privatisations. The US government has also played a key role in the destabilisation of Honduras since 2009 (and for many decades before that), which seems to explain why events in the country have received little to no coverage in the corporate media.
Despite forcing concessions from the government, many Hondurans will remain dissatisfied with their political situation. The 2017 election in Honduras was marked by controversy, ending with victory for US ally Hernández. According to the Intercept:
... the election results came in choppy waves: first a sizable lead by Hernández’s opponent, Salvador Nasralla, and then the electronic voting system went off the air. When the system came back up, Hernández was winning.
International observers then claimed that:
There are strong indications of election fraud in Honduras.