THE QUIET PLOT TO END PROGRESSIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONDURAS
Why are the Honduran elections important for Nicaragua–Honduras is Nicaragua’s strongest ally in Central America. While Nicaragua maintains respectful relations with all of its Central American neighbors, regardless of ideology, the Xiomara Castro administration in Honduras is the only one that shares Nicaragua’s commitment to combating poverty, imperialism, and neoliberalism. The US government would love to get rid of that fragile democracy, and with elections at the end of this month, this is particularly vulnerable time for Honduras. If the US succeeds in engineering a change of direction there, it could lead to a consensus to expel Nicaragua from the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). And a right-wing Honduran government would most likely support Washington’s military aggression in the region, bringing the threat right to Nicaragua’s border (where it was in the 1980s). This is why it is very important to follow developments in Honduras.
-Trump’s gunboat diplomacy in the Caribbean grabs the headlines, while quieter moves to destabilize other progressive Latin American governments go unnoticed by corporate media. A key case is a plot that would create chaos enabling a neoliberal candidate to be declared victor, with Washington’s connivance, in Honduras’s elections on November 30.
SEE: NicaNotes: The Quiet Plot to End Progressive Government in Honduras - Alliance for Global Justice