Honduran political parties

The big Caravan of People from Honduras, now coming across Mexico and heading to our “Weak Laws” Border, had better be stopped before it gets there. .... The Cook Political Report has moved the race from Solid Democratic to Likely Democratic, writing: “The 5th CD is the most competitive district in ...

Maria Elena Colindres Ortega, a member of the caravan and, until January, a member of congress in Honduras, said she was fleeing political upheaval at ... Hondurans also face deportation in Mexico, where immigration data shows that 5,000 Hondurans were deported from Mexico in February alone, the ...

In a region where nearly every other nation faces extreme violence and has a history of political unpheaval, peaceable Costa Rica is sometimes ... the party's founding in 1951 that its own nominee did not compete for Costa Rica's presidency, indicating widespread voter discontent with politics as usual.

But Honduran mainstream outlets, owned by powerful economic groups, have been echoing the right-wing ruling party's narrative of "nothing to see here". They are also accusing left-wing politicians and journalists of trying to steal the election and turn Honduras into another socialist Venezuela. Alternative ...

His popularity is part of the growing tide of evangelical political power in Latin America – a force that is helping make Central America one of the most socially conservative ... And many of those converts subscribe to fundamental forms of Pentecostal Christianity – and that's being reflected in local politics.

Edwin Espinal is just one of dozens of Honduran political prisoners currently being held in high-security facilities. ... abuse and neglect at the hands of the Honduran Institute of Social Security after the ruling National Party stole from its coffers to pay for their electoral campaigns and personal enrichment.

Italy's general election resulted in a badly hung parliament, with none of the three main political groupings close to a majority. Populist parties did better than expected, winning more than half the vote. Weeks of uncertainty lie ahead, though either one of the two big populist parties—the Five Star Movement ...

In contrast‚ elections in Honduras took place against a backdrop of violence‚ including systemic violence against women. In spite of ... 208 women were elected to the House of Commons (32%) and women lead three political parties (Conservatives‚ Scottish National Party and the Democratic Union Party).

The UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) deployed, at the request of the Honduran Government, an exploratory mission to Honduras from 6 to 10 February 2018. Yesterday, Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, delivered to Mary Elizabeth Flores, Permanent Representative of ...

“I'm not afraid of you. You can kill me, but not the community behind me. Silence is not on the table.” As the only trans person to run in Honduras's 2017 general elections, on November 26, 2017, the aspiring politician embodied these words throughout her bid for Congress. “In Honduras being a woman is ...

Hondurans have been protesting in rising numbers since the contested inauguration of incumbent president Juan Orlando Hernandez. Image by Flickr ... Honduran activists and opposition political parties say the proposal would function as a gag law aimed at silencing government critics. The motion was ...

It does not appear that Guatemala's step, by itself, will open the floodgates for Israel but Honduras has political reasons for seeking to please the Trump administration. Several tiny Pacific island nations such as Micronesia and the Marshall islands may also join. The Philippines is treading carefully, anxious ...